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Regional Terrorist Threat Assessment Center (RTTAC) State Terrorism Threat Assessment Center -(STTAC) Terrorism Liaison Officer (TLO) Information Analysis Governor Schwarzenegger has emphasized that prevention of a terrorist attack must be the number one priority for the Office of Homeland Security (OHS). As a major part of the prevention component of California's Homeland Security Strategy, our plan to detect, deter and prevent terrorism in California is based on public safety partnerships in information sharing and at the regional and local level. These partnerships bring together federal, state and local law enforcement agencies, and their respective law enforcement, public safety and criminal information systems, including those of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). To compliment federal efforts, California has created four mutually supporting Regional Terrorism Threat Assessment_Centers (RTTACs), aligned with the four FBI Field Offices in the state (San Diego, Los Angeles, San Francisco and Sacramento), and a State Terrorism Threat Assessment Center (STT AC), all linked by a common information sharing system, the California Joint Regional Information Exchange System (CAL JRIES). The State Terrorism Threat Assessment Centers (STTAC) is a partnership of the California Department of Justice, the California Highway Patrol and the California Office of Homeland Security (OHS), with representation of allied state and federal agencies. The State Center is designed to provide California's senior leaders with real time situational awareness of identified threats, visibility of and coordination with the critical infrastructure of the state, and constant access to the latest local, state and national information analysis products and to maintain strategic assessments of threats that can affect California. The RTT ACs develop a regional threat assessment picture, have analytical functions and directly connect the state and federal systems to share information and produce assessments, reports and other threat and warning products. At the local level law enforcement and public safety agencies designate Terrorism Liaison Officers (TLOs) who are trained in the review and assessment oflocal reporting and in conducting outreach to other public safety agencies, critical infrastructure operators and community groups. The TLO is the local agency point of contact for all terrorism- related alerts, requests for information, warnings and other notifications from regional, state or federal homeland security agencies. The TLOs review local agency reports, manage local reporting and initiate or respond to requests for information. Through the single web-based state terrorism website contained in CAL JRIES, the TLOs and their agency have access to all available terrorisms alerts, notices, information and documents with searchable databases. The California threat assessment system not only serves to protect California, it also fully compliments and serves the needs of both the FBI and DHS, providing access to information from the local police officer to national analyst and investigator, all sharing access to information and sharing relevant products to ensure better safety for our state and nation. The system is fully compatible with the National Criminal Information Sharing Plan from the U.S. Department of Justice, and our regional information sharing strategy is the largest and most comprehensive in the nation. Agencies currently participating in our state system and encouraged to sustain their commitment to their regional RTTACs, to CAL JRIES and to the TLO concept, and agencies not yet participating are encouraged to join. Information regarding the Regional Terrorism Threat Assessment Center supporting your jurisdiction can be obtained from OHS by contacting us at IA(7Vohs.ca.gov, or referring to our website for information directing you to the respective supporting RTT AC. Continued on next page FY06 Homeland Security Grant Program Page 11