ATWJE - Patricia Potter - The Analyst Poet

Episode: 00166 Released on July 3, 2023 Description: Joining us from the beautiful Virgin Islands is our guest, Patricia Potter! In this episode, Patricia shares her experience as both a dispatcher and analyst on an island-based jurisdiction. Her badge story involves a burglary case committed by a known suspect where she quickly obtained buy-in and approval from both officers and leadership. Patricia also discusses the difference between working at a local police department and a fusion center (i.e., crime analysis vs intelligence analysis, quantitative vs qualitative). Patricia is currently a lead intelligence analyst at the Virgin Islands Fusion Center.

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Name Drops: Curtis Griffin (00:04:39), Wayne Bryan (00:23:09)

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John Ng (https://www.leapodcasts.com/e/atwje-john-ng-the-evidence-based-analyst/) 
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Related Links:
http://www.vipd.gov.vi/
https://dpp.vi.gov/agency/virgin-islands-territorial-emergency-management-agency
Association(s) Mentioned: IALEIA, IACA, Southern Shield

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Contact: U.S. Virgin Islands Fusion Center (Primary) – 340-776-3013

Transcript: https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/te6btu/PatriciaPotter_transcript.pdf 

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00:00:17 – Introducing Patricia
00:14:19 – ABS: Burglary Series
00:22:46 – Fusion Center
00:25:06 – Break: John Ng & Angela Becker-Hines
00:31:09 – ABS:  Transnational Threat Assessment 
00:36:25 – IA vs CA: Contrasting Goals
00:41:53 – Training
00:48:27 – Personal Interests: Spear Fishing, Poetry, & Fashion
00:53:41 – Words to the World