Problem and Process:Critical Incident Analysis

Future of Policing

Experience SAP CentreLondon

July 9, 2014

Gregory Saathoff, M.D.Executive Director, Critical Incident Analysis Group

Psychiatric Consultant, FBI National Center for the Analysis of Violent Crime

saathoff@virginia.edu

FBI has disrupted nearly 150 mass shootings, violent acts, Attorney

General Eric Holder says

“There have been hundreds of these disruptions since 2011, Attorney General Eric Holder recently told an audience of police chiefs, touting the behind-the-scenes work of a small FBI unit based out of Quantico, Va. In most cases, the FBI has helped potential offenders get access to mental health care.”

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Monday, December 16, 2013

Problem: Who Are These People?

Man Eating Fire

Man on Fire

Man with Fire

Longstanding Concerns

Under the direction of the Research Strategies Network, The Critical Incident Analysis Group (CIAG) studies past critical incidents to understand their impacts on government and society and develops strategies to mitigate their devastating effects.

Effective Critical Incident Analysis

engages theory with practiceis multi-disciplinaryremains nonpartisan

is internationally focusedanalyzes crisis through candid and multiple perspectives

The Process: A Think Net

TimelyRelational

AutonomousNetworked

ServiceLearning-focused

AdaptiveTrustedEffective

The American Academy of Religion is the world's largest association of scholars in the field of religious studies and related topics

Saudi Rehabilitation Care Center: Site Visits

Insider Threat – The Anthrax Attacks

Anthrax and Insider Threat

Colleagues within the Critical Incident Analysis Group (CIAG) joined with members of the Expert Behavioral Analysis Panel (EBAP) in a briefing hosted by the American National Red Cross at their Disaster Operations Center. Panel members from Duke, Harvard, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, University of Rochester, University of Virginia, and the American Red Cross briefed governmental and law enforcement colleagues on their panel's findings and recommendations.

Colleagues within the Critical Incident Analysis Group (CIAG) joined with members of the Expert Behavioral Analysis Panel (EBAP) in a briefing hosted by the American National Red Cross at their Disaster Operations Center. Panel members from Duke, Harvard, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, University of Rochester, University of Virginia, and the American Red Cross briefed governmental and law enforcement colleagues on their panel's findings and recommendations. 

Sergeant Robert Bales

Cyber Psycho-Pathology of

Cyber PsychoPathology of

• “Psychological Abstracts”– Sentence or words uttered immediately prior to or during a

mass murder by the perpetrator• Gives insight into subjects subconscious

• ”I’ll see you in hell!""I've had a bad day!""Police, everybody down. Let's kill 'em. No witnesses!"

• "This ends now!” • I’m Sorry!"

"Today's a good day to die! We're gonna die!!!" • "Jocks,get up!!"

• Meloy et. al, J. AM. ACAD. CHILD ADOLESC. PSYCHIATRY, 40:6, JUNE 2001

Translation Across Domains

International Collaboration: A Fire Station

The Challenge: Turn the Burn