Dear Editor,
I am once more advocating the setting up of a National Criminal Intelligence Unit headed by a rank no less than an Assistant Commissioner who reports directly to the Commissioner. This officer must be the only person known to other members of the force. Recruits should be drawn from all ten administrative regions and function as RCs or civilian employees and be housed in an unmarked building operating covertly at all times using a front eg wash bay, taxi service, barber shops, rum shops etc.
Types of recruits (field agents)
I strongly recommend recruiting ex-convicts who have changed their lives and prostitutes who should together make up 50% of the unit with the other 50% being from other sections of society.
Renumeration
No less than $35,000 per month plus incentives.
Recruiting of supervisory staff or relay offices.
These persons are tasked with collecting raw intelligence gathered by field agents and should not be known to each other operating at all times on a need to know basis. Recruits should be drawn from the public and private sector working on a part time basis eg, nurses, teachers, postal workers, taxi drivers etc.
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$15,000 per month plus incentives.
Recruiting of management
officers or specialists
These persons are tasked with collecting, processing and management and distribution of hard intelligence to the Crime Chief via Asst Commissioner, Intelligence. I recommend five such persons trained in management intelligence e.g. retired officers of police special branch and army intelligence.
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$75,000 per month
Training
Recruits should be trained in the following areas:
Field agents
(a) Intelligence gathering
(b) Blending in
(c) Adopting various personalities
(d) Surveillance – mobile, foot, static
(e) Creating diversions
(f) Deception detection techniques
I finally recommend thorough screening of all applicants and all information on applicants from time of birth to date.
Yours faithfully,
Robert Gates