Pros and Cons of Intelligence-Led Policing (ILP)

Intelligence and Homeland Security/ Homeland Defense
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Intelligence-led policing (ILP) is an emerging collaborative, information-sharing, and problem-solving mechanism for addressing terrorist threats in the United States. The approach’s design of promoting concerted efforts from diverse stakeholders, including the community and law enforcement professionals, demonstrates one of its leading advantages to homeland security. Its reliance on inputs from different players increases its capacity to triangulate crimes or offenders, increasing its effectiveness. The second leading benefit is that it focuses on holistically eradicating crimes in societies. However, ILP also presents key drawbacks, including the burden of resource dearth for coordinating efforts between the many professionals (Mohammed Ibrahim Alblooshi & Kassim, 2022). In the same context, managing limited resources and increased information from the collected intelligence is a leading disadvantage. These drawbacks complicate the implementation of the program in the nation.
Although the ILP program presents unique challenges, state and local law enforcement should implement it for several reasons. One of these is that it has proven its capacity to effectively leverage intelligen...