Jason A. Henry

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Jason A. Henry Deputy Director Law Enforcement
Information Sharing Initiative
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Vision

• DHS INFORMATION SHARING VISION STATEMENT
• By September 30, 2015, DHS will transform the
  Departments culture, policies, and architecture
  (e.g., processes, standards, and technologies) to
  enable the consistent successful execution of the
  five core homeland security missions and further
  mature and strengthen the homeland security
  enterprises information sharing environment to
  ensure that the right information gets to the
  right people at the right time, while protecting
  privacy, civil rights, and civil liberties.
• DHS LEISI VISION STATEMENT
• DHS LEISI will enable an agile environment for
  sharing DHS Law Enforcement Information, thereby
  increasing the security and safety of the
  Homeland.

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DHS LEIS Service Evolution

• FY 2006 Mercury Pilot
• Share ICE SAC Seattle Data
• Allowed members of LInX NW to view DHS/ICE LE
  Information
• Unstructured Narrative Information such as Case
  Records and Reports of Investigation
• Information was hand carried by Agents on a CD
  Rom

• FY 2008 Web-based LEIS Service Launched
• Allow LE agencies to rapidly share and access LE
  information
• Bidirectional capability

• FY 2011 Expand Sharing Capabilities
• Expand bidirectional capabilities
• Improve ability to transmit biometric information
• Increase DHS LE Data available for sharing

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2008
2011
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LEIS Service - Single Access to Federal Law
Enforcement Information
So Cal LInX
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Current Law Enforcement Information Sharing
Network
N DEx Sept. 2010 1000 Agencies Nationwide
(LINX NW) Seattle - Aug 2008 301 Agencies MSA
Pop 2.5M
LInX National Capital Region Dec. 2009 115
Agencies MSA Pop. 5.3M
AZ Link - 2Q 2010 47 agencies Pop. 6.6M
LASD (COPLINK) Mar 2008 1 Agency MSA Pop.
9.9M
LInX Hampton Roads 1Q FY2011 140 Agencies MSA
Pop. 1.7M
Nlets 3Q FY2010 1.2 M Law Enforcement Officers
in US Canada
ARJIS (SD) Mar 2008 59 Agencies MSA Pop. 3.0M
TX LEAP - 3Q 2009 Expected 100 Agencies State
Pop. 23.8M
So Cal LInX -1Q FY2011 Expected 1 Agency MSA Pop.
17.7M
TDEx September 2009 464 Agencies State Pop.
23.8M
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N-DEx is receiving data from 23 systems
representing over 3,080 agencies Local,
state, tribal and other federal agency data
available to users through N-DEx access
Current data available in N-DEx - 100,485,459
records
N-DEx Participants (Current Projected)

• State
• Alabama (ULTRA)
• Delaware (DELJIS)
• Kansas (KIBRS)
• Kentucky (KSP)
• Missouri (Mo-DEx)
• Nebraska (NCJIS)
• New Jersey (NJ-Dex)
• Ohio (OLLEISN)
• Oregon (O-NIRBRS)
• Texas (T-DEx)
• Wisconsin (WIJIS)
• Illinois (I-CLEAR)
• Indiana DOC
• Massachusetts (SWISS)
• Michigan (Mi-DEx)
• Nevada DOC
• New York (NYDEx)
• Tennessee (TIBRS)

• Federal
• FBI
• ATF
• BOP
• DEA
• AFOSI
• U.S. Marshal
• JABS
• DHS
• D-DEx

• Regional
• San Diego Automated Regional
• Justice Information System (ARJIS)
• Los Angeles Incident Information Reporting System
  (IRIS)
• Hampton Roads, VA (LInX)
• Harrison Co, WV
• Bay Area California (ARIES)
• Chicago (CLEAR)
• District of Columbia Metro Police Department
• Gulf Coast Region (LInX)
• Los Angeles Police Department
• Mifflin County, PA
• National Capitol Region (LInX)
• New Orleans Police Department
• North Little Rock, AR
• Northwest Region (LInX)
• Southeast Region (LInX)
• Southeastern Pennsylvania (LEJIS)
• Southern California (LInX)

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Tribal Police Departments Accessing DHS LE Data
Via External Sharing Partners

• Arizona / AZLink / Nlets
• Pascua Yaqui Police Department (Tucson, AZ)
• Salt River Police Department (Scottsdale, AZ)
• 18 Arizona Tribal Law Enforcement Agencies with
  Nlets ORIs
• Texas / T-DEx
• Ysleta Del Sur Tribal Police Department
• Washington State / LINx NW
• Swinomish Tribal Police Department (Skagit
  County, WA)
• Port Gamble Tribal Police Department (Suquamish,
  WA)

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Tribal PD Users Accessing N-DEx

• Currently, there are 8 Tribal Police Departments
  that have access to N-DEx
• Oneida Nation Police Department
• Gila River Indian Community Police
  Department
• Chickasaw Nation Lighthorse Police
  Department
• Prairie Band Potawatomi Tribal Police
  Department
• Commissioned Police Department Hopland
  Reservation
• Robinson Rancheria Police Department
• Fort Belknap Community Police Department
• Quinault Nation Public Safety Department

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Tribal PD Users Accessing Nlets

• Unique identifiers or ORIs are issued to
  law enforcement agencies (LEA) who
• are authorized to conduct Nlets
  transactions.
• ORIs serve as a routing address for queries
  / responses provided through Nlets.
• Currently, there are approximately 299 ORIs
  being used by tribal law
• enforcement agencies.

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Future Information To Be Shared

• Text search capability
• Suspect photos
• Two (2) Finger Index Prints
• Case types
• Reason for arrest
• Most violent conviction
• Reason for deportation
• Enriched biographical suspect data
• Contact information for the Case Agent
• Record of investigation (ROI) data (Pending
  approval by DHS Policy)

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International Discussions

• UK Serious Organized Crime Agency (SOCA)
• EUROPOL Strategic Alliance Group (SAG)
• Preventing and Combating Serious Crimes (PCSC)
  Initiative
• International Criminal Police Organization
  (INTERPOL)
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DHS LEISI Performance Measures (2011-2015)

• Strategic Goal 1 Advance LE Information Sharing
• Increased membership/relations with major LE
  Organizations
• Increase DHS LEISI developmental assignments
• Effective implementation of Executive Orders, MD
  and Policies
• Reduction of points of entry for external
  stakeholders
• Document the cost of information sharing
• Strategic Goal 2 Strengthen Information Sharing
  Collaborations
• Increase awareness of DHS information and use of
  ISAAs
• Implementation of Best Practices
• Identification of key LE data elements and
  structures
• Increase DHS component data sets available to
  share
• Conduct outreach to targeted potential partners
• Increase queries for information by agency
• Increase number of users that continue to use the
  LEIS Service
• Strategic Goal 3 Enable Information Discovery
  and Increase
• Utilization
• Host an Annual Conference/Roundtable that
  promotes LE information sharing

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FY2011 Activities

• 2010 IACP Conference
• 2010 Major City Chiefs Conference
• 2010 Nlets Federal Members Meeting
• 2011 IJIS Conference
• 2011 National Fusion Center Conference
• 2011 IACP Law Enforcement Information Management
  Conference
• 2011 APCO Conference
• 2011 National Sheriffs Association Conference
• 2011 IIR Global Justice Information Sharing
  Initiative
• 2011 Nlets Conference
• Various Partner Conferences and Meetings

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Contact Information
Jason A. Henry Deputy Director, Law Enforcement
Information Sharing Initiative 500 12th Street
SW Washington, DC 20536 [phone] DHS-LEISI_at_d
hs.gov
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