SB918: Virginia Fusion Intelligence Center; receive & integrate criminal-related intelligence information.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. That § 52-47 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:
§ 52-47. Virginia Fusion Intelligence Center established.
The Governor shall establish, organize, equip, staff, and
maintain a multiagency fusion intelligence center to receive and integrate criminal-related and terrorist-related intelligence and information. The Department
of State Police shall operate the facility, as directed by the Governor and in
cooperation with the Department of Emergency Management and other such state
and local agencies and private organizations as the Governor may deem
appropriate. The fusion center shall collect, analyze, disseminate, and
maintain such information to support local, state, and federal law-enforcement
agencies, and other governmental
agencies and private organizations in preventing and
deterring criminal activity and preventing, preparing for,
responding to, and recovering from any possible or actual terrorist attack.