Una Says ➬ continued ... from previous page Previous page: Una you got some people who do the job response teams. He described that it is a team effort on Criminal Minds Riley and Jim Clemente and catch up but they are very careful after his bone marrow transplant and and I explain this to the new writers in front of the Criminal … very careful about crossing certain when his life was almost taken away as they come in and the experienced lines. So that’s the most crazy thing from him that he learned to listen writers as years go on. Some of them Minds tour bus. Above you literally have to make a decision even more to his educated gut feel initially catch on quicker than others, from left: Clemente on sometimes in a fraction of a second that he had learned over the years some of them get that feeling and set; at the sign of the Ahead in that can mean a matter of life or death of investigating sexual and violent they understand it better but I always BAU on set; and with for the victim that is out there waiting crimes. He explained that he acquired get the chance to read what they write actress AJ Cook. Below: for you to rescue them.” the knowledge to have the confidence and I get the chance to give them Familiar to millions of to pick out the details of things. He little nuanced edits, sometimes they Criminal Minds viewers, Trust in instinct went on: “I got very good at that. It think that I am just changing words the on-set aircraft Hollywood is a case of focusing on those little as a wordsmith but no … this is a fuselage Clemente went on in his deep New things and not all this noise on the very subtle thing the way a character Photos coutesy of Una York drawl. “There comes a stage outside.” He spoke about having the goes about doing a certain thing … Riley where you have to trust in your ability to focus on all the miniscule we don’t make assumptions, we make We’re going to be hearing more acts or threats of violence. The “In fact, in the real world it is all educated gut instinct on occasions nuanced aspects that everybody else reasonable conclusions based on the about North America from our BAU assistance to law enforcement bureaucracy and it’s making sure that and don’t get bogged down with a might just brush aside; he believes evidence.” I asked if it got frustrating regular writer Una Riley. A lot more. agencies is provided through the you are crossing every ‘T’ and dotting billion choices that might present those are the areas where the most when he was visualising a scene for process of ‘criminal investigative every ‘I’ because in the end you want themselves.” This philosophy is as a important clues are to be found. I the writers and they go off doing a analyses’. Criminal investigative never thought the wider world to prosecute the case. Hollywood result of him contracting cancer after asked if he found it easy to get that writer thing, instead of a cop thing. analysis is a process of reviewing of security would lead me to likes to show mavericks and people 9-11. In the aftermath of clearing ‘gut-feel’ onto the screen. He smiled Clemente laughed and said: “Yeah crimes from both a behavioural Hollywood. As the new USA who buck the system and yet get the through the debris both at the Twin and said: “What I find is that it is … it happens every now and then. and investigative perspective. It Icorrespondent for the magazine it job done regardless. The characters Towers and at the Pentagon he easier when I write it than when I try There was one classic case where it involves reviewing and assessing the seemed only right that the first article always go over the line and break contracted bone marrow cancer, with to transmit it to other people to write ended up where the actors felt like facts of a criminal act, interpreting should have a movie twist. In my the law but in the real world those other members of the emergency it. However, fortunately in the process they were saying psychopathy and ➬ offender behaviour, and interaction opinion there is no better programme people end up in jail. So it’s the most with the victim, as exhibited during to demonstrate the coming together of excruciating thing for any real cop the commission of the crime, or as the non-fictional and fictional world to see that sort of thing because it is displayed in the crime scene. of security than with the hit series not what they do. They have to work – Criminal Minds. I recently met within the law and still get everything with Jim Clemente, writer, producer Show and reality done so it is much more difficult and and technical advisor on the show more challenging than anyone can since the beginning. Clemente is The real headquarters of the BAU are ever imagine. The way everything is a former FBI Supervisory Special in Quantico, Virginia as depicted in set up in reality is so litigation-based Agent, (SSA) member of the National the series. Criminal Minds premiered that there is a constant awareness and Una Riley has worked Center for the Analysis of Violent in 2005 and is one of the top award- a strong element of fear concerning on behalf of many Crime (NCAVC) and the Behavioral winning series on American TV going off on this or that tangent as it security industry today. I asked Clemente to explain the will create a problem for somebody associations. She is Analysis Unit (BAU) which is the Master Emeritus of the FBI department that the Criminal most similar and the most disparate else down the line. The rules have Worshipful Company of Minds programme is based upon. aspects of the show from the reality now become so restrictive that it Security Professionals In the TV series the BAU provide of the BAU. Clemente said: “The is basically very difficult for cops and separately a Past behavioural-based investigative and most disparate thing about TV is that to do what they do. In fact he Master of the Guild of operational support by applying case everything that a cop does is effective or she ends up doing 25 per cent Public Relations experience, research, and training and it happens in seconds … with actual investigation and 75pc Practitioners. to complex and time-sensitive no bureaucracy.” We both laughed justifying it on paper … and crimes, typically involving serious at the prospect as he went on to say: that’s not good for anybody. So ➬ 26 MAY 2014 PROFESSIONAL SECURITY www.professionalsecurity.co.uk www.professionalsecurity.co.uk MAY 2014 PROFESSIONAL SECURITY 27 Who’s who in Criminal Minds A list of the characters, the actors playing them, and their position. Derek Morgan, Shemar Moore, Supervisory Special Agent / Tactical Trainer; Aaron Hotchner, Thomas Gibson, Unit Chief / Senior Supervisory Special Agent; Jennifer Jareau, AJ Cook; Supervisory Special Agent; Elle Greenaway, Lola Glaudini, Supervisory Special Agent; David Rossi, Joe Mantegna, Senior Supervisory Special Agent; Spencer Reid, Matthew Gray Gubler, Supervisory Special Agent; and Penelope Garcia, Kirsten Vangsness, Technical Analyst / Communications Liaison. psychopath too much so they just and end up stabbing somebody to I asked Erica Messer, the Executive ➬ inserted the words psychotic. It has a death they don’t always have the Producer of Criminal Minds, what lot of the same letters so they thought presence of mind to clean up, and Clemente had contributed to the continued ... it meant the same thing but it is worlds take the knife with them and to get programme by way of his security apart in terms of behaviour and what rid of the evidence by taking that with background and expertise. Messer from previous we were searching for. When I actually them. But psychopaths are so calm in replied: “Jim Clemente has been with saw the final cut where they were just that situation and they think calmly us since day one. And he is a huge page flitting back and forth between the through the most horrendous events part of why this show is such a great words psychopath and psychotic! I that would sent most human beings off success because he knows our struggle was like, where did that come from on a tangent … they think very clearly is to make the show dramatic every … it was not on the page but they and calmly.” week and as we all know we are in thought they were mixing it Hollywood.” Messer smiled as she up a little bit.” Still laughing Choices reveal went on: “He will say ‘I understand he went on: “Yes, it does get that but this may be pushing it’! So a little frustrating at times but Clemente then reeled off the names first and foremost we want to protect you know you just have to let of many psychopaths, criminals and the FBI because we have the honour it go sometimes.” Clemente their particular crimes and MOs of telling stories of a real unit and we explained that in the writer’s [modus operandi]. He outlined don’t want to upset anyone who does room one of the most significant behavioural patterns and psychopathic that job for a living. Jim did that job things he tries to teach is personality traits and the way the for a very long time and for the first that no longer should they be writers are taught not only to look at five seasons of this show was still interested in only physical crime scenes but also victimology.