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Lafayette Group has conducted studies and prepared investigatory reports for Federal, State, and local agencies. These projects have included strategic information system plans and analysis of communications needs. Examples of Lafayette Group´s research projects include a communications study for the City of Birmingham, an investigation of less-than-lethal weapons for the National Institute of Justice, a study of best practices for the Community Relations Service, a strategic plan for the New Jersey State Police, and a report on telephonic surveillance for the FBI. These reports have been published by government agencies and utilized to direct policy and introduce reforms in technology and management of law enforcement agencies.
Lafayette Group provides senior program managers to support government agencies with major national initiatives. These efforts include the national homeland security information system; communications interoperability; emergency equipment for first responders; development of local intelligence fusion centers; and technology transfer for local police and sheriffs.
Lafayette Group works for the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, the FBI, and other Federal agencies to manage and support programs with multiple State and local law enforcement agencies. Lafayette Group staff members are assigned to task forces and special projects to provide technical services including communications intercepts and surveillance technology.
Lafayette Group personnel are selected by Government agencies for their highly specialized skills and past experience in surveillance and intercept systems, intelligence operations, emergency communications, criminal justice information systems, and technical writing.
Engineers from Lafayette Group are assigned to the FBI and DHS and other agencies to provide technical support for law enforcement and national security operations.
As site managers for the U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Interoperable Communications Technical Assistance Program (ICTAP), Lafayette Group personnel currently provide on-site assistance to over thirty-five of the Nation's largest urban areas. Working with DHS, Lafayette Group provides program management support in Washington, as well as working directly with the first responders and decision makers in the urban areas to provide support for strategic planning, RFP development, tabletop exercises, and technical review efforts.
Beginning with support for Federal Government R&D projects in the mid-1990s, Lafayette Group has developed and implemented facial biometric identification systems for law enforcement. Since that time, Lafayette Group has worked for Federal, State, and local agencies to implement facial recognition projects and provided training on the use of these systems. Agencies trained include:
Since 1998, Lafayette Group has employed trained personnel to monitor and transcribe lawful communications intercepts for the Federal Government and designated High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas (HIDTA). Lafayette Group also provides program support for the FBI's CALEA office which is responsible for technology required to conduct Title III intercepts.
Lafayette Group has supported a number of State and local law enforcement initiatives to implement law enforcement technology. Policy support has ranged from 3-1-1 non-emergency communications systems to user documentation for Mobile Data Terminals to the development of a technology roadmap for a major State Police Agency.
Lafayette Group manages the National Terrorism Early Warning Group (TEW) Expansion Technical Assistance program, a joint U.S. Department of Homeland Security and Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department initiative.The National TEW Expansion Technical Assistance program, facilitated by the National TEW Resource Center in Los Angeles, seeks to assist State and local agencies to understand and apply the TEW concept. Based on the recognition that regional and local agencies are producers, as well as users, of intelligence, the TEW concept provides a model for multi-agency and multi-disciplinary (i.e. law, fire, health) intelligence fusion centers with all-hazard, all-crime capabilities. Lafayette Group manages the national deployment of technical assistance (e.g. orientations, workshops, site visits) to local, regional and state agencies. Lafayette also documents and disseminates best practices and lessons learned, such as resource books, case studies, resource CDs, and informational material.
Lafayette Group provides training and manages the implementation of the Homeland Security Information Network (HSIN). Operated by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS), HSIN is a Web-based communications system that provides real-time, secure connectivity and interoperability between the DHS Homeland Security Operations Center (HSOC), the National Response Coordination Center (NRCC), and Federal, State, local, and tribal organizations. This secure and encrypted system enables users to communicate, collaborate, and share information at the Sensitive But Unclassified (SBU) and Secret levels.
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