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Collective Defense Through Shared Capabilities

By building shared infrastructure, standards, and information-sharing practices across organizations and communities, enhance public and cyber safety outcomes, because systemic resilience is strengthened when stakeholders collaboratively pool resources, knowledge, and capabilities. This strategy centers on creating scalable, secure, and standardized systems—whether technological, training-based, or community-driven—that enable disparate entities to operate more effectively together. It goes beyond simple coordination by establishing durable mechanisms like secure networks, certification programs, and collective training platforms that institutionalize cooperation. What distinguishes it is its focus on interoperability and mutualization, not just isolated capacity-building, allowing diverse actors to act as a cohesive defense ecosystem.

4
orgs running it
128
activities of those orgs
12
clusters touched
who runs it

organizations running this strategy · 4

what it looks like in practice

activities of orgs running this strategy

A sample of programmatic activities from the orgs above. These are what the strategy looks like on the ground.

  • Certify state-level CJIS trainers National Law Enforcement
    capacity building
    Launched N-Cert, a certification program for state-level CJIS trainers, on April 3, 2023.
  • Certify state-level CJIS trainers National Law Enforcement
    capacity building
    Launched N-Cert, a certification program for state-level CJIS trainers, on April 3, 2023.
  • Certifying state-level CJIS trainers National Law Enforcement
    capacity building
    Launched N-Cert, a certification program for state-level CJIS trainers, on April 3, 2023.
  • Certifying state-level CJIS trainers National Law Enforcement
    capacity building
    Operates N-Cert, a certification program for state-level CJIS trainers, launched on April 3, 2023.
  • Facilitate emergency response National Law Enforcement
    direct service
    Facilitates emergency response through the Railroad Crossing Transaction, which helps first responders quickly locate specific railroad crossings.
  • Facilitate emergency response at railroad crossings National Law Enforcement
    direct service
    Facilitates emergency response through the Railroad Crossing Transaction, which helps first responders quickly locate specific railroad crossings.
  • Facilitate inter-agency communication National Law Enforcement
    direct service
    Facilitates inter-agency communication by identifying relevant Organizational Reference Identifiers (ORIs) and retrieving contact information through TQ requests and the ORION system.
  • Facilitate inter-agency communication and information retrieval National Law Enforcement
    direct service
    Identifies relevant Organizational Remittance Identifiers (ORIs) and facilitates the retrieval of contact information through TQ requests and the ORION system, enabling inter-agency communication and coordination.
  • Facilitate inter-agency communication and information retrieval National Law Enforcement
    direct service
    Identifies relevant Organizational Remittance Identifiers (ORIs) and facilitates the retrieval of contact information for inter-agency communication, including through the ORION system.
  • Facilitating access to criminal justice data National Law Enforcement
    direct service
    Provides law enforcement agencies with access to criminal justice data, including driver license, vehicle registration, wildlife registration, and mobile device information, through the Nlets network.
  • Facilitating access to criminal justice data National Law Enforcement
    direct service
    Provides access to criminal justice data, including driver license, vehicle registration, wildlife registration, and mobile device information, through the Nlets network to support criminal investigations and crime reduction.
  • Facilitating emergency response National Law Enforcement
    direct service
    Facilitates emergency response through the Railroad Crossing Transaction, which helps first responders quickly locate specific railroad crossings.
  • Facilitating inter-agency communication and investigations National Law Enforcement
    direct service
    Facilitates inter-agency communication and investigations by identifying relevant organizations, retrieving contact information, and enabling cross-border investigations, including identifying stolen vehicles with Canadian plates and supporting multi-state sex offender monitoring and multi-jurisdictional prosecution.
  • Facilitating inter-agency communication and investigations National Law Enforcement
    direct service
    Facilitates inter-agency communication and investigations by identifying relevant organizations, retrieving contact information, and enabling cross-border inquiries for stolen vehicles and multi-state sex offender monitoring. This includes operating a Nationwide LPR Pointer Index and the ORION system.
  • Offer 24/7 customer support for Nova cloud platform National Law Enforcement
    direct service
    Provides 24/7 customer support for the Nova cloud platform to support law enforcement operations.
  • Offer 24/7 customer support for Nova cloud platform National Law Enforcement
    direct service
    Provides 24/7 customer support for the Nova cloud platform to support law enforcement operations.
  • Operate Nationwide LPR Pointer Index National Law Enforcement
    direct service
    Operates a Nationwide LPR Pointer Index available to all Nlets members.
  • Operate Nationwide LPR Pointer Index National Law Enforcement
    direct service
    Operates a Nationwide LPR Pointer Index available to all Nlets members.