Teaching a class soon and I want to talk about Pattern of Life Analysis. Lots of people talk about it, but I have not found much written. Any suggestions?
Quantico, VA
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Teaching a class soon and I want to talk about Pattern of Life Analysis. Lots of people talk about it, but I have not found much written. Any suggestions?
Quantico, VA
Guys
Thanks for the ideas. They are great. I have already pulled a couple of them into my class. thanks
Art
Any movie will do. The class is for a LE group.
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CSC2005...
Please contact the POC in the first E-mail. I simply re-posted the E-mail that I got from the Center for Advanced Operational Cultural Learning (CAOCL) at Quantico
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