After the attacks of September 11, 2001, American law enforcement was confronted with the reality that the mechanisms utilized by federal, state, and local police to share information across jurisdictions were inadequate. Intelligence-led policing is the emerging philosophy by which law enforcement can actively engage in information sharing to prevent or mitigate threats. There exists little empirical evidence as to how police organizations are implementing this new philosophy. Carter explores the innovative adoption of intelligence-led policing among American law enforcement and operationalizes what being intelligence-led actually constitutes. Recommendations for improving the adoption of intelligence-led policing by state and local police are provided. Jeremy G. Carter is an assistant professor within the School of Public and Environmental Affairs at Indiana University Purdue University-Indianapolis and earned his Ph.D. from the School of Criminal Justice at Michigan State University. His research areas include policing, policy evaluation, justice technologies, law enforcement intelligence, and counter-terrorism. He has published in Police Quarterly, Criminal Justice and Behavior, Criminal Justice Policy Review, Police Practice and Research, Journal of Applied Security Research, and The Homeland Security Review. Carter was recently confirmed as a lecturer at the Federal Bureau of Investigation's National Academy within the Advanced Intelligence Training Unit in Quantico, VA.