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About CISC
"We will continue to employ resources to protect our youth and to allow residents to live and feel safe in our city, our districts, our streets and our parks."
Service de police de la Ville de Montréal, Director Yvan Delorme
As the voice of the Canadian criminal intelligence community, the fundamental purpose of Criminal Intelligence Service Canada (CISC) is to facilitate the timely and effective production and exchange of criminal intelligence. By determining major developments and trends in criminal markets as well as those factors which are most likely to affect the dynamics of a particular criminal market, CISC is better able to determine which groups are well situated and have the capacity to adapt and capitalize upon these trends. This provides a comprehensive and current picture of the scope and direction of criminal activity.
CISC consists of a Central Bureau in Ottawa that liaises with, and collects intelligence from, ten Provincial Bureaus that serve all of Canada's provinces and territories. The Provincial Bureaus operate independently while maintaining common standards in the delivery of their products and services.
CISC Membership
CISC membership includes more than 400 law enforcement agencies across the country. These agencies supply criminal intelligence to their respective Provincial Bureaus for further analysis and dissemination. The Provincial Bureaus in turn provide their findings to Central Bureau for analysis and the creation of strategic criminal intelligence products and services at a national level.
Governance
CISC is governed by the CISC National Executive Committee, which is currently comprised of 23 senior executives from Canada's law enforcement community and chaired by the Commissioner of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP). This Committee meets twice annually to review the operation of CISC and to decide on communal goals. The Director General of CISC, who heads Central Bureau, is Secretary to the National Executive Committee and coordinates the efforts of all Provincial Bureaus in providing criminal intelligence products and services.
Automated Criminal Intelligence Information System
CISC's member agencies collaborate in the exchange of criminal intelligence by contributing to the Automated Criminal Intelligence Information System (ACIIS), the Canadian law enforcement community's national criminal intelligence database on organized and serious crime. Central Bureau is the custodian of ACIIS, which it manages on behalf of, and in consultation with, all CISC member agencies.
Personnel
The personnel of Central Bureau consists of RCMP employees and secondments from other law enforcement agencies. Secondments at Central Bureau currently include: Canada Border Services Agency, Canadian Forces Military Police, Ontario Provincial Police, Ottawa Police Service, Saskatoon Police Service, Service de Police de la Ville de Montréal and the Sûreté du Québec. CISC's Central Bureau receives administrative and financial support from the RCMP through its Policing Support Services, which provides essential front-line support services to the law enforcement community in Canada and abroad.
