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 is chaired by Russell M. Porter, Director, Iowa Department of Public Safety. Additional CICC members include:

• William Berger
  Chief, Palm Bay, Florida, Police Department
• Mike Bouchard
  Sheriff, Oakland County, Michigan, Sheriff’s Office
• William Bratton
  Chief, Los Angeles, California, Police Department
• Ronald E. Brooks
  Director, Northern California High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area
• Joseph “Rick” Fuentes
  Colonel, New Jersey State Police
• Ted G. Kamatchus
  Sheriff, Marshall County, Iowa, Sheriff’s Office
• Donald Kennedy
  Executive Director, New England State Police Information Network Regional Information
• James McDermond
  Assistant Director, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives
• Peter Modafferi
  Chief of Detectives, Rockland County, New York, District Attorney’s Office
• Daniel Oates
  Chief, Aurora, Colorado, Police Department
• Thomas O’Connor
  Chief, Maryland Heights, Missouri, Police Department
• Lisa Palmieri
  Analyst Supervisor, Massachusetts State Police
• Joseph M. Polisar
  Chief, Garden Grove, California, Police Department
• Richard Randall
  Sheriff, Kendall County, Illinois, Sheriff’s Office
• Kurt Schmid
  Senior Policy Advisor, Office of National Drug Control Policy
• Richard W. Stanek
  Sheriff, Hennepin County, Minnesota, Sheriff's Department
• Darrel W. Stephens
  Chief, Charlotte-Mecklenburg, North Carolina, Police Department
• Larry G. Trent
  Director, Illinois State Police
• Kenneth Tucker
  Assistant Commissioner, Florida Department of Law Enforcement