by Sam Culper
Next week, we’re about to start going over a handful of posts about source recruiting and source operations; areas which have only been lightly covered on this blog. That’s about to change.
I was thinking earlier today about all the applications of source ops for the post-SHTF Patriot and/or prepper. One of the most glaring ways is to track crime information. I think the possibility that we all go to sleep one night and wake up in post-Apocalyptic America is pretty low. I think it’s more likely that, for a period of time, civil society slowly breaks down and we just don’t realize that we’re already living in post-SHTF until a catastrophic event occurs. Post-SHTF would not have started one second after that event, but probably in the years leading up to that event. I guess you could even make the case that we’re living in post-SHTF America right now because I don’t foresee things getting better before they get worse. We’re probably here for good.
That said, everyone needs to check out Crime Reports. I think we covered this site already in an Intelligence Preparation of the Battlefield (IPB) post and an Open Source Intelligence (OSINT) post. At any rate, do a quick search for the past month based on your zip code. Then look at each month for the past 12 months and keep score. Do you notice any patterns? I still need to write a couple posts on identifying and analyzing patterns, but you already know the basics. There’s a lot of nuance, however, in reading patterns. Some factors we might look at are frequency and disposition (geographic relation, for instance).
I clicked on the Crime Report link in the article and found out that there is a registered sex offender 5 houses from me in my subdivision.