Area homeland security unit planned for SW. Phila.

June 10, 2010 by legitgov

Area homeland security unit planned for SW. Phila. --Facility would also serve as regional "fusion center" 10 Jun 2010 A $20 million federally funded homeland security headquarters for Philadelphia and the region is headed for South Philadelphia, city officials said Wednesday... The proposed Delaware Valley Intelligence Center would house the Philadelphia Police Department's criminal intelligence and homeland security units, with between 40 and 50 officers, said Everett Gillison, Philadelphia's deputy mayor for public safety. The facility would also serve as a regional "fusion center" favored by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Gillison said, with at least one federal intelligence analyst to coordinate street-level intelligence nationally and among 11 counties in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware, and Maryland.