Criminal Intelligence Service Canada

About CISC

Criminal Intelligence Service Canada (CISC) is an organization that provides the facilities to unite the criminal intelligence units of Canadian law enforcement agencies in the fight against organized crime and other serious crime in Canada. CISC is comprised of a Central Bureau, located in Ottawa, and a system of ten Provincial Bureaux, which are located in each province. The Yukon Territory is served by CISBC, while the Northwest Territories and Nunavut are represented by CISA and CISO respectively. The Central Bureau functions on a national scale and the Provincial Bureaux operate within provincial boundaries.

Locations of the Central and Provincial Bureaux

CISC has two levels of membership. Level I membership in CISC is restricted to federal, provincial, regional or municipal police services and agencies that are responsible for the enforcement of federal and provincial statutes and have a permanent criminal intelligence unit. Level II membership in CISC may be granted to a police service or agency responsible for the enforcement of federal or provincial statutes unable to meet the qualifications of Level I membership.The intelligence and specialized units of these law enforcement agencies supply their Provincial Bureaus with criminal intelligence and raw data related to organized and serious crime issues affecting Canada for further analysis and dissemination.

The CISC Executive Committee is the governing body for CISC. It is chaired by the Commissioner of the RCMP and comprised of 22 leaders from Canada’s law enforcement community. This Committee meets twice annually to review the operation of CISC and to decide on communal goals.The Director General of CISC, who heads the Central Bureau, is secretary to the CISC Executive Committee and coordinates the efforts of all Provincial Bureaus in the production and delivery of national strategic criminal intelligence products and services.The Directors of the Provincial Bureaus meet twice annually with the Director General of CISC to discuss organized crime issues and forward recommendations and resolutions to the Executive Committee.

The staff of the Central Bureau consists of RCMP employees and secondments from other police departments and government agencies. Secondments at the Central Bureau currently include: Canada Border Services Agency, Department of National Defence, Ontario Provincial Police, Ottawa 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 National Police Services.

ACIIS

CISC’s member agencies collaborate in the collection, collation, evaluation, analysis and dissemination of criminal intelligence by contributing to the Automated Criminal Intelligence Information System (ACIIS), an on-line computer database.ACIIS is CISC’s national repository for criminal intelligence and information on organized and serious crime.The Central Bureau is the custodian of ACIIS and manages it on behalf of, and in consultation with, all CISC member agencies.

Vision, Mission and Values

Strategic Plan

Executive Committee

Supervisory Committee

Central Bureau Management Team

Constitution

Structure

History