Humans have learnt to profile as a survival mechanism as we have developed a different kind of decision making that’s capable of making very quick judgments based on little information. In fact, the ability to…
Continue ReadingProfiling & Aviation El Al – Israel Airlines pioneered Profiling, as the realization spread throughout the operational wing of the aviation industry that IED detection by X-Ray alone was inadequate. The belief was that X-Ray…
Continue ReadingRacial profiling is a form of discrimination by which someone uses a person’s race or cultural background as the primary reason to suspect that the individual has broken the law. Not only is Racial profiling…
Continue ReadingOn the 30th of May, 1972, 3 Japanese men arrived at Lod Airport in Israel, having taken an Air France flight from Rome. Carrying violin cases, on first viewing, they looked like a group of…
Continue ReadingWhat is an AMO? Adversary Methods of Operation represent proven and actionable terrorist and criminal operational plans. They represent the stages a terrorist or criminal will go through when attacking a target. This process involves…
Continue ReadingWhile there is no universal model for terrorist operations leading up to an attack, past experiences have demonstrated common principles and plans. Stage 1: Broad Target Selection During this stage, terrorists will collect information on…
Continue ReadingFrom every method of operation we can derive suspicion indicators. Suspicion indicators can be defined as an indication based on known or predicted terrorist methods of operation or a deviation from a typical profile that…
Continue ReadingSuspicious vs. Odd While we may see a number of strange situations throughout our daily lives, the key is to identify what is suspicious and what is odd. For example, a tramp sitting on a…
Continue ReadingBody Language Profiling focuses on a variety of factors, but body language is central. Between 60% and 80% of communication is non verbal. When an individual lies, the body tends to give away clues that…
Continue ReadingWhy is Questioning Needed? Questioning is aimed at confirming or resolving suspicion indicators. Should suspicion be confirmed, more time can be allocated to a thorough examination of a person’s documents and possessions. Security Questioning Security…
Continue ReadingOpen Questions Open Questions encourage a fuller answer as they cannot be answered by a simple yes or no. The advantages of Open question are that they supply a lot of information that can then…
Continue ReadingWhile technology should play an important part in security, it should be noted that there are no known instances of a terrorist being caught using any form of detection technology. This is because current security…
Continue ReadingPast events show us that while terrorists are good at concealing IEDs, they are not so good at hiding the fact that they are terrorists. On December 22nd, 2001, Richard Reid arrived at Charles…
Continue ReadingTechnologies such as CCTV & X-Ray machines can help us identify objects. However, the determination and analysis required to identify them as suspicion indicators and relate them to a possible AMO can only be handled…
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