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Developing and Sharing Informationand Intelligence in a New World
Guidelines for Establishing andOperating Fusion Centers at theLocal, State, Tribal, and Federal LevelLaw Enforcement Intelligence Component
July 2005
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United StatesDepartment of Justice
 
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The development of guidelines for fusion centers has been separated into three phases—lawenforcement intelligence, public safety, and the private sector. Fusion center guidelines for the first phase—law enforcement intelligence—are complete. These guidelines may be used for homelandsecurity efforts, as well as all crimes. This report includes an executive summary that includes anoverview of the guidelines and their key elements. Also included in this report are additionalresources, model policies, and tools for implementation. Guideline development for the secondphase—public safety—is currently under way, with plans to incorporate the private sector phase.The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) and the U.S. Department of Homeland Securitycollaborated in the development of the fusion center guidelines contained in this report.Members of DOJ’s Global Justice Information Sharing Initiative and the Homeland Security Advisory Council also supported this project, which involved numerous law enforcement expertsand practitioners from local, state, tribal, and federal agencies, as well as public sector and privateentities from across the country. The intent of the alliance was to provide a consistent, unifiedmessage and to provide a comprehensive guideline for developing a fusion center within a stateor region.
 
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The Role of Leadership
In developing our country’s response to the threat of terrorism, public safety leaders from alldisciplines have recognized the need to improve the sharing of information and intelligence acrossagency borders. Every law enforcement, public safety, and private sector official involved ininformation and intelligence sharing has a stake in this initiative. Leaders must move forward with anew paradigm on the exchange of information and intelligence.Leaders are encouraged to embrace the guidelines set forth in this report and, whenestablishing a fusion center or participating in one, to ensure that these guidelines are followed.Information and intelligence sharing among states and jurisdictions will become seamless andefficient when each fusion center utilizes a common set of guidelines. The complete support of public safety leaders at all levels is critical to the successful implementation and operation of fusioncenters.
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