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Special Investigations Unit
Special Investigations Unit (SIU)
This unit provides investigative services to all ODOC institutions and facilities. The unit has investigators, throughout the state, that specialize in fugitive apprehension, drug and contraband interdiction, evidence collection, surveillance, canine operations, administrative and criminal investigations and employee investigations. This unit has partnered with federal, state, and local law enforcement agencies by providing intelligence and networking assistance towards investigative efforts.
The Special Investigations Unit has central oversight over a variety of ODOC programs. Some of those are: Use of Force Reviews, Inmate Substance Abuse Program, Suicide Reviews and Electronic Surveillance.
Security Threat Management (STM)
This unit is comprised of two sections: Security Threat Management and Intelligence.
Security Threat Management has STM Lieutenants strategically placed in various ODOC institutions and facilities. The STM Lieutenants are assigned a case load of High Alert inmates. Inmates become High Alert based on prior misconduct and/or intelligence information and are identified as creating an elevated risk to the safety, security, and orderly operations of the ODOC institutions and facilities. The STM Lieutenants coordinate with all institutions to manage the day to day activities of these inmates ensuring compliance iwth their Oregon Corrections Plan, ODOC rules, and maintaining safe and secure institutions/facilities.
The Intelligence Section serves as the Department's central hub for all threat intelligence. This section receives information from all ODOC institutions and facilities, as well as, from outside stakeholders and other sources. After the information is gathered, it is analyzed, verified and then disseminated to the appropriate institutions and units to be used in developing plans of action. The unit works to identify threats by using threat analysis, link analysis, patterns and trends with the goal of enabling the Department to proactively respond to certain threat situations averting an incident. This section also acts as the information liaison with outside law enforcement agencies.
Page updated: January 27, 2011
