ABSTRACT
This chapter discusses the intelligence-led policing; however, in the process, and it also argues that intelligence-led policing is an evolving concept and the tenets of intelligence-led policing have shifted over time. In light of the philosophical revisions that have occurred in recent years and with a broader definition of intelligence, it is possible to propose a definition as follows: Intelligence-led policing emphasizes analysis and intelligence as pivotal to an objective, decision-making framework that prioritizes crime hot spots, repeat victims, prolific offenders and criminal groups. The chapter describes the challenging approach of attempting to identify the central precepts of community policing, CompStat and problem-oriented policing (POP) for the purposes of comparison with intelligence-led policing to distinguish intelligence-led policing from other models. It talks about the fundamental difference between community policing and all of the conceptual frameworks for policing, it is that reduced crime is a by-product of successful community policing, and not a primary aim.
