IACP: Inteligence Led Policing OSCE Presentation June 10, 2016
Richard Beary , Chief of Police University of Central Florida, Police Department Immediate Past President, IACP Dwight Henninger, Chief of Police Vail, CO Police Department Vice President, IACP
WHAT IS AN INTELLIGENCE LIAISON OFFICER? An Intelligence Liaison Officer (ILO) is an identified person (sworn or non-sworn) within a law enforcement, emergency services, or private sector entity who is responsible for reporting and disseminating suspicious activity and other criminal intelligence information to their local law enforcement agency and to the Intelligence Fusion Center Exchange. SPECIALTY TRAINING Recognizing Terrorism Indicators Recognizing Organized Group and Gang Activities Intelligence Gathering Rules and Regulations Critical Infrastructure Protection Suspicious Activity Reporting Information Sharing Intelligence Cycle
APPPLICATION OF ILP FOR A SPECIAL EVENT Alpine World Skiing Championships (AWSC) Vail, CO February 2-15, 2015 Security Committee - Build ILP in the plans to collect and analyze information into actionable intelligence. Trained and empowered over 2,000 citizen/volunteers to recognize and report suspicious activity. Collaborate with Colorado’s Intel community to analyze information. The Colorado Information Analysis Center (CIAC) is one of 78 fusions centers across the US
Pre-event Intelligence efforts Vail staff provided reports to CIAC for analysis on bomb threats, police impersonations, arsons, suspicious activities . CIAC continued to actively search for info that would indicate threats. Terrorism Liaison Officers (TLOs) the Colorado version of ILO, collected and distributed intelligence.
During event Intelligence efforts Intelligence Operations Center – worked with field and CIAC to identify and prevent threats. Field Intel Teams– trained in field intelligence operations Venue Security Supervisors assessed threats, risks and provided workforce with info and intelligence Joint Terrorism Task Force – conduct covert patrols to detect and disrupt terrorist activity Promote the See Something/Say Something Campaign Ecemergency.org for real-time text emergency and public information updates.
Successes The SAFELY SECURED largest skiing event in U.S. history. Vail’s partnerships with the Intelligence community (State and U.S.) continue to flourish. Integrated more than 2,000 volunteers into plan by training them to identify and report suspicious activity. Additional VPD communications center dispatchers and fire marshal trained as Terrorism Liaison Officers (TLOs). Community is an INFORMED community and continues to channel information to VPD.
BUILD TRUST WITH IMMIGRANT COMMUNTY THROUGH ILP
USING ILP TO DEAL WITH LOCAL DRUG TRAFFICING PROBLEM
Questions. Chief Richard Beary. Beary@theiacp. org Questions? Chief Richard Beary Beary@theiacp.org Chief Dwight Henninger dhenninger@vailgov.com