Notice of Public Hearing North Texas Fusion Center Community Forum

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Monday, April 26, 7:00-8:30 p.m.

North Texas Fusion Center Community Forum

Texas Impact and the Dallas Peace Center are hosting a community forum to provide the public an opportunity to engage with senior law enforcement officials about fusion centers in Texas.

A fusion center is a technology-based policing initiative—a system that allows law enforcement entities to share a wide range of policing information with neighboring jurisdictions as well as state and federal law enforcement agencies. Funding for fusion centers comes from Department of Homeland Security grants, and American Recovery and Reinvestment Act funds (ARRA) are available to these entities as well. Members of the community within a fusion center’s scope are often uninformed about the center’s processes, or harbor serious fears about the mechanics of such systems.

Joining in the forum are representatives from the ACLU of Texas; Lon Burnam, Executive Director of the Dallas Peace Center and State Representative for House District 90 in Fort Worth; and staff from the Metro Operations Support and Analytical Intelligence Center (MOSAIC) of Dallas and the North Central Texas Fusion System of Collin County.

At Northaven United Methodist Church, 11211 Preston Rd., Room 237/239.