ATWJE - Kurt Smith - Man Ahead of His Time

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English - February 26, 2024 13:15 - 1 hour - 41.6 MB
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Episode: 00200 Released on February 26, 2024 Description: Welcome to our 200th episode! In this corner, we got a guy who knows how to get a TKO (technical knockout) with his TKO (tackle known offenders) program: Kurt Smith! And in this corner, you know him, you love him, your host, Jason Elder! [ding ding] Thank you everyone for all your support and we hope you enjoy this exciting episode.

In this episode, Kurt Smith discusses his transition from the military to a sworn officer to a crime analyst to the ArcGIS guy. Kurt is a man ahead of his time, optimizing technology in the early 90s to investigate and close cases. His badge story involves putting himself in the mind of a suspected rapist and murderer to retrace the potential steps. Kurt's intuition uncovered additional leads to the case that ultimately lead to the apprehension of the offender. While this doesn't bring back lost loved ones, Kurt hope that these case closures would bring some peace to the surviving families. Kurt has since moved into consulting work after an impressive career in law enforcement and analysis. He, along with other well-known analysts in the field, paved the way for aspiring analysts.

CHALLENGE: There are Easter eggs in one of the tables of the Excel chapter that Jason wrote for the IACA textbook. First-person to email us at [email protected] about what the Easter eggs are will receive a $50 gift card from us. Happy hunting!

Name Drops: Mark Stallo (00:03:23), Pat Drummy (00:04:49), Sean Bair (00:05:10), Deena Bowman (00:13:08), Andy Mills (00:17:56), Nancy Lavigne/Julie Wartell/Liz Groff/Jim Bueermann (00:20:29), Phil Mielke (00:23:18), Amy Varela (00:32:42), Chris Catren (00:33:09), Molli Duker (00:41:06), Noah Fritz (00:47:17), Jeff Vandersip (00:47:38), Darcy Brown (00:48:18), John Beck (01:04:28)

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00:00:17 – Introducing Kurt
00:12:35 – 1995 San Diego Issues
00:21:29 – Redlands
00:30:26 – CAD Implementation
00:35:34 – Break: Mark Stallo & Jeff Vandersip
00:37:50 – San Diego Sheriff’s Department
00:45:05 – Tackling Known Offenders (TKO)
00:49:41 – ABS: Homicide Close to the House
01:03:14 – Consulting
01:05:37– LEA Still Struggling
01:09:53 – Words to the World