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\n\n--- Page 1 ---\n\nTALLAHASSEE POLICE DEPARTMENT GENERAL ORDERS SUBJECT Criminal Intelligence Protocols CHIEF OF POLICE Signature on File Proudly Policing Since 1826 Nationally Accredited 1986 NUMBER ORIGINAL ISSUE CURRENT REVISION TOTAL PAGES 30 07/15/1985 05/28/2025 12 AUTHORITY/RELATED REFERENCES Florida Department of Education Comprehensive School Threat Assessment Guidelines FSS Chapter 119, Public Records FSS 1001.212, Office of Safe Schools General Order 8, Mentally Ill Persons General Order 17, Records Management General Order 42, Impounding and Controlling of Property and Evidence General Order 77, Computer, Cellular Telephone and Data Utilization Special Order 10, Building Security and Evacuation Title 28, Code of Federal Regulations, Part 23, U.S. Department of Justice ACCREDITATION REFERENCES CALEA Chapters 40, 82 CFA Chapter 19 KEY WORD INDEX Access, Utilization and Release Procedure II General Guidelines Procedure I Mandatory Division Report Procedure VI Requests for Criminal Intelligence Procedure IV Retention Protocols Procedure III Threat Assessments Procedure V POLICY The Department shall establish protocols for the collection, correlation, analysis and dissemination of criminal intelligence in compliance with state and federal laws and procedures. Members shall adhere to established protocols when involved in any part of the criminal intelligence process.\n\n--- Page 2 ---\n\nTALLAHASSEE POLICE DEPARTMENT DEFINITIONS Criminal Intelligence: Information collected by a criminal justice agency relating to an identifiable person, group of persons, vehicle, crime gun evidence, location, or business in an effort to anticipate, prevent, or monitor possible criminal activity when such information has been evaluated and determined to: 1) be relevant to the identification of criminal activity engaged in by an individual or organization reasonably suspected of involvement in criminal activity, and 2) meet criminal intelligence system submission criteria of the Department. Crime Gun: A firearm recovered by law enforcement after being used in or suspected of being used in a crime, or where the possession of the gun itself is a crime. Criminal Justice Agency: Any law enforcement agency, correctional agency, court or prosecutor. The term also includes any other agency charged by law with criminal law enforcement duties, or any agency having custody of criminal intelligence for the purpose of assisting other criminal justice agencies in conducting active criminal investigations or prosecutions. Criminal Predicate: A level of suspicion established by information and sufficient facts leading a trained law enforcement officer to believe there is a reasonable possibility an individual or organization is involved in a definable criminal activity or enterprise. High-Level Threat: A direct, specific, and plausible threat to physically injure, kill, sexually assault, shoot, or injure someone with a weapon, and steps have been taken to carry out the threat. Low-Level Threat: A rhetorical or vague remark to physically injure, kill, sexually assault, shoot, or injure someone made during a temporary feeling of anger or frustration, lacking detail or plausibility, and it is unlikely to be carried out. Mass Violence: An intentional, planned, premeditated, violent criminal act or killing resulting in physical, emotional, or psychological injury to three or more people, not including the perpetrator. Medium-Level Threat: A threat expressing the intent to physically injure, kill, sexually assault, shoot, or injure someone beyond the immediate situation and there is some risk the subject will carry out the threat. Targeted Violence: An intentional, planned, premeditated, and violent criminal act resulting in physical, emotional, or psychological injury to a specific person or group of persons. Threat Assessment: The identification, and evaluation, of the seriousness of a threat and danger it poses to others. GENERAL ORDER 30 PAGE 2 of 12 CRIMINAL INTELLIGENCE PROTOCOLS MAY 28, 2025\n\n--- Page 3 ---\n\nTALLAHASSEE POLICE DEPARTMENT PROCEDURES I. GENERAL GUIDELINES A. The Criminal Intelligence Unit (CIU) has the primary responsibility for gathering, analyzing, disseminating and maintaining criminal intelligence for the Department. B. No criminal intelligence may be gathered or maintained in the absence of an established criminal predicate or an identifiable threat to the community. C. All criminal intelligence shall comply with the standards set forth in Title 28, Code of Federal Regulations, Part 23 (U.S. Department of Justice). D. The Criminal Intelligence and Analysis Section Commander is responsible for the oversight, coordination, assignment and supervision of all CIU activities. E. Criminal intelligence concerning particular individuals, vehicles, crime gun evidence, locations, business entities, groups or enterprises may be collected when: 1. There are circumstances which reasonably tend to indicate the information obtained may be directly related to unlawful activity or activities that present a threat to the community, including any act of terrorism, 2. Reasonable suspicion or criminal predicate exists that would lead a reasonable and prudent person to believe a crime has been, is being, or will be committed, by the person, group of persons or business entities, or 3. It is received from other criminal justice agencies. F. Criminal intelligence can be submitted to the CIU in one of the following ways: 1. Criminal Intelligence can be submitted to TPDIntelUnit@talgov.com, with the designation of “Criminal Intelligence” in the subject of the email. 2. Direct entry into the CrimeNtel software program (members must receive training on software use and intelligence protocols prior to being granted user access to the system), or 3. Direct contact with a CIU member. G. CIU members or the High-Risk Offender (HRO) Bureau Commander, or designee, shall assess all incoming criminal intelligence and disseminate it to the appropriate entities. GENERAL ORDER 30 PAGE 3 of 12 CRIMINAL INTELLIGENCE PROTOCOLS MAY 28, 2025\n\n--- Page 4 ---\n\nTALLAHASSEE POLICE DEPARTMENT H. CIU members or the HRO Bureau Commander shall ensure the criminal intelligence collected meets the definition of criminal intelligence set forth in this policy. II. ACCESS TO, UTILIZATION AND RELEASE OF CRIMINAL INTELLIGENCE A. CIU files shall be kept separate and secure from all other files. These files shall be located in a secure manner dedicated to intelligence file storage. B. Collation and analysis of criminal intelligence shall occur in a secure environment, and CIU member shall: 1. Follow the computer security protocols of General Order 77 (Computer, Cellular Telephone and Data Utilization) and security protocols assigned and maintained by the City of Tallahassee Technology & Innovation Department when working with criminal intelligence, and 2. Collate and analyze criminal intelligence in a secure environment only. C. Access to and use of criminal intelligence shall be strictly limited to authorized members who have a demonstrated need for particular information. D. Members shall only view or enter into the CrimeNtel database at or below their respective access level. The levels are: 1. Top Secret – Reserved 2. Secret – Highly sensitive criminal intelligence records/wiretap information 3. Confidential – Sensitive criminal intelligence records/active criminal investigations 4. Restricted – Entry-level criminal intelligence 5. Unclassified – Members shall not utilize this access level E. Security measures to protect unauthorized attempts to access, modify, remove or destroy stored information, whether electronic or physical, include: 1. Physical security protocols as outlined in Special Order 10 (Building Security and Evacuation), 2. Software security protocols as outlined in General Order 77 (Computer, Cellular Telephone and Data Utilization), and GENERAL ORDER 30 PAGE 4 of 12 CRIMINAL INTELLIGE