Fusion Centers are intelligence sharing and analysis hubs which tie local collectors and users of intelligence data into a National Information Sharing Environment (ISE). At these hubs, information supplied by various law enforcement agencies is brought together and made available to every other local, state and federal agency including private contractors.

You can download the Stop LAPD Spying Coalition’s ISE (Information Sharing Environment) Stalker State PDF here.

Fusion centers in the U.S. were established in response to 9/11; the ISE was authorized by the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004.

There are approximately 85 fusion centers in the U.S. California alone has six:

• California State Threat Assessment Center (STAC)
  • STAC is the “state-level partner” for the other five California fusion centers.
• Sacramento Regional Threat Assessment Center, or Central California Intelligence Center (CCIC)
• Northern California Regional Intelligence Center (NCRIC) in San Francisco
• Los Angeles Joint Regional Intelligence Center (JRIC)
• Orange County Intelligence Assessment Center (OCIAC)
• San Diego Law Enforcement Coordination Center (SD-LECC)

The Arizona Counter Terrorism Intelligence Center. Image source: Fusion Center Locations Revealed | Public Intelligence

LAPD History with Fusion Centers

Funding for JRIC