Austin Regional Intelligence Center

Recent ARIC Notifications

#BlueleakS Data Loss, June 19, 2020

About ARIC

As a regional fusion center, the ARIC area of responsibility (AOR) spans across 10 counties within the Central Texas region - Bastrop, Blanco, Burnet, Caldwell, Fayette, Hays, Lee, Llano, Travis and Williamson. ARIC partner agencies work together to provide resources, expertise and/or information to the center. ARIC focuses on regional public safety data analysis and investigative support within our AOR.

Mission Statement

To better protect the public by providing a centralized, comprehensive, multi-agency criminal information and intelligence-sharing network to enhance the operational effectiveness and efficiency of the law enforcement and public safety agencies involved and by maximizing the region's ability to detect, prevent, apprehend, and respond to criminal and terrorist activity.

ARIC plays an important role in countering violent extremism and protecting local communities from violent crime through its daily operations, including gathering, analyzing, and sharing threat information. As an analytic hub, ARIC is uniquely situated to empower frontline personnel to understand the local implications of national intelligence by tailoring national threat information into a local context and helping frontline personnel understand terrorist and criminal threats they could encounter in the field.

ARIC, which is managed by the Austin Police Department, has been in operation since December 15, 2010 with the following focus areas as it relates to public safety: