Intelligence and Missing Persons Investigations
Description
Missing persons investigations are complex, requiring law enforcement to meticulously piece together the story while searching for the individual. A crucial aspect of this process is utilizing intelligence tools to generate leads that can help bring the investigation to a resolution.
Guests
Scott Fitzmaurice is a Strategic Development Director and Product Manager at Forensic Analytics. With a background as a former Detective Inspector at Essex Police, Scott has extensive experience in law enforcement investigating criminal case and missing persons.
At Forensic Analytics, Scott focuses on leveraging digital data to enhance criminal and missing person investigations, making the solutions and training more readily available to the frontline.
He is a strong advocate for the use of technology in tackling violence against women and girls (VAWG) and rape and serious sexual offences (RASSO). He assisted with the creation of Operation Atlas within the Metropolitan Police, which is now recognised as best practice by the College of Policing, emphasising the importance of digital evidence in modern policing.
Scott is determined to ensure that law enforcement agencies can effectively use digital footprints to solve crimes and protect communities at scale, across all teams and roles.
Dr. Mark Harrison has an impressive 33-year career in international law enforcement and the intelligence community at the senior executive level. He served as the Executive Director at the Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission. Prior to that, he held several key positions, including Head of Intelligence, Investigations and Intelligence for the Australian Federal Police and was the first National Special Adviser for missing person and homicide searching for UK Policing. Since 2007, Dr. Harrison has been an adjunct professor at the Universities of Southampton, Canberra, and Charles Sturt. His PhD research focused on ‘no body’ missing person searches, drawing on his extensive experience and 32 research publications in this field.
He is a trusted advisor to government and international committees on investigations, intelligence, and geoforensics and is frequently consulted by international policing agencies and Interpol to review high-profile or complex missing person cases and act as an expert witness