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IWS Executive Session and Technical Workshop
Under the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Special Operations/Low Intensity Conflict and Interdependent Capabilities, Lafayette Group provided support to the Irregular Warfare Support (IWS) Program and Technology Support Working Group within the Department of Defense’s (DoD) Combating Terrorism Technology Support Office. Lafayette Group facilitated an Executive Session and Technical Workshop for Federal, State, and local members of the law enforcement community to share lessons learned and best practices with DoD officials. The session focused on technologies and program methodologies that can assist DoD participants in the areas of counterterrorism and counterinsurgency.
Special Operations Command Biometrics
Lafayette Group supported the initiative between elements of the Special Operations Command and the law enforcement community in the area of long range facial recognition test and evaluation. This project provided important test results in the use of facial recognition at a distance with the latest commercial algorithms available in the biometrics industry. This project assisted in the development of expeditionary capabilities to support law enforcement and military operations.
Facial Recognition for Operational Law Enforcement Counter-Terrorism Activities
Lafayette Group implemented the final phases of the development of an expanded facial recognition data sharing partnership between Federal, State, and local agencies. A partnership of 20 agencies with a database capacity of 10 million images enrolled in one of the latest facial recognition algorithms available in the biometrics industry has been created through the initiative. Facial recognition applications have been expanded into the corrections, patrol, and investigative divisions; this includes the deployment of 180 mobile facial recognition applications throughout one of Florida’s Regional Domestic Security Task Forces.
Campus Security Initiative
The Lafayette Group conducted a survey of major city and campus law enforcement agencies for the Major Cities Chiefs Association Campus Security Initiative. The purpose of this survey was to gather information on the formal and informal relationships existing between local law enforcement and their campus law enforcement counterparts. Lafayette Group staff designed the survey and was responsible for fielding the survey to several hundred local and campus law enforcement agencies. The results of this extensive project were compiled and analyzed. Lafayette Group released the final version of the Campus Security Guidelines in the fall of 2008.
CEDAP Regional Training Conferences
Lafayette Group staff provided support for the two Commercial Equipment Direct Assistance Program (CEDAP) training conferences in Chicago, IL and Raleigh, NC; this completed the 2007 equipment awards and deliveries. During the sessions, Lafayette Group documented the training through video and still photography. The video and photographs were used to develop a CD/DVD about CEDAP and support CEDAP outreach efforts. Lafayette Group conducted “on camera” interviews and facilitated group discussions with award winners to gage the impact CEDAP has made on smaller departments and agencies. A training survey was distributed to nearly 1200 CEDAP recipients and Lafayette Group compiled the results into a comprehensive document. Subject Matter Experts from Lafayette Group trained more than 50 first responders on interoperable communications policies and procedures to increase their skills and knowledge about the Incident Commander’s Radio Interface (ICRI). This provided technical assistance was required before the responders could receive their equipment. Also provided by Lafayette Group staff were talking points and remarks for several visiting VIPs to each training sessions.
NSA Annual Conference and Exhibition
Lafayette Group supported CEDAP at the National Sheriff’s Association (NSA) Annual Conference and Exhibition in Indianapolis, IN by displaying and staffing the booth, demonstrating several equipment items available through CEDAP and arranging a CEDAP seminar to educate sheriffs about CEDAP and the technologies available. Lafayette Group handled all logistics from securing booth exhibition space to shipping and displaying the program’s equipment.
Lafayette Group Produces CEDAP Catalog
Lafayette Group staff members prepared all the publications and equipment catalog for the CEDAP application period. The catalog was the product of the equipment solicitations managed by Lafayette Group on behalf of the CEDAP program. The solicitations narrowed down more than one hundred separate proposals to a product catalog of 17 items for emergency responders.
Lafayette Group supported CEDAP at the IACP Conference held in San Diego, California. At the IACP Conference, police officers were able to learn about CEDAP, visit the CEDAP booth, and see the technologies available through the program.