Fusion Centers and Information Sharing Actions for 'Week 8: Fusion Centers and Information Sharing'
In "Rethinking the Purpose of Fusion Centers", Ray Guidetti says they should "Harness information from state and local partners to provide strategic, operational and tactical intelligence and provide a level of analytic services to agencies that have none" (Guidetti, 2010, p. 3). This level of analytic activity would support the intelligence led policing model. To your knowledge, has this occurred? Give examples of where it has occurred or not, with proper citations. Make your first post by Friday midnight and respond to the posts of at least two others by Sunday midnight.
Department of Homeland Security has published a list of Primary and Reorganized Fusion Centers (https://www.dhs.gov/fusion-center-locations-and-contact-information). There are approx 60 primary fusion centers and 25 Reorganized Fusion centers, where Primary Fusion Centers provide the functionality of analysis, gathering and sharing
