Michigan State Police brief House committee on fusion‑center work, school tipline and critical‑infrastructure monitoring

At a meeting of the Michigan House Communications and Technology Committee (date not specified), Michigan State Police officials described how the agency’s Intelligence Operations Division runs the state fusion center, operates a 24‑hour watch desk and fields a school tipline known as “Okay to Say.” Captain Liz Rich, of the Michigan State Police Intelligence Operations Division, told lawmakers the fusion‑center model combines strategic and tactical intelligence, cyber analysts and continuous operations to share timely information with local, state and federal partners.

The presentation detailed the Michigan Intelligence Operations Center (MIAC) and a southeast Michigan node (DECEMEC), and described functions that include missing‑person coordination, behavioral threat assessment and management, and analysts embedded with narcotics and violent‑crime teams. “The best thing that we can do is we can encourage those…