Austin Regional Intelligence Center: Fusion Center

A wall of video monitors displaying live traffic feeds — Analysts at the Kentucky Intelligence Fusion Center monitor camera feeds at selected traffic sites throughout Kentucky.
Credit: Kentucky Department of Homeland Security

Agency	Austin Regional Intelligence Center
Location	Austin, TX
Technology	Fusion Center
Vendor

The Austin Regional Intelligence Center is one of 79 fusion centers in the United States. Operated by local and state law enforcement in partnership with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, a fusion center serves as a command center for gathering, analyzing and disseminating intelligence and other public safety information.

Links
Nonprofit report (Electronic Frontier Foundation) [snapshot]
Government information (Austin Regional Intelligence Center) [snapshot]
Government information (U.S. Department of Homeland Security) [snapshot]
Other (www.openthegovernment.org) [snapshot]

More about this technology

Fusion Centers are intelligence hubs and command centers that enable intelligence sharing between local, state, tribal, territorial, and federal agencies, with a focus on homeland security matters. These are part of a national fusion center system supported by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.