The role of the Michigan Department of State Police (MSP) is to provide general law enforcement services to

the citizens of the State of Michigan. MSP also has the unique responsibility for the development and

coordination of state-level programs, technologies, and specialized services that enhance enforcement and

emergency response capabilities for the entire public safety community. Accordingly, given the events of

September 11, 2001, MSP is working closely with the Department of Homeland Security to establish the MIOC

for Homeland Security in East Lansing, Michigan with an operational node in the Detroit area. It is required that

all MIOC personnel, regardless of physical location, have full access to MIOC software solutions.

The MIOC for Homeland Security is designed to serve multi-agency policing needs. The MIOC for Homeland

Security will provide information to patrol officers, detectives, management, and other participating personnel

and agencies on specific criminals, crime groups, and criminal activity. The MIOC for Homeland Security will

support anti-terrorism and other crime-specific objectives by collecting and disseminating information to a

number of communities of interest (COIs’). The 100 MIOC personnel will search numerous databases to

gather and analyze information. The MIOC for Homeland Security will also generate intelligence products of

its own, providing overviews of terrorist or other crime groups, analysis of trends, and other items of

intelligence for dissemination to participating agencies. The MIOC for Homeland Security will combine the

latest computer technologies and policing techniques for information sharing and analysis for all potentially

relevant, homeland security data and information, leading to proper interpretation, assessment, and

preventative actions.

The MIOC for Homeland Security environment is comprised of integrated teams consisting of sworn and