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Nothing is more critical to today’s law enforcement agencies than the ability to share information. Yet history shows that to collect and share information without purpose, need, and controls is counterproductive to law enforcement’s mission and diminishes the public’s trust. The 28 CFR Part 23, first issued in 1980, was created to provide guidance and offer structure to law enforcement’s criminal intelligence information systems and sharing activities. The fundamental principles found in 28 CFR Part 23 operating policies provide law enforcement with the guidance needed to operate criminal intelligence information systems effectively while safeguarding privacy and civil liberties.

The Intelligence Sharing: Protecting Privacy and Civil Rights training offers attendees a critical perspective that will enable them to gain a better understanding of the regulation (28 CFR Part 23), privacy policy issues facing agencies, and how it all fits into the big picture of the need to develop sound policies and procedures.

What is 28 CFR Part 23?

28 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Part 23 is a guideline for law enforcement agencies. It contains implementing standards for operating federally grant-funded multijurisdictional criminal intelligence systems. It specifically provides guidance in five primary areas: submission and entry of criminal intelligence information, security, inquiry, dissemination, and the review-and-purge process.

28 CFR Part 23 does not provide specific, detailed information on how the standards should be implemented by the operating agency but, instead, provides the ability for each agency to develop its own policies and procedures.

What criminal intelligence systems are affected by 28 CFR Part 23?

28 CFR Part 23 standards apply to all multijurisdictional criminal intelligence systems operating under Title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968, as amended. This includes any Office of Justice Programs (OJP) and Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) programs, such as the Byrne Formula or Discretionary Grants Programs, the Local Law Enforcement Block Grant (LLEBG) Program, and Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) grants. High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas (HIDTA) projects have adopted, as a matter of policy, the operating standards of 28 CFR Part 23.