Analytical Thinking in Crime Investigation

On 17th November 2015, Mr. Krishna Murti, S.IK,Msk, the director of the criminal
investigation department and Jakarta metropolitan police came to SGU to share with the Business Administration (BA) Department and Hotel Tourism and Management (HTM) students about his experiences in analytical thinking. He told the 1st semester students about
various problems faced by him and his team, such as resources and time management.

He also shared about one of this cases. This case related to murder and sexual assault. On 2nd October
2015, Kalideres police sector received a report that a body was found inside
a cardboard box, and it was a 9 year old girl, later well known as Putri Nur
Fauzia. Police interviewed more than 100 people including children
and adult. This case was supported by forensic and technological
capabilities with CCTV analysis, forensic identification and DNA tracing.
There were some suspects but the most potential was a man called Agus. He struggled with
the overwhelming evidence until the suspect confessed to the investigators.

Mr. Krishna also explained about the importance of capacities. Capacities is
related to case management (Forensic Intelligence, Technological
Intelligence, and Human Intelligence), & media management (communication) so
it creates analytical thinking.

Besides communication skills Mr. Krishna taught the students
about the decision making process. The first is noise (what we hear) – information
(what news we receive) – data ( is the information valid?) – theory – decision
making.