Police Department
Reference: Presentation by Chief Blackhurst
To: Mayor Richard N. McLean and Members of City Council
Through: Manuel Esquibel, City Manager
Prepared By: Clint R Blackhurst, Chief of Police
Date Prepared: August 10th 2015
PURPOSE
To report to Council the current status of the Intergovernmental Agreement between the City of Brighton Police and the Colorado Information Sharing Consortium (CISC).
BACKGROUND
The Brighton Police Department, along with other Colorado law enforcement agencies, has previously entered into a non-binding and voluntary memorandum of understanding with the intent of sharing law enforcement information, primarily through a software product known as COPLINK. The function of COPLINK is to help agencies work cooperatively to establish a seamless, integrated system of statewide information-sharing technology and services in an effort to improve the effectiveness of the Colorado criminal justice system.
In 2014 many Colorado law enforcement agencies entered into an IGA with the Colorado Information Sharing Consortium (CISC). The purpose of the CISC is to facilitate the sharing of data and intelligence information, such as Coplink, between law enforcement agencies as authorized by the CISC board. The IGA also allows the Police Chief to designate an agency representative to attend CISC board meetings.
The Brighton Police Department currently provides intelligence information to the system and allows access to other law enforcement agencies. Information is disseminated in accordance with Federal Regulation 28 CFR Part 23, which specifically provides guidance in five primary areas: submission and entry of criminal intelligence information, security, inquiry, dissemination, and review-and-purge process. The Brighton Police Department retains custody and control of the information. In turn the Brighton Police Department has access to information provided by other member agencies. This access provides officers wi...
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