WEBVTT 1 00:00:01.070 --> 00:00:09.389 What Happens to a SAR Once it is 2 00:00:04.170 --> 00:00:11.160 Reported? The Role of Fusion Centers. 3 00:00:09.389 --> 00:00:13.889 The national network of fusion centers is 4 00:00:11.160 --> 00:00:16.650 the first stop for suspicious activity 5 00:00:13.889 --> 00:00:18.840 reporting analysis. When you report a 6 00:00:16.650 --> 00:00:21.630 SAR to a local law enforcement agency, 7 00:00:18.840 --> 00:00:24.660 they will in turn provide it to a fusion 8 00:00:21.630 --> 00:00:26.189 center for additional review. Fusion 9 00:00:24.660 --> 00:00:28.949 Centers receive information from a 10 00:00:26.189 --> 00:00:31.230 variety of sources, such as SARs from 11 00:00:28.949 --> 00:00:32.880 local law enforcement officers and tips 12 00:00:31.230 --> 00:00:34.710 from citizens, the private sector, 13 00:00:32.880 --> 00:00:36.750 emergency responders, and other 14 00:00:34.710 --> 00:00:39.930 government entities, including federal 15 00:00:36.750 --> 00:00:42.120 partners. Centres then fuse this 16 00:00:39.930 --> 00:00:44.489 information to conduct timely analysis, 17 00:00:42.120 --> 00:00:47.460 and produce relevant products to 18 00:00:44.489 --> 00:00:49.260 disseminate to their customers. Qualified 19 00:00:47.460 --> 00:00:51.539 analysts, or investigators at these 20 00:00:49.260 --> 00:00:53.219 centers review and determine whether the 21 00:00:51.539 --> 00:00:55.710 information has a potential connection 22 00:00:53.219 --> 00:00:58.680 to terrorism, and meets the criteria for 23 00:00:55.710 --> 00:01:00.660 sharing nationwide. If it meets the 24 00:00:58.680 --> 00:01:03.239 criteria, the information is shared 25 00:01:00.660 --> 00:01:05.250 through the NSI and forwarded to the 26 00:01:03.239 --> 00:01:07.380 Federal Bureau of Investigation, or FBI, 27 00:01:05.250 --> 00:01:10.979 and law enforcement agencies nationwide 28 00:01:07.380 --> 00:01:12.900 for investigative follow-up. Some fusion 29 00:01:10.979 --> 00:01:14.640 centers provide direct feedback on 30 00:01:12.900 --> 00:01:17.460 suspicious activity reporting to the 31 00:01:14.640 --> 00:01:19.320 contributors. Others do not. If you don't 32 00:01:17.460 --> 00:01:21.180 receive feedback on a SAR you reported, 33 00:01:19.320 --> 00:01:23.040 understand that this is not a reflection 34 00:01:21.180 --> 00:01:25.229 of the value of the information you 35 00:01:23.040 --> 00:01:26.759 provided. These centers are able to 36 00:01:25.229 --> 00:01:29.189 compare locally gathered SAR 37 00:01:26.759 --> 00:01:31.290 information with behaviors, indicators, 38 00:01:29.189 --> 00:01:33.869 and threats reported by other agencies 39 00:01:31.290 --> 00:01:36.990 to more accurately develop a state, or 40 00:01:33.869 --> 00:01:39.210 regional threat picture. Before 9/11 we 41 00:01:36.990 --> 00:01:41.759 did not have fusion centers and their 42 00:01:39.210 --> 00:01:43.619 respective capabilities. Now that we have 43 00:01:41.759 --> 00:01:45.659 these centers, we are better prepared to 44 00:01:43.619 --> 00:01:49.159 detect and respond to potential indicators of terrorism.