PI Basics
Information that has been collected, processed, and narrowed.
What is intelligence?
A subject's ________ is the reason they make a statement or take an action that brings them to USSS attention.
What is motivation?
Defective or lost contact with reality.
What is psychosis?
"Authorization to Review Medical and Mental Health Files", or more simply, the PI consent form.
What is SSF 1945?
This type of mental health professional is a physician and is licensed to write prescriptions.
What is a psychiatrist?
The biggest outcome of the "NTAC Study" was the the shift away from a threat-based approach to one based on this.
What is behavior?
The subject's capacity to plan or execute violent action against a protected.
What is organizational ability?
False beliefs firmly held and not subject to reason or evidence to the contrary.
What are delusions?
"Protective Intelligence Subject Analysis Worksheet" (PISAW)
What is SSF 4306?
By state law, a subject that is suffering from mental illness and is likely to cause harm to themselves or others may be subject to this.
What is involuntary committal?
"If the President doesn't get gas prices down soon, someone should shoot him..." is an example of this.
What is a conditional threat?
DAILY DOUBLE
What is consistency?
A subject with bipolar disorder will usually come to USSS attention during this cycle of the mental illness.
What is manic?
"Handwriting Card"
What is SSF 1607D?
Rules that guide and/or restrict the actions of mental health professionals.
What are professional ethics?
Cases that originate in PID that are sent to field offices and require formal investigation and reporting.
What is referred?
A check of this is not enough to accurately verify criminal history, which is a key element of assessing "interests of concern".
What is NCIC?
A subject diagnosed with bipolar disorder is most likely taking a medication based on this.
What is lithium?
"Release of Information with Patient Authorization" (information only)
What is SSF 1945A?
Mental health professionals can not be compelled to testify as to what patients may have told them due to this legal standard.
What is privileged communication?
A PI case involving a demonstration or civil disobedience will have this case type number.
What is 673?
Inappropriate interest in a protected and actions such as attempting to penetrate security are elements of this key theme.
This type of subject is usually exercising poor judgement and/or is unaware of the consequences of their actions.
What is mentally stable?
"Federal PI Investigations Field Case Closing Worksheet"
What is SSF 4355E?
As detailed on SSF 1946, there is a USSS exception to this privacy law.