Regional Organized Crime Information Center - A Regional Information Sharing System (RISS) Project

The Regional Information Sharing Systems (RISS) Program offers a variety of services and support to law enforcement agencies to include automated, centralized law enforcement databases with nationwide connectivity using internet technologies, intelligence analysis, bulletins and publications, surveillance equipment loans, confidential funds, long-distance call patching, and law enforcement and officer safety training.

The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation is the fiduciary agency for the Regional Organized Crime Information Center (ROCIC). ROCIC supports 14 Southeastern and Southwestern states, Puerto Rico, and the U. S. Virgin Islands. ROCIC is one of six Regional Information Sharing Systems (RISS) centers that operate a secure law enforcement communications system networked among the RISS Centers and member agencies, known as RISSNET. ROCIC provides intelligence information sharing, criminal intelligence analysis, computer forensics, confidential funding, equipment loans, and training services. They also provide the exchange of multi-jurisdictional information on major criminal activity including gang activity, terrorism activity, organized crime, narcotics trafficking, human trafficking, and violent crime.

NCA/CF

The Regional Information Sharing Systems (RISS) Program offers a variety of services and support to law enforcement agencies to include automated, centralized law enforcement databases with nationwide connectivity using internet technologies, intelligence analysis, bulletins and publications, surveillance equipment loans, confidential funds, long-distance call patching, and law enforcement and officer safety training.

The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation is the fiduciary agency for the Regional Organized Crime Information Center (ROCIC). ROCIC supports 14 Southeastern and Southwestern states, Puerto Rico, and the U. S. Virgin Islands. ROCIC is one of six Regional Information Sharing Systems (RISS) centers that operate a secure law enforcement communications system networked among the RISS Centers and member agencies, known as RISSNET. ROCIC provides intelligence information sharing, criminal intelligence analysis, computer forensics, confidential funding, equipment loans, and training services. They also provide the exchange of multi-jurisdictional information on major criminal activity including gang activity, terrorism activity, organized crime, narcotics trafficking, human trafficking, and violent crime.

NCA/CF

The Regional Information Sharing System (RISS) Program offers a variety of services and support to law enforcement agencies to include federated searches of law enforcement databases through nationwide connectivity using internet technologies, intelligence analysis, bulletins and publications, surveillance equipment loans, confidential funds, investigative and prosecution support, and law enforcement and officer safety training.

The recipient will utilize FY 2013 RISS funds to continue to operate the Regional Organized Crime Information Center (ROCIC). ROCIC is comprised of more than 2,080 law enforcement agencies in 14 states in the southeastern and southwestern United States, Puerto Rico and the U.S Virgin Islands. The goal of the ROCIC Center is to enhance the ability of state and local criminal justice agencies to identify, target, and remove criminal conspiracies and activities which cross jurisdictional boundaries. The ROCIC Center's objective is to encourage and facilitate the rapid exchange and sharing of information among federal, state, and local law enforcement agencies concerning known or suspected criminals, criminal activity, and emerging trends. NCA/CF