National Law Enforcement and National Law Enforcement and Corrections Technology Center Corrections Technology Center

NorthwestNorthwest

NLECTC-NWNLECTC-NWAnchorage, AlaskaAnchorage, Alaska

Program of the National Institute of JusticeProgram of the National Institute of Justice 5 June 2006

LEIM NIJ Program Review

Gaylord, TX

Related NIJ Project Activities

• St. Paul Island Satellite Interconnect Test-Bed

• Alaska Law Enforcement Information Sharing System (ALEISS)

St. Paul Project OverviewSt. Paul Project Overview

• Project Goals and Mechanisms• Why Satcom?• Involved Players• Testing Design • Project Milestones• Project Findings• Summary – What’s next?

Project GoalsProject GoalsProject GoalsProject Goals

• Determine if P25 related satcom access is technically feasible, as well as affordable to the public safety community.

• Identify & address issues regarding the extension of LMR systems via satellite to remote areas

• The promotion of P25 standards language to accommodate the satellite transport of P25 related IP.

Project 25 and Satcom Transport?Project 25 and Satcom Transport?Project 25 and Satcom Transport?Project 25 and Satcom Transport?

• Why satellite transport?

– Lack of connectivity in rural, remote, areas of the United States.

• Rural Alaska and other lower 48 states don’t have access and have limited resources. ‘Bush’ AK LMR connectivity is a perfect example.

• Non-terrestrial back-up for emergency communications.• In areas with access, disaster responses may require satcom.

Project ParticipantsProject ParticipantsProject ParticipantsProject Participants• Support for the Test-bed Project:

– Dept of Defense (DoD) – Financial support for radio infrastructure– Dept of Justice (DoJ) National Institute of Justice (NIJ) – Project grants awarded.– Communications organizations and agencies within the States of Alaska, California,

New York, and New Mexico.

• Other organizations who have expressed interest:

– DHS:• FEMA

• Secret Service

• TSA

• Customs and Border Patrol CBP

– DOJ:• FBI

• ATF

– DOE– Dept of Interior (DOI)

• National Park Service (NPS)

• Bureau of Land Management (BLM)

– Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC)– Dept of Agriculture (USDA)– Defense Information Systems Agency

(DISA)

Testing DesignTesting DesignTesting DesignTesting DesignGalaxy 10R

LBISat HubSouth Jordan, UT

1.8 Meter VSAT512 Kbps

Internet

IDirect Net Modem II

Ethernet HubOMC ServerWorkStation

MotoBridge

ACS ADSL Modem260Kbps up / 1.0 Mb down

MotoBridge

Digital Spectra Plus Digital Trunked RadioSatcom 1 Talk Group

Digital Spectra Plus Digital Trunked RadioSatcom 1 Talk Group

Digital Spectra Plus Digital Trunked RadioSatcom 2 Talk Group

Digital Spectra Plus Digital Trunked RadioSatcom 2 Talk Group

128 kbps

Example of Test Configuration:Test Config # 2

LBISat and MotobridgeEnd to End Internet Security Product

IP Telephone

End II End Internet Security

End II End Internet Security

Rotating differing VoIP interface units, firewall/VPN devices, and satcom services, a

minimum of 8 configurations were tested with some degree of success.

Voice ‘throughput quality’ was measured by qualitative comparison of captured voice samples through repeated transmit-receive cycles using differing voices

Project MilestonesProject MilestonesProject MilestonesProject Milestones• Anchorage-based RDT&E of P25 voice traffic via VoIP and RoIP

interface devices, VPN firewalls, and satellite services.

– Objectives met : • Determine feasibility of connecting remote site to the new Alaska LMR

System (ALMR)– digital trunked radio systems can be interconnected through strong-encryption

while incurring only a slight degradation in voice quality.• Issues identified regarding

– Bandwidth requirements (QOS or Committed Data Rate requirements)– Security concerns– Reliability concerns

• P25 User’s Needs Committee is prepared to promote future standards to accommodate satellite connectivity requirements

• Final Technical reports are now in peer review / publication process (2/28/06)

Project FindingsProject FindingsProject FindingsProject Findings• Initial testing and evaluation of radio interface products

completed– Shared digital satellite services that provide sufficient voice

quality of service can/did support trunked radio gateways• Committed Information Rate or a QOS type satellite circuit required• Quality of service ‘5-9s’ reliability not yet verified • Encryption (256 bit AES evaluated) solutions exist and work• Provided secure transfer across a shared satellite network and

internet• Verified voice quality w/ optimized VPN solutions • ‘End to End’ encryption solution not yet evaluated.

– Minimum required bandwidth needed to support a radio channel, with/without encryption, was 64 kbps.

SummarySummarySummarySummary

• Satellite systems can support secure radio transmissions:– There are a few limitations –

• Undetermined 5-9s Quality of Service• One manufacturer certifies their gateway product only for

“administrative and ICS logistics” communications

• Satcom and Internet transport can be encrypted– Identified vulnerabilities likely will not pass DoD requirements for secure

communications (but are likely adequate for state and local)– Additional end-to-end devices should be evaluated (they reportedly exist)

• Some of the SAT terminals supported simultaneous: – Half-Duplex VoIP LMR transmissions– Full-Duplex VoIP telephone transmissions– Email and internet access

What’s Next?What’s Next?What’s Next?What’s Next?• NLECTC-NW is continuing the Project, as funding allows.

