Policy Text
CONCORD POLICE DEPARTMENT
STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURE
CRIMINAL INTELLIGENCE
GENERAL ORDER: 08.03 CREATED: April 23, 2021 ISSUE DATE: December 29, 2022
CALEA STANDARD: 40.2.3 EFFECTIVE DATE: December 29, 2022
ACTION: Annual review of general order. REVIEW DATE: January 22, 2024
08.03.0 PURPOSE
The purpose of this general order is to establish guidelines for the gathering, analysis,
and dissemination of criminal intelligence information. This general order is intended
primarily to address organized criminal conduct as it relates to subversive activities,
terrorism, homeland security threats, criminal street gang activities, and civil disorders.
08.03.1 POLICY
It shall be the policy of the Concord Police Department to gather, analyze and disseminate
crimin al intelligence information pertaining to the identity and activities of known
criminals, members of terrorist groups, and other individuals or groups suspected of
criminal activity posing a threat to law and order in the City of Concord, in accordance
with state and federal law.
08.03.2 DEFINITIONS
A. CIVIL DISORDER
Overt acts of defiance by groups or associations against established laws and rules
of order. These acts can result in spontaneous outbreaks of violence resulting in
personal injuries and/or destructio n/loss of property.
B. CRIMINAL INTELLIGENCE
Information that pertains to the organization and operation of criminal activity and
its immediate or anticipated impact upon the community from a police perspective.
C. SUBVERSIVE ACTIVITY
Any overt or covert activity by one or more individuals to achieve goals contrary to
law and detrimental to the welfare of the community. Such activities often embrace
or adopt resolutions to overthrow established political governments or serve to
intimida te and harass ethnic, racial, or religious groups through the use of terrorist
acts, civil disorder, or other illegal methods.
D. TERRORISM
Acts of violence committed against individuals and/or the general public designed to
intimidate, harass, and otherwis e cripple or eliminate opposition or resistance to
political, mercenary, or commercial goals.
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08.03.3 INTELLIGENCE GATHERING
A. Intelligence activities performed within the department shall include collecting,
analyzing, disseminating, and using information related to homeland security
activities, terrorism, and criminal activities that present a threat to the community.
B. Intelligence gathering activity shall be co nducted and intelligence files shall be
established and maintained under the following conditions:
1. Information may be gathered pertaining to known or suspected criminals and
criminal operations in order to identify crime patterns and trends, criminal
conspiracies, and criminal associates, or to develop probable cause relative to
criminal acts or threats of criminal acts;
2. Information may be gathered on violations of law, events, or conditions occurring
in other jurisdictions that may be related to criminal activity posing a potential
threat to persons or property within the City of Concord;
3. Information may be gathered from both criminal justice and non-criminal justice
related sources. All information regardless of the source shall be scrutinized for
accur acy and verification sought;
4. The Special Operations Division commander shall work closely with the Crime
and Strategic Analysis Unit to analyze all information received by the department
to determine its value and relationship to criminal activity. Additional scrutiny
shall be given to information received from non -criminal justice sources.
C. The collection of intelligence information with no operational value or law
enforcement purpose shall be prohibited.
D. No intelligence information shall be gather ed or retained solely:
1. For personal interest purposes;
2. For an individual’s religious affiliations;
3. For an individual’s political affiliations;
4. For an individual’s ethnicity or race;
5. Because an individual supports unpopular causes.
08.03.4 STORAGE AND SECURITY OF INTELLIGENCE RECORDS
Records pertaining to criminal intelligence are considered confidential and shall be
maintained and controlled by the Special Operations Division commander in a secure file
separate from the central records system. Electronic criminal intelligence files shall be
secured via RMS MODULE: INTELLIGENCE/NARCOTICS.
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08.03.5 DISTRIBUTION OF INTELLIGENCE RECORDS
A. Information developed through intelligence gathering shall be provided by the Special
Operations Division or the Crime and Strategic Analysis Unit to officers when
necessary to increase the effectiveness of enforcement and deterrence efforts.
Officers provided with such information shall report to the appropriate investigator
or supervisor the information’s value, timeliness, and any action taken or
recommended. Such report shall be maintained in an intelligence file.
B. Dissemination of information to other department coworkers or to other law
enforcement agencies shall be on a need -to-know basis.
C. The department shall maintain liaison with federal, state and local agencies for the
purpose of exchanging intelligence information. The Special Operations Division
commande r shall be responsible for coordinating efforts between officers and other
agencies.
D. The department receives bulletins from the North Carolina Information Sharing and
Analysis Center (NCISAAC).
E. Intelligence information and bulletins received from other law enforcement agencies
or entities shall not