Section 1: Entity overview and resources 1.1 On 1 July 2016 the Australian Crime Commission merged with CrimTrac through the passing of the Australian Crime Commission Amendment (National Policing Information) Act 2016 and the Australian Crime Commission (National Policing Charges) Act 2016, forming the Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission (ACIC). Whereas the Australian Crime Commission’s role was to reduce serious and organised crime threats of most harm to Australians and the national interest, the new entity’s purpose has been broadened to include the provision of national policing information systems and services. The ACIC was formed as Australia’s national criminal intelligence agency to make Australia safer through improved national ability to discover, understand and respond to current and emerging crime threats and criminal justice issues. This includes connecting police and law enforcement to essential criminal intelligence, policing knowledge and information through collaborative national information systems and services. The ACIC uses an integrated approach, as described in the ACIC Strategic Plan 2016–21. The Board-endorsed strategic direction, articulated through the strategic plan, is delivered in accordance with the annual ACIC corporate plan. The ACIC’s national police information and intelligence system priorities include: delivering the Biometric Identification Services project, which will provide a national fingerprint identification and facial recognition solution enhancing national background checking services pursuing replacement of ageing intelligence and information systems. The Australian Government has provided funding for the ACIC to deliver several policy initiatives to reduce crime, including: hosting the Australian Intelligence Coordination Centre, which brings together the collective resources of the ACIC, the Commonwealth, and states and territories to directly support the state-based National Anti-Gang Squad strike teams and respond to these criminal elements harming our communities contributing to the whole-of-government effort to combat foreign fighters by applying intelligence collecting capabilities and supporting counter-terrorism and serious and organised crime investigations and intelligence activities regarding foreign fighters, domestic terrorism threats, terrorism financing and associated serious and organised crime
Section 1: Entity overview and resources 1.1 On 1 July 2016 the Australian Crime Commission merged with CrimTrac through the passing of the Australian Crime Commission Amendment (National Policing Information) Act 2016 and the Australian Crime Commission (National Policing Charges) Act 2016, forming the Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission (ACIC). Whereas the Australian Crime Commission’s role was to reduce serious and organised crime threats of most harm to Australians and the national interest, the new entity’s purpose has been broadened to include the provision of national policing information systems and services. The ACIC was formed as Australia’s national criminal intelligence agency to make Australia safer through improved national ability to discover, understand and respond to current and emerging crime threats and criminal justice issues. This includes connecting police and law enforcement to essential criminal intelligence, policing knowledge and information through collaborative national information systems and services. The ACIC uses an integrated approach, as described in the ACIC Strategic Plan 2016–21. The Board-endorsed strategic direction, articulated through the strategic plan, is delivered in accordance with the annual ACIC corporate plan. The ACIC’s national police information and intelligence system priorities include: delivering the Biometric Identification Services project, which will provide a national fingerprint identification and facial recognition solution enhancing national background checking services pursuing replacement of ageing intelligence and information systems. The Australian Government has provided funding for the ACIC to deliver several policy initiatives to reduce crime, including: hosting the Australian Intelligence Coordination Centre, which brings together the collective resources of the ACIC, the Commonwealth, and states and territories to directly support the state-based National Anti-Gang Squad strike teams and respond to these criminal elements harming our communities contributing to the whole-of-government effort to combat foreign fighters by applying intelligence collecting capabilities and supporting counter-terrorism and serious and organised crime investigations and intelligence activities regarding foreign fighters, domestic terrorism threats, terrorism financing and associated serious and organised crime
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