Intelligence, NCISP, Fusion Centers
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This document aims to provide intelligence analysts with information on the tools they need to effectively and efficiently perform their duties and produce useful intelligence products. The tools examined in this document represent the basic toolbox that the intelligence analyst will need to provide the vital intelligence service that is expected in today’s law enforcement environment.
File: analyst toolbox.pdf
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Submitted: 4/18/2012 8:24 AM
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The Baseline Capabilities for State and Major Urban Area Fusion Centers serves as an addendum to the Fusion Center Guidelines and provides fusion centers with the baseline capabilities and operational guidelines necessary to achieve each of the capabilities. By achieving a baseline level of capability, a fusion center will have the necessary structures, processes, and tools in place to support the gathering, processing, analysis, and dissemination of terrorism, homeland security, and law enforcement information. The capabilities also assist in ensuring that fusion centers have the basic foundational elements for integrating into the national Information Sharing Environment.
File: baseline capabilities for state and major urban area fusion centers.pdf
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Submitted: 3/1/2012 4:09 PM
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The Common Competencies for State, Local, and Tribal Intelligence Analysts identifies common analytic competencies that should be exhibited by state, local, and tribal intelligence analysts working in state or major urban area fusion centers or similar analytic law enforcement entities. These competencies are essential for analysts to effectively perform their job duties and are required in their unique operating environments.
File: common competencies state local and Tribal intelligence analysts.pdf
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Submitted: 4/18/2012 4:24 PM
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This document identifies the capabilities necessary for state and major urban area fusion centers (fusion centers) to establish a critical infrastructure and key resources (CIKR) protection analytic capability that supports infrastructure security activities at the state and local levels. This document is an appendix to the U.S. Department of Justice’s Global Justice Information Sharing Initiative’s (Global) Baseline Capabilities for State and Major Urban Area Fusion Centers (Baseline Capabilities document), which defined the capabilities and standards necessary for a fusion center to be considered capable of performing basic functions (e.g., the gathering, processing, analyzing, and disseminating of terrorism, homeland security, and law enforcement information).
File: CIKR protection capabilities for fusion centers s.pdf
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Submitted: 4/18/2012 4:23 PM
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Viewed as the cornerstone of the National Criminal Intelligence Sharing Plan, the Criminal Intelligence Coordinating Council (CICC) was established in May 2004 to provide recommendations in connection with the implementation and refinement of the NCISP. The CICC is made up of members representing law enforcement and homeland security agencies, and is an advocate for local, state, and tribal law enforcement and supports their efforts to develop and share criminal intelligence for the purpose of promoting public safety and securing the nation.
File: CICC executive summary_compliant.pdf
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Submitted: 9/5/2012 12:43 PM
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The U.S. DOJ’s Global Advisory Committee, its working groups, and partner organizations have developed many valuable resources to assist practitioners in improving agency operations and criminal intelligence sharing efforts. However, to centrally locate these resources in an easily accessible format/venue and provide a single reference to “all things intelligence” is an ongoing goal and challenge. The Criminal Intelligence Resources Guide (“Guide”) was created to address this need. This compendium of intelligence products was prepared under the guidance of the Criminal Intelligence Coordinating Council (CICC) and its research arm, the Global Intelligence Working Group, providing a well-balanced approach not only to the content and organization of the Guide itself but to the many resources included. While the Guide does not claim to be the all-encompassing intelligence resource, it does aim to capture a valuable representation of the related tools available to the justice community. This is a “living document,” and persistent efforts will be employed to continually update it as new resources are identified.
File: criminal intelligence resources guide_compliant.pdf
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Submitted: 9/5/2012 12:41 PM
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File: defining fusion center technology business processes A tool for planning.pdf
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Submitted: 4/18/2012 4:25 PM
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In accordance with the National Criminal Intelligence Sharing Plan and the National Strategy for Information Sharing(NSIS), the Findings and Recommendations of the SAR Support and Implementation Project was developed to describe the all-crimes approach to gathering, processing, reporting, analyzing, and sharing of suspicious activity by local law enforcement agencies. This report and its recommendations are important for establishing national guidelines that will improve the identification and reporting of suspicious activity and will allow for the timely sharing of SAR information with law enforcement agencies, fusion centers, and the Joint Terrorism Task Forces (JTTF).
