BEST PRACTICES—EXAMPLES
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This section includes collaborations and model training courses generally accepted
as best practices in the law enforcement community.
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Florida Law Enforcement Analyst Academy
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The Florida Law Enforcement Analyst Academy, developed and facilitated by the Florida
Department of Law Enforcement, is a six-week intensive training program for local
and state law enforcement analysts within the state of Florida. The academy utilizes
precepts outlined in the National Criminal Intelligence Sharing Plan to
fulfill its goal of establishing and providing a uniform training curriculum in
the area of law enforcement analysis. Instruction at the academy is composed of
training in various criminal and intelligence analysis skills, including the types
of analysis and products resulting from analysis. These skills are utilized by law
enforcement and other emergency responders to successfully prevent crime and conduct
complex investigations.
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High Intensity
Drug Trafficking Areas (HIDTA)
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The High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas (HIDTA) program is a federally funded
program that coordinates drug control efforts among local, state, and federal law
enforcement agencies. HIDTA was created in designated areas that exhibit serious
drug trafficking problems and harmfully impact other areas of the country. The program
provides agencies with management, equipment, technology, and additional resources
to combat drug trafficking and its consequences. There are 28 HIDTA areas. HIDTA-designated
counties are in most states, Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, and the District
of Columbia.
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Joint Terrorism
Task Forces (JTTFs)
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The Joint Terrorism Task Forces (JTTFs) are teams of local and state law enforcement
officers, Federal Bureau of Investigation agents, and other federal agents and personnel
who work to investigate and prevent acts of terrorism. These task forces are important
“force multipliers” in the war on terror, pooling multiagency expertise and ensuring
the collection and sharing of intelligence critical to prevention efforts. Although
the first JTTF came into being in 1980, the total number of task forces has nearly
doubled since September 11, 2001. Presently, there are JTTF offices in 100 cities
nationwide.
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Regional Domestic Security Task Forces (RDSTF)
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The Florida Department of Law Enforcement (FDLE) has established seven Regional
Domestic Security Task Forces (RDSTF) in Pensacola, Tallahassee, Jacksonville, Orlando,
Tampa Bay, Fort Myers, and Miami. The task forces are responsible for improving
the ability to detect and prevent potential terrorist threats, collecting and disseminating
intelligence and investigative information, facilitating and promoting security
audits and vulnerability assessments to protect critical infrastructures, coordinating
the delivery of training, supporting the purchase of proper equipment for first
responders and task force response teams, improving response and recovery capabilities,
and facilitating initial response to terrorist incidences.