651-F:2 Purpose and Duties. –
I. The information and analysis center shall gather information on natural and human-caused threats to the state, its people, and environment. The center shall:
(a) Gather, monitor, and analyze information from a variety of sources, examine the information, and document its significance, veracity, and possible impact on the state and its people.
(b) Evaluate critical infrastructure and key resource assets of the state and assist the director of the division of homeland security and emergency management and the director of state police in better protecting these assets.
(c) Gather available information from federal, state, and local sources and provide situational awareness, disaster intelligence, and early warning of possible terrorist activities or events, including but not limited to chemical, biological, explosive, radioactive, and nuclear threats, natural hazards, severe weather conditions, traffic hazards, fuel shortages, threats to the transportation, energy, and agricultural infrastructures, public health threats, and hazardous materials incidents.
(d) Track criminal activity in the state and provide information to the attorney general, and state, county, and local law enforcement officials to assist with the deployment of resources, to aid in the investigation of crimes, and to assist in minimizing possible conflicts in situations where 2 or more agencies are investigating the same suspect or case.
(e) Participate in planning for and monitoring various special events that might involve threats to public safety and assist the commissioner of the department of safety, the director of homeland security and emergency management, and political subdivisions in anticipating threats and adequately protecting against them.
II. The center shall monitor information from a variety of open and classified sources, analyze that information, and provide information that serves the homeland security, public safety, and emergency management needs of the state. The center shall assist in the development and use of real-time metrics in the effective and efficient deployment of public safety resources.
III. Information provided by the center shall include but not be limited to a daily report to the governor, the commissioner of the department of safety, the director of the division of state police, and the director of homeland security and emergency management that summarizes significant events or information from the previous 24-hour period that could have a significant effect on the health and safety of New Hampshire citizens and visitors, special reports regarding significant situations as they arise, responses to ad hoc requests for public safety data and information from public safety agencies, and ad hoc requests for data and analysis that will assist the department of safety in deployment of its resources.
IV. The center may allow the attendance, on detached duty with appropriate security clearances, of representatives of local police departments, county sheriffs' departments, the 911 mapping unit, the department of health and human services, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and the Department of Homeland Security who shall be subject to the provisions of this chapter regarding access to information.
Source. 2010, 82:2, eff. May 19, 2010; 208:5, eff. Aug. 24, 2010.