IALEIA Certification

formerly The Society of Certified Criminal Analysts (SCCA)

certificate

Purpose

The purpose of the IALEIA Certification Program is to promote professionalism and high standards in analysis by establishing standards and testing and by certifying analysts. Certified analysts tend to be among the more experienced and educated analysts and frequently hold higher classifications in their respective organizations. Some agencies encourage IALEIA certification for analysts seeking promotion or employment. Many agencies financially support their analysts in becoming certified.

Countries in which analysts have been certified include Canada, Argentina, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, France, the Netherlands, South Africa, the United Kingdom and the United States.

History

The Society of Certified Criminal Analysts (SCCA) was established in 1989 to complement the work of the International Association of Law Enforcement Intelligence analysts (IALEIA) which is open to analysts and intelligence officers worldwide. SCCA was the certification arm of the IALEIA. Over the years, as IALEIA grew to the level it is now, it became apparent that SCCA and the certification process it oversaw needed to evolve in order to serve the analytical community more efficiently as well as providing services that were required by many agencies as they grew during the post 9-11 era. Because of these circumstances and the need to consolidate separate accounts and committees, it was jointly decided by the Governors of SCCA and the IALEIA Board, for IALEIA to absorb the certification process from SCCA.

In 2006, the old SCCA Governors became the new IALEIA Certification Committee under IALEIA. Those analysts that had previously been certified are still certified under the new IALEIA certification standard. As you read about the new process and criteria you will find that there are now four certification levels instead of two. This is one of the new steps that were taken in bringing the certification process up to date. Another important policy change was that the Center for Excellence in Intelligence located at the Pat Thomas Law Enforcement Center (PTLEC) in Florida will now administer the program for IALEIA so that the Certification Committee can concentrate on further developing the program.

For More Information

All inquiries regarding IALEIA certification should be directed to the IALEIA Certification Chair Joe Regali at jregali@nespin.riss.net

Basic Certification

Basic Certification is a new category, which requires completion of an initial analytic training course comprised of at least 9 of the training topics as outlined in the IALEIA Law Enforcement Analytic Standards (see below):

Law Enforcement Analyst Standards

The current list of approved training courses for IALEIA Certification:

-Foundations of Intelligence Analysis Training (FIAT)
-Tactical Intelligence Analysis (TIAC-80 Hours) - Canadian Police College
-Strategic Intelligence Analysis (SIAC-80 Hours) - Canadian Police College
-Short Course in Intelligence Analysis - 4Knowledge Analysis Solutions

To submit additional training courses for approval, please contact Joe Regali at jregali@nespin.riss.net

CERTIFICATION EXAM-INFORMATION

All information is supplied to applicants upon receipt of completed application and payment.

Every effort is made to accomodate applicants regarding the location of the exam. Proctors will be arranged by IALEIA.

The test takes approximately two hours and includes questions on terminology, definitions, and techniques.

The testis graded and reviewed by a IALEIA. If the applicant receives a less than passing grade on the test, he or she can apply for re-testing after six months at no cost.

Fees Certification fees were established by the IALEIA Board. The current fees were set in November 2007, with modification for certain countries. (Please note all fees are quoted in US Dollars)

Basic Level Certification

$ 50 ($10 in UN defined developing countries) Fee waived if applicant has an IALEIA/LEIU FIAT training certificate.

Practitioner Level Certification

$100 ($20 in UN defined developing countries)

Advanced Level Certification

$250 ($50 in UN defined developing countries)

Re-Certification Basic

$25 ($5 in UN defined developing countries)

Re-Certification Practitioner

$50 ($10 in UN defined developing countries)

Conversion from Practitioner to Advanced Certification

$250 minus previous paid Fees ($50 minus previous paid fees in UN defined developing countries).

Please click here to apply:

Certification Application

IALEIA Membership is a requirement for Certification. Please log on to the web site in order to access the application.

Please send completed applications to:

Heather Dobbins, IALEIA Certification Program c/o Pat Thomas Law Enforcement Academy, 75 College Drive, Suite 203, Havana, FL 32333

STUDY MATERIALS

IALEIA has six books on which this test is based. These books are considered primary sources of intelligence methodology and five of the six won the IALEIA award for literature.

