Police, Sheriffs Establishing Regional Intelligence Center (statesman.com)
Affiliate:
ACLU of Texas
August 16, 2009 12:00 am
Beginning next year, police plan to start sharing information at a federally funded, multimillion-dollar intelligence center — one of dozens of such “fusion centers” across the nation. But some centers have sparked controversy after critics said officials overstepped their bounds and violated people’s civil rights.
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