File: Findings and Recommendations of the Suspicious Activity Report (SAR) Support and Implementation Project.pdf
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Submitted: 7/27/2012 12:38 PM
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This document identifies recommended actions and guidance for state and major urban area fusion centers (fusion centers) to effectively integrate the fire service into the fusion process. Within the context of this document, the fire service is defined as including fire and emergency operations, emergency medical service operations, rescue operations, hazardous materials operations, fire prevention/protection, fire investigation, incident management, and responder safety.
File: Fire service integration for Fusion Centers.pdf
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Submitted: 4/18/2012 4:29 PM
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The document Fusion Center Guidelines addresses the development of guidelines for fusion centers as well as the foundation for the development of fusion center guidelines for law enforcement intelligence, public safety, and private sector entities. These guidelines and related materials will provide assistance to centers as they prioritize and address threats posed in their specific jurisdictions for all crime types, including terrorism, and guide administrators in developing policies, managing resources, and evaluating services. The fusion process supports the implementation of risk-based, information-driven prevention, response, and consequence management programs as well as efforts to address immediate and/or emerging threat-related circumstances and events. The document also defines fusion centers and explains that the principal role of fusion centers is to compile, blend, analyze, and disseminate criminal intelligence and other information (including, but not limited to, threat assessment, public safety, law enforcement, public health, social service, and public works) to support efforts to anticipate, identify, prevent, and/or monitor criminal activity.
Submitted: 10/13/2009 3:58 PM
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The document Fusion Center Guidelines addresses the development of guidelines for fusion centers as well as the foundation for the development of fusion center guidelines for law enforcement intelligence, public safety, and private sector entities. These guidelines and related materials will provide assistance to centers as they prioritize and address threats posed in their specific jurisdictions for all crime types, including terrorism, and guide administrators in developing policies, managing resources, and evaluating services. The fusion process supports the implementation of risk-based, information-driven prevention, response, and consequence management programs as well as efforts to address immediate and/or emerging threat-related circumstances and events. The document also defines fusion centers and explains that the principal role of fusion centers is to compile, blend, analyze, and disseminate criminal intelligence and other information (including, but not limited to, threat assessment, public safety, law enforcement, public health, social service, and public works) to support efforts to anticipate, identify, prevent, and/or monitor criminal activity.
File: fusion_center_guidelines.pdf
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Submitted: 4/18/2012 4:33 PM
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The Fusion Center Privacy Policy Development: Privacy, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties Policy Template was developed in collaboration with the DHS/DOJ Fusion Process Technical Assistance Program and DOJ’s Global Privacy and Information Quality Working Group (GPIQWG). This template assists fusion center personnel in developing a center privacy policy related to the information, intelligence, and suspicious activity report (SAR) information the center collects, receives, maintains, archives, accesses, and discloses to center personnel, governmental agencies, Information Sharing Environment (ISE) participants, and other participating criminal justice and public safety agencies, as well as to private contractors and the general public. Provisions contained in this template will help centers comply with requirements of the DHS’ Homeland Security Grant Program Guidance, the ISE Privacy Guidelines, and the National Suspicious Activity Reporting (SAR) Initiative.
File: Fusion Center Privacy Policy Development.pdf
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Submitted: 5/13/2010 9:19 AM
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The Fusion Center Technology Guide was developed collaboratively by technology subject matter experts. It provides a methodology for fusion center directors and managers that can be used to facilitate technology planning and provides a practical perspective on the value of technology as an enabler to the fusion center mission. This guide supports fusion center directors and managers in the development and implementation of technology within their fusion center to achieve its mission.
File: fusion center technology guide.pdf
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Submitted: 4/18/2012 4:30 PM
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The Fusion Center Technology Resources Road Map was developed by technology subject matter experts, including representatives from the IJIS Institute and SEARCH, and provides guidance on how information, technology infrastructure, applications, performance metrics, and business processes align with the core business capabilities of a fusion center. The document leverages best practices of enterprise architecture, business process, information flow, and exchange identification to tie together existing fusion center planning and guidance documents. This document assists fusion center leaders—in particular, senior technology managers—in formulating a strategic technology vision and plan for their center and to support sound investment and technology selection decisions within the plan.
File: fusion center technology resources road map.pdf
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Submitted: 4/18/2012 4:31 PM
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This document provides guidance to agencies seeking to establish and operate a gang task force or gang intelligence unit within their jurisdiction or those agencies that participate in a gang task force or intelligence unit.
