“Fusion Centers:  Bringing Organization to the Chaos” is the first in a series of videos to be developed by the Florida Fusion Center, highlighting the numerous functions and successes of fusion centers across the nation.

The events of 9/11 exposed a need for partnerships and an established flow of secure information in the world of intelligence. This video describes how fusion centers met that need and the role they play in responding to mass casualty incidents:  assisting first responders, assessing the size and scope of an incident, and sharing information with key stakeholders. The video also highlights the organized approach fusion centers bring to incidents or unplanned events through established resources and trusted partnerships between fusion centers and their state, local, and federal partners.

The video is available on the National Criminal Intelligence Resource Center and is intended for use by fusion centers and partners throughout the Fusion Center Network.  It may be downloaded for use in presentations or for other fusion center purposes.

"President Trump knows how to give clear orders. One of the orders he gave me on the first day I became United States Attorney general was pretty simple: reduce crime. Some of these people have to go off for real time. We cannot go back to a revolving door of justice,"

~Jeff Sessions, Attorney General, U.S. Department of Justice

On January 30, 2018, U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions addressed an audience of law enforcement professionals in Louisville, Kentucky, focusing on efforts to reduce violent crime and fight the opioid crisis.  His remarks stressed the value of the Project Safe Neighborhoods (PSN) effort and the work of the U.S. Attorneys’ Office to work with communities to reduce crime.  Attorney General Sessions highlighted the Louisville Metro Intelligence and its interagency partnership with the DEA, the FBI, the ATF, the U.S. Marshals Service, and state and local agencies, based on the PSN model.   Attorney General Sessions also stated that experienced prosecutors have been assigned to opioid hot-spot districts to focus solely on investigating and prosecuting opioid-related health-care fraud.

RISS centers across the country provide various types of support to state, local, tribal, and federal law enforcement agencies.  From assisting with analytic case information to programs that enhance investigative efforts, RISS offers many services that support law enforcement.  The RISS Impact Website allows agencies to report their success stories to their regional centers.  Examples of RISS support to local agencies include the following:

- Analytical/Intelligence Research Services provided to Ames, Iowa, Police Department

- Human Trafficking/RISSIntel Services provided to Mariposa County, California, Sheriff’s Office

- Analytical Services provided to Peachtree City (Georgia) Police Department

The CenTF Program is proud to present a new webinar series, “Critical Components of Task Force Success,” which presents an overview of key strategies that are critical to task force operations in today’s law enforcement environment. Designed to highlight these key strategies, the webinars will discuss topics that are covered in detail throughout the CenTF training program. 

Registration is open for the first webinar, Administration of a Task Force, to be held on February 16, 2018, at 2:00 p.m., EST.  This webinar will provide a high-level overview of task force administration. It will identify different types of task forces and how to organize, maintain, and sustain multijurisdictional task forces. There will also be a discussion about the critical components of task force leadership.

With the many opportunities for law enforcement-related training occurring across the country every day, identifying a central location to locate relevant training is an ongoing need for the field.  The BJA NTTAC's online TTA Catalog serves as a central location for law enforcement and homeland security partners to identify relevant training and other technical resources based on their respective needs and locations.  The catalog also includes information on conferences and other events from the field that may be of interest to the justice community.  Users are able to search by various filters, such as event type, date range, keyword, and location to find events that meet their needs.