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Federal Support for and Involvement in State and Local Fusion Centers

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There are over several dozen federal fusion centers in the U.S. The one used to police Los Angeles is named the Joint Regional Intelligence Center (JRIC) and located on Imperial Highway – a fitting name – in Norwalk. Fusion centers were part of police efforts to neutralize the Occupy Movement including through infiltration, monitoring political activity, and tracking social media. In 2012, the U.S. Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs released a highly critical report warning about “waste at state and local intelligence fusion centers.”
Fusion centers
Collection: Data Driven Policing
Original Author: United States Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations
Original Date Created: October 3, 2012