Establishing a Crime Gun Intelligence Program Within Your Agency/Region

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1 Establishing a Crime Gun Intelligence Program Within Your Agency/Region

2 Participants Ron Nichols, Firearm and Toolmark Examiner, Nichols Forensic Science Consulting Pamela Hofsass, Chief of Forensic Science Division, Contra Costa County Sheriff s Crime Laboratory Captain David Salazar, Milwaukee Police Department, Intelligence Fusion Center

3 Webinar Series This is the third of a 6-part series Grant Writing Workshop Making Gun Crime a Priority in Your Region Enforcing the Laws on the Books Establishing a Crime Gun Intelligence Program Within Your Agency Gun Crime Investigative Cycle Bridging the Gaps Forensics at the Speed of Crime Faster Than a Speeding Bullet NIBIN for Prosecutors Prosecuting Using Crime Gun Intelligence

4 Crime Gun Intelligence Program A Crime Gun Intelligence Program is a multidisciplinary approach focusing on criminal activity involving gun violence to include connecting of criminal activity, identification and targeting of shooters and their sources of crime guns for immediate disruption, investigation, and prosecution.

5 Crime Gun Intelligence Program Inside Outside INSIDE OUTSIDE THE WHOLE STORY

6 Crime Gun Intelligence Program Establishing a CGI Program within your agency/region will involve identifying the proper balance of people, processes and technology to achieve the 4 critical components of Comprehensive Collection Timeliness (providing leads to investigators within hours of a firearm-related offense) Investigative Follow-Up Feedback

7 Crime Gun Intelligence Program A successful Crime Gun Intelligence Program will involve a wellcoordinated team (investigators, forensic experts and prosecutors) to manage the handoffs/exchanges of required data and information: Respond & Collect information and evidence Extract & Analyze the information and evidence Pursue information/evidence & apprehend suspects

and evidence Extract and analyze information and evidence with various tools

8 Crime Gun Intelligence Program Information fuels investigations while evidence powers prosecutions Breaking it down into thirds Respond and collect information and evidence Extract and analyze information and evidence with various tools Pursue information and evidence and apprehend suspects Bridge the gaps to handle traffic flow

9 NIBIN Does your agency currently submit your ballistic evidence and testfires from crime guns to be entered into the NIBIN database (if you are a prosecutor or serve in any other capacity, do the law enforcement agencies in your region submit their ballistic evidence/test fires to be entered into the NIBIN database)? Yes No Not sure

10 e-trace Does your agency currently trace recovered firearms through the ATF etrace program (if you are a prosecutor or serve in any other capacity, do the law enforcement agencies in your region trace their recovered firearms through the ATF etrace program)? Yes No Not sure

11 A Success Story in the CE/FA Unit Chief of Forensics, Pamela Hofsass Contra Costa County Office of the Sheriff

12 For the non-east coasters

13 Overview CCC C/L CE/FA Unit Hofsass to Lab - Jan Research regarding Evofinder versus IBISTRAX-HD3D New emphasis on real-time investigative leads, actionable intelligence Improvements to workflow Beta-test site for NNCTC Assist from ATF/Walnut Creek The future

14 October 14, 2015 IBISTRAX HD3D has arrived!

15 SA Bryan LaCoste conducting IBIS entry

16 ipad and evidence documentation

17 Worksheet

18 NNCTC Correlation Training Center

19 Additional strategies Notification Report for Presumptive Match based on individual markings (based on OPD C/L model) Better investigative lead If required for Trial, can be confirmed through complete comparison/id Worked with DA s Office to ensure buy-in/sign-off Worked with QA to ensure meets our P & P

20 FA Stats Despite a reduction in staff and a 139% increases in requests from 2014 to 2016, the Unit decreased the number of open (or backlogged requests) in 2016.

21 Stats from

22 Requested and completed

23 Days Request date to Lead (in days)

24 5-Year trend

25 Firearms (YTD) 1000 Firearms (YTD) Requests Completed Analyst TAT TAT Open (YTD)

26 Highlights of success Since 2015, over 500 leads (including ADW and homicide incidents) were provided to investigators throughout the County. 30% Leads involved incidents from outside of the County (not including outside County hits to our evidence) Reduced turnaround time from 238 days in 2015 to 190* days in Note: * = high TAT due to aged backlog, current average TAT = less than 7days for Lead Notifications Number of requests for Firearms services doubled from 2015 to 2016

27 Challenges CCC C/L provides service to over 24 LE Agencies Hard to demand the evidence from these Agencies Delay in submitting = delay in preventing

28 Possible solutions Drop box for cartridge cases at Muir Detention Facility (24/7 Operation) Further outreach-training

29 Future GunOps Personnel RT Processing/Leads

30 Establishing a Crime Gun Intelligence Program Within Your Agency/Region Captain David Salazar Milwaukee PD, Intelligence Fusion Center

31 Crime Gun Intelligence Program The concept what is it? An interagency law enforcement collaborative initiative within an metropolitan agency or region that focuses on the collection, analysis, and management of crime gun data. Crime Reports Criminal Intelligence NIBIN etrace Court Records Corrections data ShotSpotter

32 Milwaukee CGIC Prevent gun violence through the consistent production of timely, precise, and actionable intelligence concerning gun crimes to identify armed violent offenders for investigation and targeted enforcement.

33 Collaboration is key! Metropolitan Police Dept. NIBIN site State Crime Lab NIBIN site Sheriff Dept. Suburban LE ATF USMS HIDTA or Drug Task Force DA s Office USAO DOC Juvenile DOC FBI DEA

34 Four Critical Steps 1. Comprehensive Collection 2. Timeliness 3. Relentless Investigative Follow Up 4. Feedback Loop

35 Investigative Philosophy NIBIN correlations are investigative leads Premium on processing Last nights shooting Crime gun arrests Comprehensive etrace Follow up investigations targeting straw purchasers Informed deployments

36 Investigative Philosophy The power of NIBIN is the intelligence is ACTIONABLE!!! Informs strategies Positioned to prevent

37 Correlation Triage You can t work them all! Triaging what you have is key MPD CGIC has 4 levels Priority Investigations District Situational Awareness

38 Winning Team NIBIN/IBIS Lab Acquisitions & Correlations Triage Analysis Investigations Targeting

39 May 5, 2016 OIS Springfield.45 caliber pistols expedited etrace 27-days to crime/recovery Female buyer Multi-purchase Immediate follow up investigation conducted Local big box dealer Video surveillance

40 May 5, 2016 OIS

41 Center Street Corridor SST Analysis

42 Resources Pro bono 13 Critical Tasks Workshops Customized crime gun intelligence workshops Webinar 4 Investigative Strategies

43 Contacts Ron Nichols Chief Pamela Hofsass Captain David Salazar

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Justice Clearing House Webinar Solving Gun Crimes Breaking it Down from the Inside Out Breaking it Down Information fuels investigations evidence powers prosecutions Breaking it down in thirds Respond