The tension between individual security and law enforcement has bothered humanity for many years due to the advancement of new technologies that have changed the law enforcement process. Therefore, law enforcement analysts deal with investigating this problem, with the help of investigative intelligence. Law enforcement consulting has discovered that law enforcement analysts' involvement at the beginning of the investigation ensures time-saving, focuses the research, and saves on money and resources. Information activities that are important in law enforcement have three categories:

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• Data collection and analysis to determine violated laws.

• Identifying the person responsible for violation of law through an analysis

• Gathering information relevant for showing evidence in court that the person identified is guilty of breach of the law.

 

Law enforcement consulting is essential in understanding how advancements in technology have altered data collection, storage, and manipulation. Modern societies require a valid and rational law enforcement system with the help of analysts. Data collection, data storage, and analysis are vital aspects of the law enforcement process. The constitution safeguards people from the likelihood of abuse in law enforcement consulting agencies.

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Therefore, law enforcement and privacy require a large amount of data about people that law enforcement analysts may need to keep private. Both require data analysis that uses technology for gathering, identifying people, and analyzing information. However, the significant difference between national privacy and law enforcement is that intelligence gathering of information for national security is non-public. In contrast, information gathered by law enforcement analysts is used to persecute a person for violation of the law and is therefore public. Law enforcement authorities are called upon to act whenever there is a breach of the law while national security authorities are interested in preventing risk resulting from such breach.