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National Intelligence Model (NIM)

Takes an intelligence led, problem solving approach to crime and disorder. It promotes partnership working and uses the management of information and intelligence to operate at three levels of policing.

NIM became policy of the Association of Chief Police Officers (ACPO) in 2000. Under the Police Reform Act (2002) it provides a statutory basis for the introduction of minimum standards and basic principles.

Guidance

The Guidance on the NIM (2005) provides support and advice to assist police forces and other law enforcement agencies. It explains the eleven critical elements of the NIM Business Process. The appendix includes:

  • Code of Practice - this explains to chief officers the basic principles and minimum standards for the NIM which forces will be inspected against by the HMIC (appendix one).
  • Minimum Standards - all police forces in England and Wales were required to implement the NIM to national minimum standards from April 2004. Additional standards were incorporated into the guidance for implementation by November 2005 (appendix two). 

For a copy of the Guidance please contact Specialist Operations Centre or if you have a pnn police email address you can log onto Genesis and download the document.

The NIM Business Process in Action

The NIM Business Process can be explained in this scenario involving burglary:

ASSETS (Knowledge, System, Source, People) - A NIM platform and intelligence capability is established

INFORMATION SOURCES (Information received) - A N Other is responsible for a burglary

INFORMATION AND INTELLIGENCE RECORDING (Information is evaluated and deemed of intelligence value) - Information is recorded, data managed and entered into the intelligence database

RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT AND ANALYSIS (Information is researched, developed and analysed to discover critical links and associations) - Information is matched with details from the crime report of burglary, a full profile of the subject and address is obtained, burglary is identified as part of a crime series

INTELLIGENCE PRODUCTS (Strategic Assessment, Tactical Assessment, Subject Profile, Problem Profile) - Intelligence informs completion of the tactical assessment, prioritising this information for action

STRATEGIC AND TACTICAL TASKING AND CO-ORDINATION (Tactical Tasking and Co-ordination) - The tactical resources are approved, a plan owner is appointed, a timeframe for action is defined and a subject profile is requested

TACTICAL RESOLUTION (Prevention, Intelligence, Enforcement and Tactical Resources) - The tactical manager decides on the tactics to be used. A briefing takes place and the resources are be deployed. At the conclusion a debriefing takes place.

OPERATIONAL REVIEW (Commissioned by the T&CG) - The suspect was arrested and property was recovered. A Results Analysis identified lessons learnt and these are retained in the organisational memory.