No. SB 1712
Filed under Criminal Justice.
Statewide Counterintelligence and Counterterrorism Unit; Requiring the Department of Law Enforcement to establish and administer a Statewide Counterintelligence and Counterterrorism Unit at a specified location; requiring that a team from the unit be assigned to and aligned with each regional domestic security task force; specifying unit duties; requiring the department to create a team by a specified date to serve as the initial leadership and organizational core of the full unit, etc.
Plain English Summary
AI-GENERATEDThe Department of Law Enforcement must create a new statewide counterintelligence and counterterrorism unit. This unit will be housed at the department’s regional operational center and must be fully staffed by 2033.
The unit is authorized to conduct direct action missions and use all counterintelligence tradecraft. It may execute arrests or reveal its intent to compel a response against identified threats.
The unit must be composed of at least seven teams, with one team assigned to each regional domestic security task force. Each team must include specific leadership and liaison roles.
Team members must have prior experience or formal training in intelligence, counterintelligence, or counterterrorism. This ensures the unit is staffed with specialized personnel.
AIRequires the Department of Law Enforcement to establish a dedicated counterintelligence unit and mandates specific staffing levels and timelines.
AIDefines 'adversary intelligence entity' to include any person or group whose views or opinions are deemed a threat to state or national interests.
AIGrants the unit the power to conduct direct action missions and use all counterintelligence tradecraft to neutralize threats.
AIRequires each team to include specific liaison officers for federal, state, and local agencies to ensure coordination.