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The Criminal Intelligence Coordinating Council’s (CICC) Five in 5 is a snapshot of law enforcement and criminal intelligence-related articles, resources, and research that may be of interest to CICC members and partners working to improve the nation’s ability to develop and share criminal intelligence. The CICC’s mission—to advocate for and support state, local, and tribal law enforcement and
homeland security agencies and personnel in their efforts to develop and share criminal intelligence for the promotion of public safety and the security of our nation—is important, contemporary, and essential. Five in 5 is provided for your information and awareness as an effort to assist the criminal intelligence community in understanding trends, training, and activities that may impact law enforcement and criminal intelligence. You are encouraged to share this e-mail with your association members, colleagues, department/organization personnel, and others, as appropriate.
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Intelligence Center |
Texas Could Establish Intelligence Center in Hidalgo County
The Texas House of Representatives recently passed House Bill 11—a border security bill that proposes the formation of the Texas Transnational Intelligence Center. The purpose of this center would be to collect data on border crimes more efficiently. The center would be run by the Hidalgo County Sheriff’s Office and the McAllen Police Department, since they are the largest county and municipal police departments along the Texas–Mexico border. Additional assistance would be provided by the Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS). The agency would merge with the Joint Operations Intelligence Center, currently managed by DPS. The bill will be voted on next by the Texas Senate.
To read more about this bill, refer to: http://www.valleycentral.com/news/story.aspx?id=1179665.
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Cybercrime |
The FBI’s Cyber Action Team—Rapidly Responding to Major Computer Intrusions
The Cyber Action Team (CAT) was established by the FBI’s Cyber Division in 2006 in order to provide rapid incident response on major computer intrusions and cyber-related emergencies. The CAT is composed of cyber experts who are capable of being almost anywhere in the world within 48 hours, providing investigative support and answering critical questions that are essential in moving the case forward. Since the inception of the CAT, the FBI has investigated hundreds of cyber crimes within the U.S. and interests abroad.
For more information on the FBI’s Cyber Action Team, refer to: www.fbi.gov/news/stories/2015/march/the-cyber-action-team.
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Community Outreach Guidance |
COPS Office Releases Publication, Uniting Communities Post-9/11
The U.S. Department of Justice’s (DOJ) Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS Office) recently released Uniting Communities Post-9/11: Tactics for Cultivating Community Policing Partnerships with Arab, Middle Eastern, Muslim, and South Asian Communities. This publication explores how community-oriented policing strategies can support homeland security initiatives while building stronger, more trustful relationships between communities and police departments.
To download this publication, refer to: http://ric-zai-inc.com/ric.php?page=detail&id=COPS-W0754.
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Performance Metrics |
Measuring Performance in a Modern Police Organization Harvard’s Executive Session on Policing and Public Safety recently released a paper on measuring performance in modern policing organizations. This paper provides police executives with broad frameworks for recognizing the value of police work, indicates common mistakes regarding performance measurement, and provides general lessons learned in other security and regulatory professions. Author Malcolm Sparrow advocates that police managers use a broader and richer information environment to assess performance, summarizing the work of several notable experts in the policing field who have broadened the framework for monitoring and measuring policing.
To access this publication, contained in the New Perspectives in Policing Bulletin, U.S. Department of Justice, National Institute of Justice, refer to: www.ncjrs.gov/pdffiles1/nij/248476.pdf.
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Data Privacy |
The Military’s New Bid to Protect Your Data
The Defense Advanced Projects Research Agency (DARPA) has recently announced a program that seeks to restore some semblance of privacy to the online world. This program, the Brandeis program, seeks to build information systems that can ensure private data can only be used for its intended purpose and no other. The four-year program intends to protect transactional data via three technical means: privacy computing, human and digital interaction, and building experimental systems to provide the platforms on which to test these ideas in practice—in essence, creating a privacy machine.
For more information on this article, refer to: www.nextgov.com/defense/2015/03/militarys-new-bid-protect-your-data/107547/?oref=ng-channelriver.
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