Australian Bureau of Criminal
Intelligence
VISION
Criminal intelligence driving Australian crime reduction
strategy and operations
MISSION
To reduce crime by delivering quality national criminal
intelligence products and services
The
Australian Bureau of Criminal Intelligence (ABCI) was
established in Canberra, Australia, in 1981 in response
to the recommendations of a number of law enforcement
Royal Commissions. The Bureau was established primarily
to facilitate the exchange of criminal intelligence
between Australian law enforcement agencies. The
Australasian Police Ministers’ Council provided a
mandate for the ABCI to have intelligence collection,
collation, analysis and dissemination functions. The ABCI
does not have an operational arm, but rather is a service
agency for Australian police services and other law
enforcement agencies. The ABCI is one of five national
common police services in Australia. The others are:
- Australian
Institute of Police Management
- Australasian
Centre for Policing Research
- National
Crime Statistics Unit
- National
Institute of Forensic Science
The role of
the ABCI is to provide a cooperative national criminal
intelligence service through liaison and Memoranda of
Understanding with other law enforcement agencies both in
Australia and overseas; participating in activities such
as joint task forces; and by developing procedures and
standards to allow better integration of intelligence
related activities. The ABCI’s Charter is
sufficiently broad to encapsulate a wide range of
intelligence interest. The ABCI is non-operational and
relies on client agencies for collection of information
in the field.
A Board of
Control, consisting of all Australian Police
Commissioners oversees the general administration and
performance of the ABCI and determines appropriate
policies, procedures and methods for governing the ABCI’s
activities. The ABCI responds to the directives of the
Board of Control to ensure its role in the Australian law
enforcement community remains relevant to the
intelligence interests of its clients. The ABCI comprises
sworn and unsworn members from all Australian police
services.
The Board of
Control has recognised that appropriate intelligence
skills, including the use of technology, go hand in hand
with providing a reliable and timely intelligence service.
To effect this philosophy, the ABCI has worked in
partnership with law enforcement agencies to develop and
enhance the Australia Criminal Intelligence Database (ACID)
and Australian Law Enforcement Intelligence Net (ALEIN)
for use as a secure computerised intelligence facility.
ABCI
Outputs
In order to
achieve its mission, the ABCI produces:
- Nationally
significant criminal intelligence analysis;
- Access
to national criminal intelligence information
systems;
- Products
and services that build the national criminal
intelligence capability; and
- Crime
Reduction and Community Safety products and
services.
- Publications
The ABCI
must have highly effective, innovative and flexible
people, systems and processes to deliver these outputs.
All correspondence to the ABCI should be addressed to:
The
Executive Director
Australian Bureau of Criminal Intelligence
GPO Box 1936
CANBERRA CITY ACT 2601
Australia
Email:
abci@abci.gov.au
Telephone: (02) 6243 5666 (within Australia)
61 - 2 - 6243 5666 (international)
Facsimile: (02) 6247 5380 (within Australia)
61 - 2 - 6247 5380 (international)
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