ARCHANGEL CACAMS OVERVIEW

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ARCHANGEL C/ACAMS OVERVIEW
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ARCHANGEL C/ACAMS OVERVIEW
HISTORY

November 2002 - LAPD embarks on mission to
identify the City of Los Angeles critical
infrastructure

• April 2003 Operation Archangel Formalized
• Met with DHS and demonstrated methods/tools
• Partnership formed with direction to make
  web-based

September 2004 Prototype completed and ACAMS
adopted
March 2006 Roll-out extended Statewide
(California)
November 2006 Roll-out extended Nationwide
November 2006 Protective Security Task Force
(PSTF) formed
CURRENT Over 3000 personnel trained All 50
States have been PCII approved Over 62,000
assets inventoried nationwide
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ORGANIZATION OPERATIONS
Counter Terrorism Criminal Intelligence Bureau
(CTCIB)
Major Crimes Division (MCD)
Emergency Services Division (ESD)
Operation Archangel
Strategic Operations Support Development Unit
(SOSDU)
Tactical Operations Unit (TOU)
Systems Development Cadre
Asset Protection Cadre
Advanced Technology Support Cadre
Training Cadre
Critical Asset Assessment Team (CAAT)
Protective Security Task Force (PSTF)
Team A
Team B
Team C
Team D
Team 1
Team 2
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CRITICAL ASSET ASSESSMENT TEAM (CAAT)

• Conduct inventory of critical assets.

• Identify critical assets by sector
• (18 DHS Sectors)

• Identify targeting criteria
• Critical Infrastructure (COOP)
• Mass Population/Casualty
• Psychological/Symbolic Impact.

• Conduct assessments of critical assets/locations
  of interest

• Identify criticality and
  vulnerabilities

• Options for consideration to harden the target
  (protect)

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PROTECTIVE SECURITY TASK FORCE (PSTF)

A team of personnel
specifically trained and uniquely equipped to
provide a comprehensive cloak of security to a
critical asset.
low-profile
to a critical
asset when intelligence indicates that a
reasonable threat may be directed at a critical
asset
Rapidly deployed

• Surveillance Detection
• Shadow Teams (Counter-Surveillance)
• Homicide Bomber Detection / Intervention
• Red Team

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FLOW OF INFORMATION
Information from ACAMS developed by CAAT or from
other Intelligence Sources

Update to ACAMS
Predictive Analysis performed by the Asset
Protection Unit (APU) assigned to PSTF and
operating out of the LA-JRIC
Deployment of PSTF using Actionable Intelligence
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C/ACAMS OVERVIEW
PARTNERSHIP WITH DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
(DHS)
C/ACAMS is a secure, interoperable, web-based
collection database to manage CI/KR
information. (Inventory/Assessments)
C/ACAMS was developed by LAPD in partnership with
DHS
DHS has adopted C/ACAMS as a national standard
for CI/KR data collection
C/ACAMS is an optional, no-cost tool provided by
DHS for state and local first responders,
emergency managers, and homeland security
officials
LAPD Archangel was tasked with providing
nationwide training on C/ACAMS
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CONSTELLATION/AUTOMATED CRITICAL ASSET
MANAGEMENT SYSTEM (C/ACAMS)

ACAMS the cornerstone of the Archangel
program
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Assessment Process(Identify, Prioritize and
Protect!)
CAA CRITICAL ASSET ASSESSMENT
IAV INITIAL ASSET VISIT
UNDER CONSTRUCTION
AMQ ASSET MANAGER QUESTIONNAIRE
CRITICAL ASSET ASSESSMENT
BZPP / VRPP
MSHARRPPV
POST-OCCURANCE RESPONSE
PRE-INCIDENT SECURITY ENHANCEMENT PLAN
INVENTORY
FIRE BUILDING INVENTORY
CATEGORIZATION
PRELIMINARY DATA CALL
FULL DATA CALL
SORT / LEVELS
STAGE I
STAGE II
STAGE III
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C/ACAMS - PCII National Deployment Status
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Questions?

• Mr. Shawn Fitch
• Senior Project Officer, C/ACAMS
• shawn.fitch_at_dhs.gov
• Tel [phone]
• Sgt Jim Harpster
• jharpster_at_lapsc.org
• 310-258-4900