File: guidelines for establishing Gang Intelligence units.pdf
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Submitted: 4/18/2012 4:42 PM
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This document identifies the recommended actions for state and major urban area fusion centers to integrate the public health and health care community into the fusion process.
File: health security appendix.pdf
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Submitted: 8/19/2011 1:12 PM
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File: Law Enforcement Analyst certification.pdf
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Submitted: 4/18/2012 4:35 PM
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The booklet Law Enforcement Analytic Standards discusses the standards created by the International Association of Law Enforcement Intelligence Analysts (IALEIA) as a result of the National Criminal Intelligence Sharing Plan (NCISP) recommendations. The analytic standards consist of 25 standards that explain the requirements of agencies to adopt the minimum standards for intelligence-led policing in order to support the development of sound, professional, and analytical products (intelligence). The standards are composed of educational standards and intelligence process standards, as well as testimony, data-source attribution, and feedback standards.
File: Law Enforcement Analytic Standards 04202_combined_compliant.pdf
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Submitted: 5/8/2012 11:41 AM
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File: leintelguide.pdf
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Submitted: 9/22/2009 4:54 PM
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File: e050919201-IntelGuide_web.pdf
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Submitted: 9/22/2009 4:56 PM
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This document summarizes the activity of the Criminal Intelligence Coordinating Council (CICC) and the Global Intelligence Working Group (GIWG) since the previous Global Advisory Committee (GAC) meeting held in April of 2011.
Submitted: 10/24/2011 12:05 PM
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The document Minimum Criminal Intelligence Training Standards for United States Law Enforcement and Other Criminal Justice Agencies explains the recommended development of minimum training standards for all affected levels of law enforcement personnel, including core training objectives in six areas: General Law Enforcement Officer, Law Enforcement Executive, Intelligence Manager, Intelligence Officer/Collector, Intelligence Analyst, and Train-the-Trainer. The goals in developing the standards were to identify specific training topics and issues for each level of personnel involved in the intelligence process, to make specific recommendations for training objectives and the delivery of training, and to work with relevant agencies and groups to develop model curricula.
File: minimum criminal intelligence training standards.pdf
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Submitted: 4/18/2012 4:38 PM
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The National Criminal Intelligence Sharing Plan (NCISP), the first of its kind in the country, provides a blueprint to help agencies establish criminal intelligence sharing policies, procedures, standards, technologies, and training. The Plan was assembled with close input and cooperation from local, state, tribal, and federal law enforcement agencies, and it has been endorsed by numerous national law enforcement organizations. Implementation of NCISP will provide law enforcement agencies with the ability to gather, analyze, protect, and share information and intelligence to identify, investigate, prevent, deter, and defeat the perpetrators of criminal and terrorist activities, both domestically and internationally.
File: National Criminal Intelligence Sharing Plan.pdf
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Submitted: 4/26/2012 3:27 PM
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This document offers an overview of the National Criminal Intelligence Sharing Plan (NCISP). The NCISP, the first of its kind in the country, provides a blueprint to help agencies establish criminal intelligence sharing policies, procedures, standards, technologies, and training. The Plan was assembled with close input and cooperation from local, state, tribal, and federal law enforcement agencies, and it has been endorsed by numerous national law enforcement organizations. Implementation of NCISP will provide law enforcement agencies with the ability to gather, analyze, protect, and share information and intelligence to identify, investigate, prevent, deter, and defeat the perpetrators of criminal and terrorist activities, both domestically and internationally.
File: NCISP_executive_summary_508_comp.pdf
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Submitted: 6/23/2010 12:27 PM
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This CD provides a narrated overview of the National Criminal Intelligence Sharing Plan (NCISP). The NCISP, the first of its kind in the country, provides a blueprint to help agencies establish criminal intelligence sharing policies, procedures, standards, technologies, and training. The Plan was assembled with close input and cooperation from local, state, tribal, and federal law enforcement agencies, and it has been endorsed by numerous national law enforcement organizations. Implementation of NCISP will provide law enforcement agencies with the ability to gather, analyze, protect, and share information and intelligence to identify, investigate, prevent, deter, and defeat the perpetrators of criminal and terrorist activities, both domestically and internationally.
