Tactical Criminal Analysis

The Graduate Certificate in Tactical Criminal Analysis is designed to provide students with the essential knowledge and skills required for effective intelligence analysis in the law enforcement context. It provides a solid foundation in intelligence theory, communication, and advanced analytical techniques, while specializing in tactical criminal analysis. You will be equipped to produce actionable intelligence products that inform law enforcement operations, address criminal trends, and improve decision-making within police agencies. This program is ideal for those looking to enhance their skills in criminal intelligence analysis and contribute to more effective law enforcement practices.

Program Strengths

Comprehensive Curriculum: The program covers both foundational intelligence analysis, intelligence communications, advanced analytical techniques and specialized content in tactical criminal intelligence, and analytical methodologies for tactical criminal intelligence. 

Hands-On Learning: Students gain practical experience using a broad spectrum of learning tools which will help develop a range of advanced research and thinking skills fundamental to the intelligence analysis process.  Learning activities include assignments, case studies, research papers and discussion forums, which provide valuable skills for real-world applications.

Flexible and Accessible: Delivered in an interactive online asynchronous format that provides learner engagement through discussion forums, assessments, and knowledge checks, making learning dynamic and accessible.

Real-World Readiness: Assignments simulate real intelligence analysis situations, equipping you to handle both routine and high-stakes intelligence challenges effectively.

Subjects

Intelligence Theories and Applications:

This foundational course integrates intelligence theory with methodology, emphasizing advanced research and thinking skills critical to intelligence analysis.
 

• Understand core concepts in national security, criminal intelligence, and business intelligence.
• Learn how to develop an intelligence product using various analytic methodologies.
• Create intelligence products like Intelligence Memorandums and build intelligence collection plans.
• Explore key issues in intelligence, including ethics, failure, counterintelligence, and oversight.

Intelligence Communications:

This foundational course hones your ability to communicate complex intelligence findings clearly and effectively in written, visual, and oral formats.
 

• Master the communication standards of the intelligence field.
• Produce and evaluate various intelligence products.
• Develop presentation and writing skills that cater to the needs of decision-makers and intelligence consumers.

Advanced Analytical Techniques:

This foundational course provides a deep dive into various intelligence analysis methods and equips you with valuable tools for conducting a variety of analytic techniques and how to apply them to intelligence problems.
 

• Master one structured analytic technique, identify the utility of several others, and synthesize these techniques to evaluate their effectiveness.
• Gain experience using structured analytic techniques such as Analysis of Competing Hypotheses (ACH).
• Conduct a final case study project to assess the effectiveness of analytic techniques in real-world scenarios.

Tactical Criminal Intelligence: 

This specialized course introduces the discipline of law enforcement intelligence across the sub disciplines of crime, intelligence, investigative, operations/administrative and geo-spatial analysis.  The role and responsibilities of an analyst within each sub discipline will be addressed, in addition to an examination of basic law enforcement definitions, terminology, federal law enforcement agencies, and intelligence centers relevant to intelligence.

• Demonstrate how organizational pathologies can stand in the way of a police department becoming intelligence led.
• Identify specific criminal analysis products that you can create, including predictions.
• Pull together theory, methodology and product work so you can be maximally effective in the law enforcement context.

Analytical Methodologies for Tactical Criminal Intelligence:

This specialized course introduces the discipline of crime analysis and law enforcement intelligence through the study of the intelligence cycle and the intelligence determinants.  

• Utilize applied research for crime analysis in the law enforcement field.
• Recognize issues and challenges with crime data and data sources and implement methods to increase accuracy of information.
• Analyze criminal activity through the filter of demographic data and analysis.
   
• Defend analytic conclusions through producing high-quality law enforcement intelligence products that utilize best practices in the field to convey conclusions to a tactical criminal intel decision-maker.

Program Format

The program consists of five courses. You can take one of these online courses per semester, in sequence. They take approximately 18 months to complete.

