The terms in this section have the following meanings when
used in this chapter unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:
(1) All-crimes approach--An operational approach that
incorporates terrorism and other high-risk threats into existing crime-fighting
frameworks to ensure that possible precursor crimes are screened and
analyzed for linkages to larger-scale terrorist or other crimes.
(2) Baseline fusion center capabilities--The baseline
functional capabilities and standards for state and major urban area
fusion centers as identified and published by U.S. Department of Justice's
Global Justice Information Sharing Initiative found here: https://it.ojp.gov/documents/d/baseline%20capabilities%20for%20state%20and%20major%20urban%20area%20fusion%20centers.pdf.
(3) Department--The Texas Department of Public Safety.
(4) Director--The director of the Texas Department
of Public Safety or the designee of the director.
(5) Fusion center--A fusion center as defined in Texas
Government Code, §421.001(2-a).
(6) Texas Fusion Center--The fusion center designated
by the Office of the Governor as the Category 1 - primary fusion center
for the state.
(7) Recognized fusion center--A recognized fusion center
as defined in Texas Government Code, §421.001(5) that has been
designated by the Office of the Governor as a Category 2 - recognized
fusion center in this state in accordance with applicable federal
guidelines.
(8) Suspicious activity report--Official documentation
of reported or observed activity or behavior that based on fusion
center personnel's training and experience is believed to be indicative
of intelligence gathering or preoperational planning related to terrorism,
criminal, or other illicit intention.
(9) Texas suspicious activity reporting network--The
statewide network developed by the department to receive, process,
document, analyze, and share suspicious activity reporting for the
state in order to create a holistic view of terrorism or crime-related
suspicious activity in Texas, in a manner consistent with the findings
and recommendations of the Suspicious Activity Report Support and
Implementation Project and that complies with the Information Sharing
Environment-Suspicious Activity Reporting Functional Standard adopted
by the Office of the Director of National Intelligence.
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