Submitted: 10/19/2009 10:53 AM
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This document serves as an overview for implementing the Intelligence-Led Policing (ILP) framework within a law enforcement agency and provides insight regarding the challenges of ILP implementation. Law enforcement executives can use this document as a resource to assist in the successful implementation of the ILP framework within their agency.
File: Navigating Your Agency's Path to Intelligence-Led Policing.pdf
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Submitted: 3/1/2012 4:09 PM
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This document assists agencies in determining whether they are in compliance with applicable privacy-related policies, procedures, rules, and guidelines. The document includes a suggested methodology for conducting the review of an agency’s intelligence enterprise and identifies the high-liability areas of concern that should be included when performing the review. The document also contains a suggested list of questions to answer when conducting the compliance process but may not cover all laws, policies, and procedures that are applicable to a particular state or agency.
File: privacy civil rights and civil liberties compliance verification for the intelligence enterprise.pdf
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Submitted: 4/18/2012 4:43 PM
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Is designed to serve as a pocket-sized reference card for line officers who are responding to a First Amendment-protected event and provides an overview of their roles and responsibilities, as well as an overview of the rights of the participants of First Amendment-protected events.
File: Role of State and Local Law Enforcement in First Amendment Events.pdf
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Submitted: 3/8/2012 4:32 PM
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This version of the Role of State and Local Law Enforcement at First Amendment Events Reference Card permits agencies to add an agency logo and/or produce multiple copies for agency personnel use. This version is not ideal for personal printers or copy machines; it is designed to be provided to a professional printing company and/or copy shop. For additional instructions for professional printing, please visit the link.
File: Role of State and Local Law Enforcement in First Amendment Events (professional print version).pdf
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Submitted: 1/31/2012 10:05 AM
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The Importance of Privacy, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties Protections in American Law Enforcement and Public
Safety training video assists local, state, and tribal law enforcement line officers in understanding their role in the protection of privacy, civil rights, and civil liberties as they perform their everyday duties. The video provides an introductory overview of what privacy, civil rights, and civil liberties protections are; examples of these protections; and the important function line officers have in upholding these protections. The short video may be used during roll call and in-service training, incorporated into agency distance-learning capabilities, and used to complement other agency privacy-related training efforts.
Submitted: 6/3/2011 2:40 PM
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Provides guidance and recommendations to law enforcement agency personnel in understanding their roles and responsibilities in First Amendment-protected events. This guidance document is divided into three stages: Pre-Event, Operational, and Post-Event, with each stage identifying the recommended actions of law enforcement. The resource also provides an overview of how fusion centers can support law enforcement in its public safety mission in regards to these types of events.
File: Recommendations for First Amendment-Protected Events for state and local Law Enforcement.pdf
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Submitted: 3/8/2012 4:17 PM
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The Responding to First Amendment-Protected Events—The Role of State and Local Law Enforcement Officers training videos are designed to assist law enforcement personnel in: understanding their roles and responsibilities as they prepare for and respond to a First Amendment-protected event; protecting the privacy, civil rights, and civil liberties of persons and groups participating in a First Amendment-protected event; and reinforcing fundamental concepts learned at law enforcement training academies and during in-service programs.
Submitted: 12/19/2012 11:58 AM
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The Suspicious Activity Reporting Process Implementation Checklist is a companion document to the Findings and Recommendations of the Suspicious Activity Report (SAR) Support and Implementation Project Report, and provides a simplified checklist for chief executives and senior leadership to implement a SAR process within their agency. Using this checklist when developing an internal SAR process will aid agencies in their crime prevention efforts and assist with successfully incorporating local, state, and tribal agencies into the nationwide SAR process.
File: SAR Checklist 2012_compliant.pdf
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Submitted: 12/13/2012 12:23 PM
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This document provides valuable guidance towards systematically sharing law enforcement information among local, state, tribal, and federal law enforcement agencies—large or small.
File: NCISP 10 steps.pdf
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Submitted: 4/18/2012 4:40 PM
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This Unified Message document, issued in April 2012, was created to help clarify a unified approach to the process of reporting and sharing of information related to suspicious activity.
Submitted: 4/13/2012 8:33 AM
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Why Law Enforcement Agencies Need an Analytical Function explains how the analytical function benefits law enforcement agencies.
File: analysts_9_steps.pdf
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Submitted: 4/18/2012 9:25 AM
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