SOP-28 Criminal Intel DatabasePolice Services Division
SOP-28
June 25, 2019
SUBJECT: USE OF CRIMINAL INTELLIGENCE DATABASES/NETWORKS
PURPOSE: To establish guidelines for Rohnert Park Department of Public Safety personnel
regarding the use of criminal intelligence databases for crime analysis, situational
assessments/awareness, criminal intelligence development, and in the support of criminal
investigations; and to ensure that those databases are used only for a valid law enforcement
purpose.
DEFINITIONS
Crime Analysis and Situational Assessment/Awareness:
Analytic activities to identify and understand trends, causes, and potential indicia of criminal
activity, including terrorism.
Criminal Intelligence Information:
Data which meets criminal intelligence collection criteria and which has been evaluated and
determined to be relevant to the identification of criminal activity engaged in by individuals or
organizations which are reasonably suspected of involvement in criminal activity.
Valid Law Enforcement Purpose:
Information/intelligence gathering development, or collection, use, retention, or sharing that
furthers the authorized functions and activities of a law enforcement agency, which may include
the prevention of crime, ensuring the safety of the public, furthering officer safety, and homeland
and national security, while adhering to law and agency policy designed to protect the privacy,
civil rights, and civil liberties of individuals or organizations.
PROCEDURES
1. RPDPS personnel will only utilize criminal intelligence databases to seek, retain, or share
information that is based upon a criminal predicate, threat to public safety; or is based
upon reasonable suspicion that an identifiable individual, regardless of citizenship or U.S.
residency status, or organization has committed an identifiable criminal offense, or is
involved in or is planning criminal conduct or activity that presents a threat to an
individual, or the community, and the information is relevant to the criminal conduct.
2. RPDPS personnel will not utilize criminal intelligence databases to seek or retain
information about an individuals or organizations solely on the basis of their religious,
political, social views or activities; an individual’s participation in a particular non-
criminal organization or lawful event; an individual’s race, ethnicity, citizenship, place of
origin, disability, gender, or sexual orientation unless such information is relevant to the
individual’s criminal conduct or activity or if required to identify the individual; or an
individual’s age other than to determine if someone is a minor.
3. The maintenance, dissemination, and destruction of any criminal intelligence information
will be conducted pursuant to all applicable state and federal laws; such as 28 CFR Part
23.
4. Any documents or printouts of intelligence information obtained from criminal
intelligence databases shall be for investigative purposes only, and will not be attached to
or included with any report created by RPDPS personnel.
REGIONAL INFORMATION SHARING SYSTEMS NETWORK (RISS)
A. RPDPS authorized users of the RISS Network should query or submit criminal
intelligence information via RISSIntel to WSIN (800-952-5258),
NCHIDTA/NCRIC (866-367-884), or LACLEAR (877-550-2532) when
conducting a criminal investigation that may cross jurisdictions to other Law
Enforcement agencies, in order to share that information or ensure no conflict
with other current investigations. These investigations include but are not limited
to narcotics trafficking, terrorist acts, or school violence.
B. RPDPS authorized users of the RISS Network should post critical events or
planned operations such as search warrants or undercover operations that may
cross jurisdictions via the RISS Officer Safety Event Deconfliction System
(RISSSafe) to WSIN (800-952-5258), NCHIDTA/NCRIC (866-367-884), or
LACLEAR (877-550-2532) in order to provide information to outside Law
Enforcement agencies for officer safety and operational purposes.