INTRADEPARTMENTAL CORRESPONDENCE

August 16, 2012

14.5

TO:

The Honorable Board of Police Commissioners

FROM:

Chief of Police

SUBJECT:

REPORTING SUSPICIOUS ACTIVITY POTENTIALLY RELATED TO FOREIGN OR DOMESTIC TERRORISM - REVISED; AND SUSPICIOUS ACTIVITY REPORT NOTEBOOK DIVIDER, FORM 18.30.03— REVISED

RECOMMENDED ACTION

That the Board of Police Commissioners REVIEW and APPROVE the revisions to the Reporting Suspicious Activity Potentially Related to Foreign or Domestic Terrorism and the Suspicious Activity Report Notebook Divider, Form 18.30.03.

DISCUSSION

The attached Special Order renames Department Manual Section 1/590 as

R eporting Sus picious

A ctiv ity Potentially Re lated to F oreign or Domes tic Terror ism;

revises Sectio n 4 /271.46,

Re porting Su spicious A ctiv ity Potentially R elated to For eign or Dome stic T err orism;

and revises

the Suspicious Activity Report Field Notebook Divider, Form 18.30.03. The Order revises the procedures for the reporting of suspicious activity potentially related to foreign or domestic terrorism to be consistent with the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, Information Sharing Environment Functional Standards Suspicious Activity

Reporting. In addition, this Order provides relevant definitions and clarifies the employee's

responsibilities regarding the investigation and reporting of suspicious activity. Should you have any questions, please contact Captain Carol J. Aborn Khoury, Commanding Officer, Planning and Research Division, at (213) 480-0400.

Res ectfully,

CHAR

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Chief o

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