05/25/04

On May 26, the FBI joined New York Governor Pataki, Vermont Governor Douglas, and a host of law enforcement heads from New York and Vermont to celebrate the opening of a highly specialized Counter-Terrorism Unit in their Upstate New York Regional Intelligence Center (UNYRIC).

What's so special about UNYRIC? In Director Mueller's words, "we believe it offers a model that may guide information-sharing initiatives in states across the country."

Because that's the point: "information-sharing initiatives" are the true key to preventing terrorist attacks in American communities. For instance--a sheriff in a small town spots suspicious activity that is the missing piece in identifying a terrorist plot...but that piece of information is useless unless it gets to the right person for analysis and action.

That's what UNYRIC is all about. It's a one-stop place where 70,000 officers in the New York/Vermont areas bring information they have collected on their beats--information on terrorist, drug, financial, and violent crime threats--and share it seamlessly with each other, with their state and local colleagues, and with federal agencies like us. It's also a place where those 70,000 officers get information and training from us and other agencies on what criminal and terrorist suspects and behaviors they should be looking for, based on intelligence gleaned from international, national, and regional sources.[1]

[1] Article obtained from www.fbi.gov

Intelligence Centers

Intelligence Centers consist of local, state, and federal law enforcement and non-law enforcement agencies.  An Intelligence Center serves as a central repository for information and intelligence relative to critical industries, infrastructure, and criminal activity, thereby reducing confliction and redundancy of effort.

 

The Intelligence Center’s primary mission is to accurately and reliably collect, process, and disseminate information in a timely manner.

 

Services provided

 

Analytical Case Support and Intelligence Research is performed using a variety of computer-assisted analytical tools/methods, including:

 

•  Telecommunications Analyses

•  Forensic accounting

•  Link & Organizational Charts

•  Chart & Graph Development

•  Target & Organizational Profiles

•  Event & Overt Acts Chronologies

•  Dissemination of Advisories, Alerts,

   and Information Reports

•  Threat Assessments

•  Bulletins

•  Surveys

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