Analyst Talk - Nick Barker - The Think Critically Analyst

About this episode

Jason interviews Nick Barker about his career in criminal intelligence and a significant case involving a multi-county burglary ring.

Jason sits down with Nick Barker, Criminal Intelligence Analyst Supervisor with the Athens-Clarke County Police Department, to discuss his journey from band nerd and underwater crime scene investigations student at Florida State University to leading a cutting-edge Real Time Crime Center. Nick shares how a dropped phone helped unravel a multi-county commercial burglary ring tied to more than 150 burglaries,

People in this episode

Host: Jason

Guest: Nick Barker

Topics covered

• criminal intelligence
• crime investigation
• burglary
• police work
• real time crime center

Keywords

• criminal intelligence
• burglary ring
• crime scene investigation
• Athens-Clarke County
• Florida State University

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Athens-Clarke County Police Department, Florida State University

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