The IALEIA test is now 100 questions (scrambled from an index of 125 questions) which are taken from these six books; the majority of the questions are from the first three books and the remainder from the second three books.

IALEIA provides these books to certification applicants at discounts as provided by the authors/publishers. Applicants may order the books through IALEIA (Pat Thomas Law Enforcement Academy) after their application for certification is submitted.

  1. Intelligence 2000: Revising the Basic Elements (2001)
    2. Marilyn B. Peterson, Richard Wright and Bob Morehouse, editors. Sacramento, CA: L.E.I.U. and IALEIA. Chapters: Introduction, Applications of Intelligence, Staffing the Intelligence Unit, Managing the Intelligence Unit, Collection, Collation and Evaluation, Analysis, Dissemination, Reports, Evaluation, Training, Security, Intelligence Databases, and Networks, Organizations and Resources. Provides an overview of intelligence and how it is managed and used in law enforcement.
  2. Applications in Criminal Analysis: A Sourcebook (1994 and 1998)
    3. Marilyn B. Peterson Westport, CT: Greenwood Press/Praeger (paperback) Chapters include Introduction, Techniques in Criminal Analysis, Report Applications, Violent Crime Applications, Organized Crime Applications, Narcotics Applications, White Collar Crime, Street Crime Applications, Specialists in Analysis, and Intelligence, Analysis and Policy in the Future. (298 pages) Provides overview of use of analysis for managers and practitioners.
  3. The Psychology of Intelligence Analysis (1999)
    4. Richards J. Heuer. Washington, DC: Center for Strategic Intelligence (CIA). Chapters: Thinking About Thinking, Perception, Memory, Strategies for Analytic Judgment, Do You Really Need More Information?, Keeping an Open Mind, Structuring Analytical Problems, Analysis of Competing Hypotheses, What are Cognitive Biases?, Biases in Evaluation of Evidence, Biases in Perception of Cause and Effect, Biases in Estimating Probabilities, Hindsight Biases, and Improving Intelligence Analysis. (184 pages) Cognitive psychology applied to intelligence analysis. Is downloadable from The Center for the Study of Intelligence's website, http://www.odci.gov/csi.
  4. A Guide to the Financial Analysis of Personal and Corporate Bank Records, (1996, 1998 and 2002)
    5. Marilyn B. Peterson. Richmond, VA: National White Collar Crime Center. Chapters include: Introduction, Bank Record Analysis, Patterns, Unusual Activity, Indicators, Beyond the Columns, Business Record Analysis, Beyond the Columns, Business Record Analysis, Future Developments. (119 pages)
  5. Strategic Intelligence: A Handbook for Practitioners, Managers and Users (1998)
    6. Don McDowell. Australia, Istana Enterprises. Chapters on General Concept, Critical Observations, Issues for Clients and Managers, Processes and Techniques, and the Analyst. Gives an overview of the uses and methods of strategic intelligence. (224 pages)
  6. Crime Analysis: From First Report to Final Arrest (1995)
    7. Steven Gottlieb, Raj Singh, and Sheldon Arenberg. Montclair, CA: Alpha Press. Chapters include Crime Analysis, An Historical Perspective, How to Develop a Crime Analysis Unit, How to Collect, Collate, Analyze and Disseminate Data, Feedback and Evaluation, How to Develop a Management of Patrol Operations Program, Crime Analysis and Community Policing, Statistics, How to Organize and Present Data, How to Predict When the Criminals will strike Again, How to Forecast Events, How to Analyze Time Series. An encyclopedia of issues relating to crime analysis. (574 pages)

Denotes - IALEIA Intelligence Literature Award Winner

COST OF BOOKS:

  • Intelligence 2000 = $20.00 + Shipping (IALEIA)
  • Crime Analysis = $42.50 + Shipping (IALEIA)
  • Psychology of Analysis + Strategic Analysis + A Guide to Financial Analysis =$5.00 for a CD-Rom + Shipping (IALEIA)
  • Applications in Criminal Analysis = $42.95 + Shipping (Greenwood Press – paperback version)

Please contact Heather Dobbins at PTLEC for up-to-date costs and shipping information.

Heather Dobbins Office:850-201-7081 Fax: 850-201-7013 DOBBINSH@tcc.fl.edu