Criminal Intelligence Coordinating Council

The GIWG supported the development of the National Criminal Intelligence Sharing Plan (NCISP) as a blueprint to assist law enforcement personnel in their crime-fighting, public safety, and anti-terrorism efforts. The Plan acknowledged that officers, investigators, and analysts working throughout our nation are the first line of prevention and defense against terrorism and crime. The NCISP recognized the importance of local, state, and tribal law enforcement agencies as a key ingredient in the nation’s intelligence process and called for the creation of the Criminal Intelligence Coordinating Council (CICC or “Council”) to establish the linkage needed to improve intelligence and information sharing among all levels of government. Composed of members from law enforcement agencies at all levels of government, the CICC was formally established in May 2004 to provide advice in connection with the implementation and refinement of the NCISP. Members of the CICC serve as advocates for local law enforcement and support their efforts to develop and share criminal intelligence for the purpose of promoting public safety and securing our nation. These goals are attainable and necessary for the continued safety of our country’s citizens and visitors.

Because of the indispensable part that state and local law enforcement play in homeland security, they must also have a voice in the development of policies and systems that facilitate information and intelligence sharing. The CICC is in the unique position, because of the makeup of its membership and its function within the nation’s intelligence landscape, to serve as that voice for all levels of law enforcement agencies, which it does by advising the U.S. Attorney General on the best use of criminal intelligence to keep our country safe. The Council will work to ensure that every chief, sheriff, and law enforcement executive has a stake in this effort so that all law enforcement and homeland security agencies gain an understanding of their role in the development and sharing of information and intelligence. The advice of members of the CICC has also been sought by the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS), members of Congress, and representatives of state government. The CICC members include:

Chairman

• Ronald E. Brooks
  Director, Northern California Regional Intelligence Center
  National Narcotic Officers’ Associations’ Coalition

Vice Chair

• Assistant Sheriff Michael McClary
  Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department, Nevada
  Major County Sheriffs' Association

Additional CICC Members

• William Berger
  Chief, Palm Bay, Florida, Police Department
  International Association of Chiefs of Police
• Matthew Bettenhausen
  Secretary, California Emergency Management Agency
  National Governors Association
• Craig Buehler
  Chief, Bureau of Investigation and Intelligence,
     California Department of Justice
  Law Enforcement Intelligence Unit (LEIU)
  Association of State Criminal Investigative Agencies
• Michael Downing
  Deputy Chief, Los Angeles, California Police Department
  Major Cities Chiefs Association
• Joseph “Rick” Fuentes
  Colonel, New Jersey State Police
• Van Godsey
  Assistant Director, Division of Drug and Crime Control,
     Missouri State Highway Patrol
  Association of Law Enforcement Intelligence Units (LEIU)
• Ted G. Kamatchus
  Sheriff, Marshall County, Iowa, Sheriff’s Office
  National Sheriffs’ Association
• Vernon Keenan
  Director, Georgia Bureau of Investigation
  Association of State Criminal Investigative Agencies
• Donald Kennedy
  Executive Director, New England State Police Information Network
  Regional Information Sharing Systems Program
• Marlon C. Lynch
  Associate Vice President for Safety & Security, University of Chicago
  International Association of Campus Law Enforcement Administrators
• Mark Marshall
  Chief, Smithfield, Virginia, Police Department
  International Association of Chiefs of Police
• Ritchie Martinez
  Supervisor, Arizona Department of Public Safety
  International Association of Law Enforcement Intelligence Analysts
• James McDermond
  Assistant Director, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives
• Peter Modafferi
  Chief of Detectives, Rockland County, New York, District Attorney’s Office
  International Association of Chiefs of Police
• Tom Monahan
  Lieutenant, Southern Nevada Counter-Terrorism Center
  National Fusion Center Association
• Daniel Oates
  Chief, Aurora, Colorado, Police Department
• Richard Randall
  Sheriff, Kendall County, Illinois, Sheriff’s Office
  National Sheriffs’ Association
• Kurt Schmid
  Executive Director, Chicago, Illinois, HIDTA
• Richard W. Stanek
  Sheriff, Hennepin County, Minnesota, Sheriff's Office
  Major County Sheriffs’ Association
• Craig Steckler
  Chief, Fremont, California Police Department
  International Association of Chiefs of Police
• Kenneth Tucker
  Assistant Commissioner, Florida Department of Law Enforcement
  National Governors Association
• Eric Velez
  Deputy Assistant Director, Directorate of Intelligence
  Federal Bureau of Investigation

The CICC also recognizes the following individuals as active partners in the Council’s missions and objectives.

• Bart Johnson
  Principal Deputy Under Secretary for Intelligence and Analysis, Office of Intelligence and Analysis, U.S. Department of Homeland Security 
• Russell Porter
  Director, Federal, State, Local, and Tribal Partnerships
  Office of the Director of National Intelligence