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<blockquote data-quote="Blarkon Dragonslayer" data-source="post: 3416001" data-attributes="member: 49372"><p>Background Info:</p><p></p><p>The Commission: Technically, the Greater Chicago Law Enforcement and Security Advisory Commission, but nearly everyone involved with it on a regular basis refers to it as simply "The Commission."</p><p></p><p>Immediately following the events of 9/11, the various law enforcement agencies and other groups responsible for the security and safety of the citizens of Greater Chicago, at the behest of the Federal, State, and Municipal governments, formed a body whose function was to act as a clearing house for information and resources. Each involved agency had a representative on the Commission, and the whole thing came into being with great fanfare and media attention. The public was reassured, and within a year, the Commission was a fixture in the Chicago area.</p><p></p><p>It's mandate was, and is, somewhat vague, but specifically includes pooling information and resources to make sure that Chicago and its environs are not successfully targeted by terrorism or other large-scale criminal activity, or to mobilize a response to any such acts that occur. To that end, the Commission meets on a monthly basis, or more often if a crisis situation arises. It maintains a small support staff drawn from many agencies, who keep the Commissioners fully apprised of developing situations.</p><p></p><p>That is the public story.</p><p></p><p>It is the truth, so far as it goes. Behind the scenes, however, the Commission does far more. It maintains a large network of informants, from all walks of life. It draws in consultants as needed. It employs sworn officers from city, county, state, and federal agencies. These officers generally work for the Commission on a part-time basis, otherwise acting as normal for their parent agencies.</p><p></p><p>The Commission has access to wiretaps, surveillance cameras, and personal information that would make civil libertarians frantic if they knew about it. </p><p></p><p>While the sworn officers retain their powers of arrest, generally speaking the Commission leaves the actual apprehension of suspects to other agencies, preferring to keep their "active" side out of the limelight. They do not generally operate outside the law. They are not a vigilante group, and their internal controls are quite stringent. They do however often cut corners in ways that more publicly accountable agencies would find it hard to consistently get away with.</p><p></p><p>One effect that this has on Commission activities is that teams are often formed on an 'ad hoc' basis. Civilian consultants and informants often get a lot closer to the action then a more formal law enforcement agency could or would tolerate. Support staff also have at times found themselves closer to the action then might otherwise be the case.</p><p></p><p>With that being the case, the Commission is fairly careful about who they recruit as an active asset. Potential assets have to either be quite dedicated and trustworthy, or they have to be completely deniable, easily discredited, or controllable in some fashion.</p><p></p><p>It also means that at times resources and support can be uneven. Most often, especially for information and analysis, facilities and equipment can be borrowed from other agencies. For more field activities, however, active support can be somewhat hard to arrange.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Blarkon Dragonslayer, post: 3416001, member: 49372"] Background Info: The Commission: Technically, the Greater Chicago Law Enforcement and Security Advisory Commission, but nearly everyone involved with it on a regular basis refers to it as simply "The Commission." Immediately following the events of 9/11, the various law enforcement agencies and other groups responsible for the security and safety of the citizens of Greater Chicago, at the behest of the Federal, State, and Municipal governments, formed a body whose function was to act as a clearing house for information and resources. Each involved agency had a representative on the Commission, and the whole thing came into being with great fanfare and media attention. The public was reassured, and within a year, the Commission was a fixture in the Chicago area. It's mandate was, and is, somewhat vague, but specifically includes pooling information and resources to make sure that Chicago and its environs are not successfully targeted by terrorism or other large-scale criminal activity, or to mobilize a response to any such acts that occur. To that end, the Commission meets on a monthly basis, or more often if a crisis situation arises. It maintains a small support staff drawn from many agencies, who keep the Commissioners fully apprised of developing situations. That is the public story. It is the truth, so far as it goes. Behind the scenes, however, the Commission does far more. It maintains a large network of informants, from all walks of life. It draws in consultants as needed. It employs sworn officers from city, county, state, and federal agencies. These officers generally work for the Commission on a part-time basis, otherwise acting as normal for their parent agencies. The Commission has access to wiretaps, surveillance cameras, and personal information that would make civil libertarians frantic if they knew about it. While the sworn officers retain their powers of arrest, generally speaking the Commission leaves the actual apprehension of suspects to other agencies, preferring to keep their "active" side out of the limelight. They do not generally operate outside the law. They are not a vigilante group, and their internal controls are quite stringent. They do however often cut corners in ways that more publicly accountable agencies would find it hard to consistently get away with. One effect that this has on Commission activities is that teams are often formed on an 'ad hoc' basis. Civilian consultants and informants often get a lot closer to the action then a more formal law enforcement agency could or would tolerate. Support staff also have at times found themselves closer to the action then might otherwise be the case. With that being the case, the Commission is fairly careful about who they recruit as an active asset. Potential assets have to either be quite dedicated and trustworthy, or they have to be completely deniable, easily discredited, or controllable in some fashion. It also means that at times resources and support can be uneven. Most often, especially for information and analysis, facilities and equipment can be borrowed from other agencies. For more field activities, however, active support can be somewhat hard to arrange. [/QUOTE]
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