Iligan Capitol College

Mahayahay, Iligan City

COLLEGE of CRIMINOLOGY

Police Intelligence and

Secret Service
➢ Casing or Reconnaissance
➢ Observation and Description

Prepared by: Kiven M. Geonzon

CASING OR RECONNAISSANCE
 is the term use in the police organization while
reconnaissance is used in military terms. Casing or
reconnaissance is the surveillance of a building place or area
to determine its suitability for Intel use or its vulnerability in
operations. It aids in the planning of an operation by
providing needed information. It assists the agent handler to
install confidence in his agent during briefing phase by being
able to speak knowingly about the area of operation. Casing is
also considered a security measure because it offers some
degree of protection for those operating in an area unfamiliar
to them.
Methods of Casing
 Personal Reconnaissance – the most effective method and will
produced the most info since you know just what you’re looking for.

 Map Reconnaissance – it may not sufficient but it can produce a

certain amount of usable information

 Research - much info can be acquired through research

 Prior Information – your unit and of the unit will have file report
that they may provide you with info

 Hearsay –info usually gain by the person operating in the area and
performing casing job
 OBSERVATION AND DECRIPTION, A.K.A
(ODEX)
 Observation – a complete and accurate observation by an
individual of his surroundings an encompasses the use of all
the major sense to register and recognized its operational or
Intel significance

 Description – the actual and factual reporting of one’s

observation of he reported sensory experience recounted by
another
NOTE: Psychologist estimate that
approximately 85% of our knowledge is
gathered through sight, 13% from sense of
hearing and only 2% through the three
other senses
 Psychological Processes for accurate
observation
 Attention – consist of he psychological process involve in
becoming aware of an existence of fact

 Perception – involved in the understanding this fact of

awareness

 Report – involved in identifying the name in one own mind

and some fact which has been perceive, narrated and
identified