This manual, Army Techniques Publication ATP 3-39.20 Police Intelligence Operations May 2019, provides guidance for commanders and staffs on police intelligence operations (PIO). PIO is an integrated military police task that supports the operations process and protection supporting tasks across all phases of conflict by collecting and providing police information and police intelligence products to enhance situational understanding, protect the force, and assist homeland security across the operational environment. Military police and United States Army Criminal Investigation Command (USACIDC) personnel collect information as they conduct military police operations throughout the operational area. PIO supports decisive-action tasks (offensive, defensive, and stability or defense support of civil authorities [DSCA]) by planning and directing the collection, production, and dissemination of police information and police intelligence products that identify and analyze crime problems, environmental factors creating crime opportunities, and criminal actors that may affect the operational environment.This publication is written for military police and USACIDC Soldiers and Civilians conducting PIO. This publication focuses on establishing the framework of PIO, guiding the conduct of PIO, and describing the integration of police intelligence products within the three military police disciplines (police operations, detention operations, and security and mobility support) in support of Army operations through the integrating processes.The principal audience for ATP 3-39.20 is Army leaders and Army professionals at all echelons tasked with planning, directing, and executing PIO. Trainers and educators throughout the Army will also use this publication.ATP 3-39.20 uses joint terms where applicable. Selected joint and Army terms and definitions appear in the glossary and text. For definitions shown in text, the term is italicized and the number of the proponent publication follows the definition. This publication is not the proponent for any Army terms.ATP 3-39.20 applies to the Active Army, Army National Guard/Army National Guard of the United States and United States Army Reserve unless otherwise stated.

This guide covers setting up, staffing and securing a police undercover intelligence unit; building trust and interagency cooperation; informants, informers and other sources; civil rights issues; and much more.

Tradecraft is a term used within the intelligence community to describe the methods, practices, and techniques used in espionage and clandestine investigations. Whether the practitioner is a covert agent for the government or an identity thief and con man, the methods, practices, tactics, and techniques are often the same and sometimes learned from the same sources. Advanced Criminal Investigations and Intelligence Operations: Tradecraft Methods, Practices, Tactics, and Techniques reveals how intelligence officers and investigators conduct their tradecraft. You’ll learn how to plan an operation, how to build an identity and cover story for deep cover operations, and how to detect those who have created false identities for illegal purposes. You’ll also get insight into the technical aspects of intelligence (the INTs), counterintelligence, and criminal investigations, and legal considerations for conducting intelligence investigations. Topics include: A discussion of black bag operational planning HUMINT (human intelligence)—the gathering of information from human sources DAME (defenses against methods of entry), forced entry into buildings, safes and combination locks, and automobile locks PSYOPS (psychological operations) and the use of social networks ELINT (electronic intelligence) and SIGINT (signals intelligence)—electronic interception of intelligence, bugs, wiretaps, and other communications interceptions EMINT (emanations intelligence), which concerns the emanation of data, signals, or other intelligence from C4I systems IMINT (imagery intelligence), involving any intelligence gathered using images Intelligence files and analytical methods Based upon the author’s training and experience over more than three decades as a law enforcement investigator and military officer, as well as research conducted as an attorney and in academia, the book provides you with an insider perspective on sensitive covert and overt operations and sources. Supplemented with roughly 140 illustrations and photos, this collection of special skills and reference materials is essential to the professional investigator and intelligence operative.

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Field Manual (FM) 3-19.50 is a new FM and is the Military Police Corps' manual for police intelligenceoperations (PIO) doctrine. It describes-- The fundamentals of PIO.- The legal documents and considerations affiliated with PIO.- The PIO process.- The relationship of PIO to the Army's intelligence process.- The introduction of police and prison structures, organized crime, legal systems, investigations, crime-conducive conditions, and enforcement mechanisms and gaps (POLICE)-a tool to assessthe criminal dimension and its influence on effects-based operations (EBO).- PIO in urban operations (UO) and on installations.- The establishment of PIO networks and associated forums and fusion cells to affect gatheringpolice information and criminal intelligence (CRIMINT).