Collaborative and Cooperative Best Practices in Policing

1. Collaborative and Cooperative Best Practices in Policing Presented by: The Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community Police Department Chief of Police Stanley L. Kephart Contact: • 480-362-6301 • stanley.kephart@srpmic-nsn.gov May 5, 2010

2. Our Agenda Today • Brief overview of the Salt River Police Department. • Map of Phoenix Metropolitan Area. • Salt River Police Department Collaborative and Cooperative Best Practices. • East Valley Gang and Criminal Information Fusion Center (EVGCIFC). • Indian Country Intelligence Network (ICIN).

3. The Salt River Police Department “Large Enough to be Professional - - Small Enough to be a Family.”

4. The Salt River Police Department • All Salt River Police Officers are Tribal, State and Federal Certified (SLEC) who investigate and deliver cases directly to Tribal (TPO), State (MCAO) and Federal (USAO) Prosecutors. • 114 Police Officers. 1 Sergeant and 3 Detectives in our Intelligence Unit. • 40 Civilian Team Members. • Full Service Police Department. First responders to animal, civil, criminal and traffic Calls for Police Service 24-hours a day, responsible for 88 square miles, 200,000 vehicles and 225,000 persons within the Community each day. • Over 80,000 Calls for Police Service per year. • Response time last quarter to Priority 1 calls was: 3 minutes and 45 seconds. **Time is under the National average (4 min.).

5. The Salt River Police Department Map of Phoenix Metropolitan Area (3.5 million residents) highlighting East Valley (1.3 million residents) and the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community.

6. The Salt River Police Department Best Practice: SRPD Full Partner Members of East Valley Gang and Criminal Information Fusion Center (EVGCIFC): • Established in September 2007, the East Valley Gang and Criminal Information Fusion Center (EVGCIFC) partnership includes Local, Tribal, County, State and Federal Law Enforcement Agencies sharing crime information across jurisdictional boundaries. • Local partners include: Mesa PD, Scottsdale PD, Chandler PD, Gilbert PD, Tempe PD and Salt River PD. Associate members include: ATF, AZDOC Parole, Maricopa County Probation and the USMS. • This diverse collaborative partnership is consistent with President Obama’s Tribal Consultation Letter (dated 110509), Presidential Executive Order Number 13175 and Attorney General Eric H. Holder’s Letter to Tribal Leaders (dated 111309).

7. The Salt River Police Department Best Practice: SRPD Full Partner Members of East Valley Gang and Criminal Information Fusion Center (EVGCIFC): • Our Local Fusion Center is a Best Practicebecause it accelerated and enhanced Real-Time Local Information Exchange that is not provided by any other Fusion or Information source and it consistently delivers Measurable Results = Solved crimes within Indian Country and other Local jurisdictions improving Public Safety. • SRPD is the only Indian Country Police Department actively participating in a Local Fusion Center Nationwide (out of the 71 Fusion Centers) daily receiving Critical DHS information as well as exchanging Local Career Criminal and Gang information.

8. The Salt River Police Department Best Practice: SRPD Full Partner Members of East Valley Gang and Criminal Information Fusion Center (EVGCIFC): • SRPD since becoming Members of the EVGCIFC over 2-years ago is consistently a top contributor (by percentage) of disseminations from the EVGCIFC. • The Fusion Center Partnership has improved communication and coordination between neighboring Police Agencies, Prosecutors and the USAO; ultimately improving Case Quality.

9. The Salt River Police Department Best Practice: SRPD Full Partner Members of East Valley Gang and Criminal Information Fusion Center (EVGCIFC): • Access to Relevant Crime Information: • Gangs, Narcotics and Weapons Violations. • International narco-terrorist connections due to our proximity to the US and Mexico border. • An emerging trend is to use Indian Country for trafficking narcotics, firearms and human smuggling. • Provides Time Critical Exchange of Information. • Generates Rapid Narrowing of Suspect Pool. • Geographic and Link Analysis of Crime Trends. • Formalized Multi-Agency Communication. • Time Critical Bulletins. • Bi-Weekly Product.

10. The Salt River Police Department Best Practice: SRPD Full Partner Members of East Valley Gang and Criminal Information Fusion Center (EVGCIFC): • SRPD and EVGCIFC Measurable Results (Arrests and Cases Solved): • Homicides. • Drive-by shootings. • Armed robberies. • Narcotics. Warrants. • Inter-state stalking/DV. • Highlighted cases: • Successful location and safe apprehension of a Murder suspect within hours after receipt of a Federal Arrest Warrant. Case at USAO. • $200,000 commercial burglary suspect arrested by USMS and Rochester New Hampshire PD after the suspect was located in New Hampshire. Case at USAO.

11. The Salt River Police Department Best Practice: SRPD Full Partner Members of East Valley Gang and Criminal Information Fusion Center (EVGCIFC): • The System provides for a surgical approach for release and exchange of information combined with controls, checks and balances. • Agency’s representative is the sole provider of access to Tribal Agency’s RMS at the Fusion Center. This creates personal accountability through the Chain of Command. • Protects and enhances Sovereignty.

12. The Salt River Police Department Best Practice: SRPD Full Partner Members of East Valley Gang and Criminal Information Fusion Center (EVGCIFC): On The Horizon… • We are seeking expansion of Indian Country Participation through coordination with Interagency Threat Assessment and Coordination Group (ITACG) that will improve information sharing in Fusion Center Operations both at the Federal and Local level.  

13. Increasing Public Safety through Information Sharing and Crime Data Exchange • Indian Country Intelligence Network (ICIN) was established in 1994. • This organization was the first within Indian Country Law Enforcement to establish a State-wide collaborative partnership between all 21 Arizona Indian Tribes to improve communication, provide training and strengthen relationships with neighboring jurisdictions. • ICIN is comprised of Law Enforcement executives from Tribal Law Enforcement and Correction agencies, representatives from BIA, FBI, United States Attorney's Office, Tribal Prosecutors, Maricopa County Attorney’s Office, Arizona Department of Public Safety and State and Municipal Police agencies throughout Arizona.

14. Increasing Public Safety through Information Sharing and Crime Data Exchange • More now than ever, Police must work collaboratively using an Intelligence Based Policing Model with the controlled sharing of information with our neighboring Police Agencies and Communities to build partnerships. • Communication is the key. • Partnerships change lives. • Today, there are ICIN Associations also located in California, Nevada, Washington and New Mexico.