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The Criminal Intelligence Unit (CIU) provides investigative support for cases involving threats to commit acts of mass and/or targeted violence, violent extremism, domestic and international terrorism, organized crime, and special investigative projects.
The Criminal Intelligence Unit (CIU) provides investigative support for cases involving threats to commit acts of mass and/or targeted violence, violent extremism, domestic and international terrorism, organized crime, and special investigative projects. CIU has a working relationship with the Federal Bureau of Investigation's Joint Terrorism Task Force (JTTF), in accordance with Portland City Council Resolution Number 37424 as Amended.
Additionally, CIU conducts threat assessments for major events, dignitary visits, and investigates threats to public officials or other high-profile individuals. CIU also works jointly with the Behavioral Health Unit on individual threat assessments of people exhibiting behavior that may be a public risk and may have a mental health component. CIU also monitors global events that may have a nexus to public safety in Portland.
CIU collaborates with the Oregon Department of Justice - Criminal Justice Division’s Oregon TITAN Fusion Center. The Oregon TITAN Fusion Center's (OTFC) mission is to protect Oregon citizens from terrorist and criminal activity by providing an all-crimes criminal information clearinghouse supported by multiple agencies and a Fusion Liaison Officer (FLO) program. OTFC provides criminal information products based on reasonable suspicion of terroristic and criminal indicators by collecting, gathering, analyzing and disseminating that information for the use of Oregon law enforcement, public safety, and public and private sector communities.
CIU complies with all federal and state laws regarding the collection, retention, and dissemination of intelligence information.
Contact Us
Anonymous Tip/Contact Form
Resources
- FBI Portland Field Office
- Department of Homeland Security - Hometown Security
- Department of Homeland Security – If You See Something, Say Something
- National Counterintelligence Security Center
- National Terrorism Advisory System
- Critical Infrastructure Security
- Be Ready! Make a Kit, Make a Plan, Be Informed
- Active Shooter Preparedness
- Don’t Be a Puppet: Pull Back the Curtain on Violent Extremism
- What to Do--Bomb Threat
Joint Terrorism Task Force
The Criminal Intelligence Unit has a working relationship with the JTTF, in accordance with Portland City Council Resolution Number 37424 As Amended, to assist in the investigation of any individual suspected cases of terrorism and/or threats to life, including hate crimes, in or having a direct nexus to the City of Portland where there are reasonable grounds to suspect the subject of the information is or may be involved in criminal conduct.
Audits
The Portland Police Bureau (PPB) Directive 660.00, Management of Criminal Intelligence Files, requires the Bureau's Office of the Inspector General (OIG) to audit the management of criminal intelligence and related functions. The audit was performed based on Generally Accepted Government Auditing Standards (GAGAS). These standards require we plan the audit, perform the audit, and obtain sufficient and appropriate evidence. This provides a reasonable basis for our findings and conclusions based on our objectives. PPB Directive 660.00 authorizes the Criminal Intelligence Unit (CIU) to oversee all of PPBs criminal intelligence matters. Additionally, Directive 660.00 states that only CIU members are authorized to create and maintain criminal intelligence and criminal intelligence files.