Support for El Paso Intelligence Center (EPIC)

Support for El Paso Intelligence Center (EPIC)

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                                      Support for El Paso Intelligence Center (EPIC)

                                                               NDD.021.a07

 

WHEREAS, state and local police are often the first to respond to a terrorist attack and are most likely to chance encounter individuals involved with terrorist organizations during routine police work; and

WHEREAS, an essential part of expanding the traditional law enforcement approach to criminal investigations is to ensure that investigative steps fully exploit available information sharing systems; and

WHEREAS, compiling and sharing a wide range of investigative information will help ensure that investigative links are made to organized drug trafficking and related crimes to the maximum extent possible; and

WHEREAS, the El Paso Intelligence Center (EPIC), which began in 1974 and now includes 15 federal agencies along with information sharing agreements with law enforcement agencies from all 50 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, Guam, and Canada, has successfully proven the benefits of cooperative information sharing among all levels of law enforcement; and

WHEREAS, the National Seizure System (NSS) operated from EPIC allows law enforcement to identify and coordinate disparate information and target crime organization leaders for investigation and prosecution. (The President National Drug Control Strategy, Chapter III: Disrupting the Market for Illicit Drugs, February 2007); now, therefore, be it

RESOLVED that the International Association of Chiefs of Police duly assembled at its 114th Annual Conference in New Orleans, Louisiana, calls on all law enforcement agencies to routinely provide information on seizures of drugs, money, and other contraband to EPICs National Seizure System (NSS).

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