Intelligence Center Director Addresses Chapter

The chapter met in November to receive a briefing from Craig Buehler, the director of private-sector engagement for the Northern California Regional Intelligence Center (NCRIC), San Francisco. Buehler informed the chapter how the NCRIC came about shortly after the tragic events of 9/11. It has 70 personnel who staff the intelligence cycle efforts of collection, analysis and dissemination. He discussed the center's mission in detail, pointing out that the NCRIC is only one of many throughout the U.S. and receives suspicious activity reports (SARs) from various police departments, fire departments, emergency agencies funded by the Department of Homeland Security and the general public. This information then, is entered into a fusion center, which feeds other fusion centers throughout the country. All of this mission effort is helping to keep America safe.

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