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- Tackling Illicit Narcotics
- Nottingham, November 24th 2011 - Illicit narcotics present a major problem to society. Aside from the damage that drug abuse can cause, the sale and trade of narcotics fuels criminal gangs and terrorist organizations.
- Narcotics officers have a number of tools available to help in the fight against crime, but they all have various challenges and risks associated with them:
- Confidential Informants (CIs) are an invaluable resource to officers but the risks associated with putting them in dangerous situations can be severe.
- Jailhouse Informants can provide useful information but the reliability of that information may be highly questionable and will usually require corroborating evidence.
- Surveillance can provide highly incriminating evidence but it is time consuming and expensive.
- Communications data gathered through wiretapping or retrieval of records can be an equally time consuming and costly process.
- Many of these techniques also raise concerns regarding civil liberties, proportionality and necessity, whilst the required level of secrecy can be a barrier to effective management oversight.
- How abmpegasus Can Help
- abmpegasus helps law enforcement to investigate narcotics in a radically different way. Criminal intelligence is far too valuable to be stored in individual officers’ heads. By securely storing criminal intelligence in a central secure database, law enforcement can achieve better results whilst minimizing risk and maximizing operational efficiency. This is achieved in a number of ways:
- Risk Management
- abmpegasus ensures that risk management procedures are followed to make sure that the agency is protected against claims of negligence. Details of compromised sources or techniques can be recorded to ensure that they are not deployed in the wrong situations. Processes can be put in place to make sure that CIs are properly evaluated for reliability and risk before deployment.
- Build Corporate Knowledge
- abmpegasus helps to ensure that information provided to officers is recorded and shared within the agency and, if appropriate, between other trusted organizations.
- Deconfliction
- Drug dealers may operate in various criminal circles, increasing the potential for conflicting investigations. abmpegasus reduces deconfliction by providing a central record for all suspects, CIs and undercover officers.
- Information-led Community Policing
- Acting upon reliable information from citizens is crucial to tackling known drugs gangs. abmpegasus facilitates the recording and development of this intelligence and supports longer-term understanding of local issues.
- Financial Management
- Payments to CIs can be difficult to manage. abmpegasus improves financial accountability as well as providing valuable management information regarding the cost and return of investigations.
- For further information about ABM’s covert operations management software please visit http://www.abmsoftware.com/us/abmpegasus
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