Montana Code 44-5-503. Duties of section
44-5-503. Duties of section. The section may not initiate investigations to gather criminal intelligence information, but subject to standards and procedures provided by this part and to other limitations imposed by law, the section shall:
Terms Used In Montana Code 44-5-503
- Criminal intelligence information: means information associated with an identifiable individual, group, organization, or event compiled by a criminal justice agency:
(i)in the course of conducting an investigation relating to a major criminal conspiracy, projecting potential criminal operation, or producing an estimate of future major criminal activities; or
(ii)in relation to the reliability of information, including information derived from reports of informants or investigators or from any type of surveillance. See Montana Code 44-5-103
(1)establish and maintain liaison with participating law enforcement agencies to foster a meaningful exchange of criminal intelligence information;
(2)develop and maintain a system for collecting, reviewing, storing, referencing, indexing, and disseminating criminal intelligence information;
(3)receive and collect information from participating law enforcement agencies;
(4)develop an analytical capability to provide useful strategic and tactical intelligence reports;
(5)maintain the integrity and security of all information collected by the section; and
(6)develop methods of evaluating the effectiveness of the section in accomplishing its goals and in safeguarding the privacy of all individuals about whom the section has information.