Students can access the course material 24/7 without having to log in at a specific time. However, the courses are not independent or self-study. Each course has 13 weekly learning modules. They have set due dates for assignments, discussions, and projects.

Students usually log into the course at least three times a week. They spend 7-12 hours per week in discussions, readings, exercises, and assignments. 

Upcoming Intake

We accept applications for this program throughout the year. However, the program intake is only offered once a year in September. This program is competitive with limited seats. So, we recommend that you apply as soon as possible. The next intake starts September 2, 2025.  Applications for the fall 2025 intake close July 29, 2025.

Tuition

Domestic tuition is $2,328.44 per course (from April 1, 2024).  
International tuition is $3,492.67 per course (from April 1, 2024)

Additional Fees

Learner Services Fee $19.20 per course (from April 1, 2024)
Non-refundable application fee $75

Textbooks & Supplies

See the list of required textbooks.

STEP ONE - Apply for the Program

Students can apply by registering online at EducationPlannerBC and completing the online program application form.   The next application intake opens November 4, 2024 and closes July 29, 2025.

STEP TWO - Submit Supporting Documents

Prepare and submit supporting documentation by mail to be received by the application deadline.

Application Deadline

Completed applications, including all admission documentation, must be submitted by July 29, 2025, to the Admissions office. Applications will be reviewed and approved as they are received, up until the application deadline.

Admission Requirements

A bachelor's degree in any discipline from an accredited school.

If you do not have a bachelor's degree, you may be considered for program admission if you possess:

• A minimum of two years of post-secondary education plus a minimum of five years of progressive and specialized experience working with the analysis of data and information. 
  
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• Eight to ten years of progressive and specialized experience working with the analysis of data and information (Dean/Director discretion). 

Note
Refer to the Graduate Studies Application Supplement for more details.

Required Documents

1. Official university transcript or required experience*
2. Two letters of recommendation (one academic and one personal OR two professional references)
3. Detailed resume
4. Personal statement/Statement of Intent
5. A current criminal record check
6. A 500-1000 word essay on a related topic of choice (only required if you do not possess a bachelor's degree)

Financial Aid & Awards

Candidates for this program may be eligible for JIBC awards and bursaries including the JIBC General Student Bursary. All students are encouraged to apply.

For more information, contact Student Services or the Financial Aid & Student Awards Advisor at financialaid@jibc.ca.

International Applicants

International applicants are encouraged to visit the International Students page or contact JIBC's Office of International Affairs at international@jibc.ca.

Transfer Credits & Prior Learning Credits

JIBC has a Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL) policy. As part of the British Columbia public post-secondary system, JIBC is a full participant in the credit transfer system of the BC Council on Admissions and Transfer.

Transfer Credit Opportunities

JIBC has a number of articulation agreements for transfer credit with Mercyhurst University, the Canadian Police College and BCIT.

Mercyhurst University - JIBC students may be eligible to transfer credits from the Intelligence Analysis or Tactical Criminal Analysis graduate certificate programs to the Master of Science in Applied Intelligence degree (online program) offered by the Ridge College of Intelligence Studies and Applied Sciences at Mercyhurst University

Canadian Police College - CPC students who successfully complete the CPC Tactical Criminal Intelligence Analysis course and/or the Strategic Analysis course may be eligible for transfer credit into JIBC's Intelligence Analysis or Tactical Criminal Analysis graduate certificate.

BCIT - Students who successfully demonstrate completion of the BCIT Bachelor of Technology, Forensic Investigation - Crime and Intelligence Analysis option, will receive six credits for JIBC's INTL-5100 Intelligence Theories & Applications, and INTL-5800 Intelligence Communications. These are two of the foundational courses in JIBC's Intelligence Analysis and Tactical Criminal Analysis Graduate Certificate programs.

Program FAQs

Q: Is it possible to use the credits from this graduate certificate towards a master's degree?

A: In partnership with leading universities specializing in intelligence analysis, JIBC graduates can apply their education towards completion of a master’s degree in the field.