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In this era of information overload, effective intelligence-led policing (ILP) operations rely upon sefficient knowledge and information management. To accomplish this tasking, knowledge management (KM) and intelligence management (IM) are used to manage the capture, creation, distribution, filtering, security and storage of data.
KM is a key facilitator of ILP and one of the most important law enforcement innovations of the twenty-first century. However, many law enforcement organizations fail to fully leverage KM as they lack clarity on KM and its relation to IM. According to Wilson (Information Research 8(1), 2002), KM is used as a synonym for either IM or the ‘management of work practices’ used to improve the sharing of knowledge.
If leveraged properly, KM and IM can effectively facilitate core intelligence functions, like the creation of intelligence requirements, devising collection plans, analysing raw intelligence and producing finished intelligence. Additionally, KM and IM promote the operational security required to disseminate finished intelligence (tactical and operational) to law enforcement units.
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Poe, L., Protrka, N., Roycroft, M., Koivuniemi, T. (2021). Knowledge Management (KM) and Intelligence-Led Policing (ILP). In: Roycroft, M., Brine, L. (eds) Modern Police Leadership. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-63930-3_25
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