Kentucky Intelligence Fusion Center What is a Fusion

Kentucky Intelligence Fusion Center

What is a Fusion Center? • A teamwork effort among agencies that provides resources, expertise, and information with the goal of maximizing the ability to detect, prevent, apprehend, and respond to criminal and terrorist activity. • The principal role 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, and public works information) to support these efforts.

• Fusion Centers are threat-driven and act as an effective framework for prevention, while providing traditional intelligence services specific to investigative case support. As opposed to Emergency Operations Centers- focus on disaster response/recovery efforts (both natural and man-made). • A Fusion Center is not merely a “data warehouse” of federal, state and local law enforcement information. It is a collaboration of agencies providing access to differing levels of information/data, when linked together and analyzed produces actionable intelligence for law enforcement/public safety personnel at all levels. • The Fusion Center “maximizes resources”, the benefit is the collective experience/expertise of all member participants.

Kentucky’s Fusion Center • No agency controls the Fusion Center. A governance board provides strategic direction • Management control over personnel is retained by the contributing agency • All Crimes/All Hazards concept • Became operational November 2005 • Located in the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet Building

Kentucky’s Fusion Center • ISSUES: – Buy in-439 LE agencies – Training of Personnel. Security Clearances – Participation-tied to KHOS grant funding – Funding – Marketing Products/Services – Adherence to State/Federal Regulations/Standards: NCISP, 28 CFR Part 23 – Data sharinginternal/external – Standards-GJXDM/NIEM

Core Agencies in the Fusion Center • • • Kentucky Office of Homeland Security Kentucky State Police-Intelligence & Communications Kentucky Transportation Cabinet-Traffic Operations Kentucky Department of Corrections Kentucky Department of Military Affairs Kentucky Emergency Management Federal Bureau of Investigation ATF US Secret Service Lexington Police Department Louisville Metro Police Department

Current Capabilities of KY’s Intelligence Fusion Center • Provide full service crime and terrorism intelligence analytical services by utilizing available databases/information resources through-NCIC, NLETS, EPIC, etc. as well as other governmental and commercial sources. • Supports the 3 Joint Terrorism Task Forces (JTTF) with KSP counterterrorism investigators. • Provides link analysis (charts) such as: association links, communication links, event flow. • Serves as the conduit for law enforcement’s request for information from other state fusion centers and access to ROCIC and LEO information. • Coordinates statewide protection of critical infrastructure and key resources through implementation of the National Infrastructure Protection Plan. • Receives/Monitors KYOPS-E-Field Information Reports from KY law enforcement officers. • Full access to the KSP-KYOPS-statewide Crime/Traffic/Collision reporting system, including statewide Master Name File/Master Location File. • Provides access to state digital drivers license photos to local agencies. • 24/7/365 on call service.

Current Capabilities of KY’s Intelligence Fusion Center • Law enforcement voice and data communications capability through Kentucky State Police Headquarters Communications Branch. • Produces periodic Intelligence Bulletins, for dissemination to all law enforcement agencies throughout the state. • Direct access to Kentucky State Police Specialized Units/Assets-Aircraft, Special Response Team, Hazardous Devices, K-9 and Cyber Crime Units. • Answering point for Statewide Arson and DUI hotlines. • Initiate Kentucky Amber Alert Notifications. • Kentucky Missing Persons Center. • Receives state-wide all crimes tips through a toll free hotline called Eye-On -KY and through a website submission. • Receives intelligence briefings from the Federal Bureau of Investigation and U. S. Department of Homeland Security. • Total traffic management/monitoring program, including live video feeds of major interstates, points of entry and critical infrastructure bridges, as well as monitoring of sensitive convoys traveling through the state.

New Fusion Center Capabilities/Programs • FBI-SCIF “Secure Compartmentalized Information Facility” will be constructed in 2008 -providing secure on-site access for all FBI computer systems. • CSX Railroad Asset Monitoring Program-web based monitoring system of rail traffic throughout the state. • KY WINS-Statewide Instant Messenger-system available to all first responder agencies. Broadcast messaging capability from the Fusion Center to LE, Fire, EMS, EMA agency personnel, by geographic region, agency type or statewide. • Intelligence Training -Intelligence Liaison Officer Program. • GIS Mapping/Crime Trend Analysis-provide state and local law enforcement agencies with strategic and tactical crime trend analysis and mapping. • FBI-VICAP State Clearinghouse-Currently establishing state level VICAP program to assist local agencies with VICAP submissions and facilitate VICAP analysis by Kentucky law enforcement agencies.

200 Mero Street Frankfort, KY 40622 Transportation Cabinet Building 502 -564 -1020 (Intelligence) 502 -564 -5315 fax ky. intelreports@ky. gov (for intel info) Fusion. Center@ky. gov (admin) Shelby Lawson Fusion Center Operations Director Lt. Tony Edwards KSP Intelligence Commander Major Brad Bates KSP Chief Information Officer