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WINDERMERE POLICE DEPARTMENT GENERAL ORDER This order consists of the following: 1. Purpose 2. Policy 3. Definitions 4. Procedures 1. Purpose The purpose of this policy is to provide for the efficient use of intelligence information to aid in the detection, anticipation, prevention , and monitoring of possible criminal activities and potential threats to the safety of citizens or law enforcement officers. 2. Policy It shall be the policy of the Windermere Police Department to continually provide intelligence information collection, analysis, and dissemination to support operational units, both within and outside the agency, in investigating criminal activities. This information shall be utilized in conformance with individuals' privacy and constitutional rights . 3. Definitions A. Criminal Intelligence Information – Information with respect to an identifiable person or group of persons collected by a criminal justice agency in an effort to anticipate, prevent, or monitor possible criminal activity. B. Third Agency Rule – A traditional implied understanding among criminal justice agencies that confidential criminal intelligence information, exempt from public view, will not be disseminated without the originator’s permission . Effective Date: October 14, 202 5  Rescinds  Amends 15.2 (October 11, 2022) Number: 15.2 SUBJECT : Criminal Intelligence Print Date: 10/14/25 Distribution: All Personnel Review Month: October 15.2 , Page 2 4. Procedures A. Collection of Criminal Intelligence Information [19.01M(B)] 1. Criminal intelligence information concerning particular individuals, business entities, groups, enterprises, or their associates, may be collected and maintained when: a. There is reasonable suspicion that the subject may be linked to unlawful activity; b. There is probable cause to believe the subject is guilty of a crime; or, c. The subject is a known violator. 2. Collection and analysis of criminal intelligence information shall include, but not be limited to, the following information: a. Information identifying individuals or groups involved in ongoing commercial enterprises of which the product or service is unlawful, or the fruits of criminal activity b. Identifying subversive groups c. Terrorist activity d. Bias an d/or hate crime(s) e. Bomb threats, placements and/or detonations f. Established or emerging organized crime groups g. Potentially dangerous persons h. Cults i. Special interest activist groups engaged in civil disorder 15.2 , Page 3 j. Political corruption k. Official misconduct 3. Criminal intelligence information may be collected from a variety of sources, including but not limited to: a. Other law enforcement agencies b. Public records c. Business records d. Disposed items and documents e. Concerned citizens f. Observations and surveillance g. Crime line 4. Collected information is limited to criminal conduct and relates to activities that present a threat to the community. [19.01M(A)] 5. Criminal intelligence information shall not be collected or maintained based on the following : a. Political affiliation b. Religious or social views c. Associations or activities of any individual or group, unless there is reasonable suspicion of involvement in criminal conduct or activity; or, d. Mere suspicion of criminal activity. 6. No information obt ained in violation of any applicable federal, state, or local law or ordinance shall be included in the criminal intelligence system. 15.2 , Page 4 7. Information gathering using confidential informants as well as electronic, photographic, and related surveillance devices shall be performed legally and following procedures established for their use by this agency. B. Dissemination [19.02M -(B)] 1. Intelligence information shall be disseminated only where there is a need to know and the right to know the data in the performa nce of a law enforcement activity. a. Records of dissemination will include the recipient of the data, the reason for the release , and the date of release. b. Personnel shall abide by the Third Agency Rule. 2. Exemptions to the Third Agency Rule shall include: a. Public records information, such as corporation data, newspaper articles, and vehicle tag and registration data; b. Information such as criminal history and disposition data which is available to all law enforcement agencies; c. Information received from intelligence organizations such as the Law Enforcement Intelligence Unit (LEIU), Regional Organized Crime Information Center (ROCIC), Florida Intelligence Unit (FIU), and the Florida Intelligence Center (FIC); d. General intellige nce publications or st udies specifically intended for general law enforcement use; and, e. Information the originator previously authorized for dissemination for any law enforcement agency. 3. Active criminal intelligence information shall not b e dissemina ted outside of the agency if such dissemination would: a. Disclose the identity of a confidential source; b. Disclose information from an active investigative file without the case agent’s permission; c. Jeopardize a pending investigation; 15.2 , Page 5 d. Violate the Third Agency Rule; or, e. Endanger the physical safety of law enforcement personnel or others. 4. Information exempted explicitly by applicable law from disclosure shall not be made available for public inspection and shall be redacted from any documents p rocessed for public inspection. Exemptions include, but are not limited to: a. Active Criminal intelligence information ; b. Any information revealing t he identity of confidential informants or sources; c. Any