Nevada

http://www.nv.gov/

Organizations

Nevada is located in FEMA Region IX; the Defense Coordinating Office responsible for brokering and arranging federal military support for the state is in Oakland, Calif.

Organizations	Federal	State	Local	Total
Law Enforcement Law Enforcement Includes organizations at the federal, state and local levels that have the police powers to make arrests and investigate criminal matters.	19	3	3	25
Emergency Management Emergency Management Organizations tasked with responding to natural disasters, attacks using weapons of mass destruction and other emergencies.	0	2	0	2
Homeland Security Homeland Security Organizations responsible for activities -- such as infrastructure protection, border control and planning for the aftermath of terrorist attacks -- handled mainly by the Department of Homeland Security.	1	5	0	6
Counterterrorism Counterterrorism Organizations, such as the FBI’s Joint Terrorism Task Forces, that work exclusively on terrorism cases.	2	0	0	2
JTTFs Joint Terrorism Task Force A multiagency task force, run by the FBI, that has the lead in investigating terrorism within the United States.	1	0	0	1
Intelligence Intelligence and Fusion Organizations that collect, analyze and share information about domestic threats.	3	3	0	6
Fusion Centers Fusion Center A place where information from multiple agencies in a state or region is sent to be analyzed.	0	3	0	3
Totals	25	13	3	41

Initiatives

• Counterterrorism

  The Las Vegas Joint Terrorism Task Force covers the entire state. The U.S. attorney chairs an Anti-Terrorism Advisory Council (ATAC) in Las Vegas. In 2010, the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department was designated as one of 12 state agencies to participate in the Nationwide Suspicious Activity Reporting (SAR) Initiative.

• Intelligence

  Nevada is a member of the Multi-State Information Sharing and Analysis Center (MS-ISAC) and the Rocky Mountain Information Network (RMIN). At the federal level, the FBI operates a Field Intelligence Group (FIG) in Las Vegas. The Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Field Intelligence Group (FIG) in San Francisco has jurisdiction over northern Nevada, while the ICE's FIG in Los Angeles has jurisdiction for the Las Vegas area. The Nevada High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area in Las Vegas performs criminal intelligence analysis.

• Fusion

  Nevada has three fusion centers: The Nevada Threat Analysis Center (NTAC) in Carson City was established in 2008 as an entity within the Nevada Department of Public Safety's (DPS) Investigation Division. It has been designated the state's all-threats, all-crimes fusion center and has responsibility for 15 of the state's 17 counties (excluding Washoe and Clark).

  The Southern Nevada Counter-Terrorism Center (SNVCTC) in Las Vegas, opened in 2007, is a component of the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department and has responsibility for Clark County. The fusion center works closely with the casino security industry, taking advantage of its capacity to generate intelligence to protect critical infrastructure and key resources. Since 2010, the Las Vegas center has been a participant in the pilot Nationwide SAR Initiative.

  The Northern Nevada Counter-Terrorism Center in Reno, a component of the Washoe County Sheriff's Office, was established to collaborate in the collection, analysis and dissemination of meaningful actionable, strategic and tactical intelligence. The center has responsibility for Washoe County.

• Homeland Security

  The Governor's Office of Homeland Security (OHS) acts as the Cabinet-level office for the prevention of and preparation for a potential terrorist event. The OHS directs and coordinates a counterterrorism and all-threats, all-hazards approach. Silver Shield, Nevada's Critical Infrastructure Protection (CIP) Program, conducts physical security assessments of critical-infrastructure/key asset sites and identifies, prioritizes and assesses risks regarding infrastructure, assets, systems, networks and functions critical to public health and safety. To assist in CIP, a DHS Protective Security Advisor is located in Las Vegas, and one of nine national DHS CIP Teams is located in Nevada to conduct assessments of selected critical assets. On Jan. 1, 2008, the state Interoperable Communication Coordinator was also placed under the OHS.

• Law Enforcement

  The Nevada Department of Public Safety (DPS) is the statewide law enforcement agency and includes the Capitol Police, Emergency Management, the Highway Patrol and an Investigation Division. The FBI's Las Vegas field office operates resident agencies and satellite offices in Elko and Reno.

• Emergency Management

  The Nevada Division of Emergency Management, within the Department of Public Safety, is the state agency for coordinating disaster/emergency preparedness.