Kentucky Intelligence Fusion Center

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• Kentucky Intelligence Fusion Center

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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.

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• 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.

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Kentuckys 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

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Kentuckys 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 sharing-internal/external
• Standards-GJXDM/NIEM

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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

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Current Capabilities of KYs 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 counter-terrorism investigators.
• Provides link analysis (charts) such as
  association links, communication links, event
  flow.
• Serves as the conduit for law enforcements
  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.

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Current Capabilities of KYs 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.

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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.

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200 Mero StreetFrankfort, KY 40622Transportation
Cabinet Building502-564-1020 (Intelligence)502-
564-5315 faxky.intelreports_at_ky.gov (for intel
info)FusionCenter_at_ky.gov (admin)Shelby
LawsonFusion Center Operations DirectorLt.
Tony Edwards KSP Intelligence CommanderMajor
Brad BatesKSP Chief Information Officer