• The proposed Statewide Terrorism Intelligence Center (STIC) is a joint initiative between the Illinois State Police and the Illinois Association of Chiefs of Police, in concert with their partners in the criminal justice community.

• The proposal was developed in response to a commonly-voiced complaint by law enforcement agencies regarding the absence of a centralized intelligence-sharing mechanism for terrorism- related information in Illinois.

• STIC will serve as a "one-stop" resource for Illinois’ criminal justice agencies for both domestic and international terrorism-related information.

• The concept is deceivingly simple: hire, train, and staff a pool of analysts to provide a broad spectrum of terrorism-oriented intelligence and analytical resources to law enforcement officers in Illinois.

• Specific goals for STIC are:

• To supply 24-hour, seven-day-a-week access for terrorism-oriented intelligence queries for all law enforcement agencies throughout the state, providing a focal point for both state and federal database inquiries.

• To establish a centralized repository for the capture of incoming query data which will be analyzed and assessed; these assessments will be provided to law enforcement agencies throughout Illinois as well as to the Illinois Emergency Management Agency.

• To facilitate a strong working relationship between local police officers and the FBI’s Joint Terrorism Task Forces.

• To act as police liaison with the Illinois Emergency Management Agency for predictive consequence management resource allocation.

• To serve as a national model for multi-agency, anti-terrorism intelligence initiatives.

• Included in the initiative will be the use of an "extranet" server which will enable secure, password-protected access by any law enforcement officer or criminal justice agency to terrorism intelligence documents and STIC reports via a web-based format.

• In addition to a repository for query data, the STIC database will be used as "pointer system" for terrorist-based investigative referrals between agencies to promote direct interagency intelligence-sharing opportunities.