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G–55
GENERAL ORDER
RESCINDS:
SUBJECT: Offender Management and Intelligence Section and Analysis and Intelligence Center
EFFECTIVE: April 12, 1995
REVISED: August 7, 2025
Table of Contents:
I. Purpose
II. Scope
III. Definitions
IV. Responsibilities of All Employees
V. Dissemination of Intelligence Information
VI. Facial Recognition Programs
VII. Homeland Security
VIII. Fugitive Apprehension Sexual Offender Team
IX. Gang and Habitual Offender Suppression Task Force
X. Analysis & Intelligence Center
XI. Public Safety Camera Network
XII. Annual Review of Procedures and Processes
I. PURPOSE:
This directive describes the functions of the Offender Management and Intelligence Section and Analysis &
Intelligence Center and their roles in supporting Sheriff’s Office operations and homeland security, which
include the following responsibilities:
A. Behavioral Threat Assessment Management (BTAMM),
B. Career Criminal Investigations
C. Crime Statistics
D Corrections Intelligence
E. Intelligence
F. Crime Investigative Support
G. Critical Infrastructure Security
H. Dignitary Protection/Protective Intelligence
I. EMPACT Non-Domestic Violence
J. Fugitive Apprehension
K. Gang Related Crimes
L. Inmate Communication Monitoring
M. In-Progress Crimes
N. Offender Management
O. Prolific Offenders
P. Public Safety Camera Network
Q. Real Time Crime Center
R. Sexual Offender Investigations
S. Technical Surveillance
T. Warrants Administration and Intelligence
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II. SCOPE:
The Offender Management and Intelligence Section and Analysis & Intelligence Center are responsible for
the Sheriff’s Office functions of collecting, analyzing, and disseminating data concerning criminal activity,
suspicious incidents, and intelligence relating to homeland security. They are also responsible for the
management and apprehension of offenders, as well as the management and support of individuals
experiencing mental health issues or substance related co-occurring matters. The section gathers criminal
intelligence information for the purpose of tracking and identifying emerging crime patterns, and to provide
personnel with a central agency intelligence repository.
III. DEFINITIONS:
A. Criminal Intelligence Information:
Intelligence information relates to an identifiable person or group of persons that is collected by the
Sheriff’s Office to anticipate, prevent, or monitor possible/potential criminal activity. Examples of
criminal activity may include information relating (but not limited) to:
1. Criminal Gangs
2. Domestic or International Terrorist Groups
3. Organized criminal activities
4. Outlaw motorcycle gangs
5. Potential terrorism-related activities
6. Repeat offenders
7. Robbery and burglary rings
8. Sexual offenders
9. Violent criminals
B. Intelligence Records Custodian:
The Special Services Division Captain (or designee) is responsible for overseeing the security,
maintenance, and purging (destruction) of all written and electronic intelligence reports, records,
and files, in accordance with state law and guided by the Federal Code of Regulations related to
criminal intelligence information under 28 CFR, Part 23. A Detective and a Crime Analyst will be
tasked with the annual purging process.
C. Automated Face Recognition:
The automated search of a facial image in a biometric database, which typically results in a group
of facial images ranked by computer-evaluated similarity.
D. Public Safety Cameras Network (PSCN):
Is a system that combines various camera systems and information sources and places it on one
platform so the end-user can rapidly identify crimes, safety issues, or any other form of information
that can make the community and first responders safer.
E. Real Time Crime Center (RTCC):
A Crime Analyst Unit that responds rapidly to in-progress events and utilizes various forms of
information and intelligence in order to provide real time assistance to first responders. The RTCC
functions to improve public safety and situational awareness, while enhancing our ability to respond
effectively.
F. Behavioral Threat Assessment Management (BTAM):
A systematic, fact-based method of investigation and examination that blends the collection and
analysis of multiple sources of information with published research and practitioner experience.
Focuses on an individual’s patterns of thinking and behavior to determine whether, and to what
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IV. RESPONSIBILITIES OF ALL EMPLOYEES:
A. Prohibition:
The collection of criminal intelligence about individuals, groups, or enterprises is limited to criminal
conduct and will relate to activities that presents a threat to the community.
1. Information may be collected and maintained only under the following circumstances:
a. If reasonable suspicion exists connecting persons with known or suspected
criminal activity; and
b. The information is relevant to that criminal activity.
2. Information will not be collected or maintained by the Sheriff’s Office based solely on a
person’s:
a. Support of unpopular causes,
b. Race, ethnicity,
c. Religious and/or political affiliations.
B. Employees will not knowingly engage in any illegal activity in the collection of intelligence data,
nor shall they direct any other person to engage in the collection of intelligence data through illegal
means.
C. Dissemination of criminal intelligence information is the responsibility of the Offender
Management and Intelligence Section and Analysis and Intelligence Center.
D. Supervisors will routinely inspect collected intelligence information to ensure that it meets the
requirements of this chapter.
V. DISSEMINATION OF INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION:
A. Strict control over this process ensures compliance with confidentiality to protect a person’s privacy
rights, sources of information, and any potential ongoing criminal investigation.
B. The release of any intelligence information will follow Section 119.071, Florida Statutes, or other
safeguards or requirements of law.
C. Intelligence information will only be released after a complete review is conducted, and it is
determined that the release will not jeopardize any ongoing or potential criminal investigation. The
release of any information will be in accordance with applicable Florida Statutes.
D. The Offender Management and Intelligence Section and Analysis and Intelligence Center distributes
law enforcement sensitive (LES) information to law enforcement personnel and law enforcement
organizations with a need and right to know
1. Crime and intelligence information will be disseminated from a group email with
appropriate disclaimers.
2. Information not originally sourced or created by the Seminole County Sheriff’s Office will
only be disseminated with the originating agency’s expressed consent or permission.
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and inform citizens of criminal activity in their communities.
F. If requested, the Analysis & Intelligence Center can conduct certain extensive analyses for the public
at a cost (fee) determined by the Sheriff’s Office. These analyses are performed by the section as a
secondary duty to regular Sheriff’s Office business.
G. The Analysis and Intelligence Center ensures the Sheriff and his command staff are briefed when
necessary on crime intelligence or other information in a timely manner. Briefings may be verbal,
de