Some pay attention to their observation-orientation-decision and action cycles (Boyd Cycle), some fail to.  The reasons are not necessarily unprofessionalism, although it could be. more likely its friction caused by concerns of laws, rules and regulations, policies and procedures or complacency, laziness etc.

But eventually someone at University of California Berkley Campus Police observed patterns that made no sense, recognized the signs and signals and followed up on what her observations were screaming out to her. The Boyd Cycle is often thought of as only a survival or tactical decision making tool, however it is a tool we use in all aspects of our lives to include following up on suspicious behavior that makes no-sense.  Outstanding work!

Here's and article and video on how it happened and the case was cracked via in my view a fine tuned Boyd Cycle.

Stay Oriented!

Fred

ANTIOCH - Phillip Garrido, the suspect in a 18-year-old kidnapping case, had served time for rape, kidnapping and pot charges. Parole officers regularly visited him at home and at work, and Garrido reportedly wore his GPS device regularly.
"An agent would be watching about 50 people" at any given time, reports California Department of Corrections spokesperson Gordon Hinkle. "He had no violations during the entire period. He was compliant of his condition."
At least, that's what they thought.

On Tuesday, the secret life of Phillip and Nancy Garrido started to unravel as he handed out religious literature on the campus of UC Berkeley. At his side were two small children and two adult women. When campus police asked for identification, it was revealed he was a parolee.

His parole officer called him the next day. After hearing reports of two adult women and two children, but never witnessing the four subjects with Garrido, the officer sensed something was wrong and pressed the convicted sex offender for information.

That's when the case, 18 years in the making, had been cracked. continue reading