Lorie Velarde
Curriculum Vitae
Lorie Velarde is a GIS Analyst with the Irvine Police Department in Irvine, California and an
instructor of Geographic Profiling Analysis. Over her 23-year law enforcement career, she has
designed and implemented a department-wide geographic information system (GIS), instructed
on the use of GIS to analyze crime, and published in the area of geographic profiling. She holds
a Master of Science degree in Criminology, a Bachelor of Arts degree in Social Ecology, a
California State Multiple Subject Teaching Credential, and California Department of Justice
Certification in Crime and Intelligence Analysis. Lorie has previously consulted on a project
involving the spatial analysis of incident data from the Middle East, and she has also developed
coursework on geographic profiling for law enforcement and military applications. She has
received several awards for her work, including the prestigious International Association of
Chiefs of Police/ChoicePoint Award for Criminal Investigative Excellence.