• St Paul Island site installed and being operationally evaluated– The public safety, encrypted, VoIP, satcom circuit between the St Paul

Island and the Anchorage area (800 mi. ENE of St Paul) will be replaced with a more reliable system, then tested over an extended period

• Limited T&E will take place on the Island. Local testing can suffice– Test and evaluate end-to-end AES encryption solutions, – Testing of additional Satcom options

For more information, Please contact:For more information, Please contact:Kyle Sinclair (Kyle Sinclair (kyle.sinclair@ctsc.net) Bob Griffiths (bob.griffiths@ctsc.net)

(907) 569-2969 ● Toll Free (866) 569-2969 (907) 569-2969 ● Toll Free (866) 569-2969

The Alaska Law Enforcement

Information Sharing System

ALEISS

Maxine Andrews, Program MangerNational Law Enforcement and National Law Enforcement and

Corrections Technology Center SystemCorrections Technology Center SystemNLECTCNLECTC

• Prior to computers police departments kept their records in file cabinets.

• Collaborating investigators used the telephone

• Now most departments have a computerized Records Management System (RMS)

• Collaborating investigators still use the telephone because their RMS Systems do not “play well with others.”

“Too Much Information!”

• Incompatible systems make automated data sharing impossible without a tool that would link these dissimilar systems together.

• Many Different Records Management System Vendors equals incompatible systems

• Chief’s have no experience with implementing data sharing systems and came to NLECTC-NW for technical assistance.

The Requirements were:

1. A solution selected should require no additional data entry.

2. Data already entered into an RMS should become available to investigators in other jurisdictions.

3. System must provide an analytical tool set4. It must be scalable5. It must allow for phased deployment6. It must be able to be deployed securely on the

internet

• The ALEISS Consortium was created by MOU and a system selected

• NLECTC-NW Currently:– Provides a secure location to house hardware

– Provides cleared technical System Admin staff

– Conducts routine user and system audits for security compliance

– Provides training for users

– Captures metrics on effect of system

What is ALEISS? -The ConsortiumALEISS is a consortium of Alaska law enforcement agencies committed to working together to help fight and solve crime in Alaska. The ALEISS Consortium formed in 2003 (MOU signed August 2003).

Phase OneAlaska Department of Public Safety

Anchorage Police Department

Homer Police Department

Kenai Police Department

Juneau Police Department

Seward Police Department

Soldotna Police Department

Since the 8/03 MOU these agencies have joined consortium:

•Wasilla Police Department•Fairbanks Police Department•North Pole Police Department•Skagway Police Department•Alaska Department of Correction•Valdez Police Department•Ketchikan Police Department

•Palmer Police Department•Sitka Police Department •Kodiak Police Department•Alaska Railroad Police•Unalaska Police Department•Petersburg Police Department•Nome Department of Public Safety•US Marshal Service Alaska Fugitive Task Force

As of June 1 2006•22 Participating Agencies: 18 Municipal, 2 State, 1 Federal, 1 Transportation•9 Data Sources, 7 Different RMS Vendors•326 users

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ALEISS was recognized with the 2005 IACP iXP Leadership in Technology Award for

Excellence in Law Enforcement Communications and Interoperability

Regional Division

The IACP Leadership in Technology Award Program recognized law enforcement agencies' superior achievement and innovation in the field of communication and information technology. The program is an international competition that is open to local, tribal, state, provincial, federal, and multi-jurisdictional law enforcement agencies.  

Connectivity & Security• Internet based application using Port 443 HTTPs

• 256 bit SSL, soon to be AES, FIPS 140-2 compliant

• Dual authentication implemented April 24, 2006 using Entrust Identity Guard Matrix card

This one query resulted in data from 5 different municipal police department RMS and represents 4 different RMS vendors.

Visualizer - graphic visualization investigative tool

Instant alert and collaboration tooldelivers email and/or text messages to alert of changes in data or similar queries by other users.

Incident Analyzer - GIS and Temporal Analysis

(this module planned for 2006)

What’s Next for ALEISS?A Shared Regional “Open” RMS for agencies with no system (August ’06):– Based upon CAPSIT work funded by NIJ in Texas– 5 Alaskan agencies selected for project– Will be modeled after (and become part of) the

ALEISS Consortium– Initially will provide basic RMS functions over secure

internet connections– Will be enhanced as development continues on

“Open” source-code to be LEITSC full featured RMS– CAD on the horizon

ALEISS will add Incident Analyzer Module (July 2006)

Long term operational plans:ALEISS operations will be assumed by the Alaska Association of Chiefs of Police

What Else is Next for ALEISS?

www.aleiss.org

Alaska Summer Justice Institute

2006

 

Conference/Meeting Location Date

Forensic Science Education Conference UAA Commons 107

July 12-14, 2006

Alaska Law Enforcement Information Sharing System (ALEISS) User Group and User Training

University Center Campus

July 17, 2006

Global Justice XML Developers Workshop TBAJuly 11-14,

2006

Cyber Crime Training - Access Data Bootcamp University Center Campus

July 10-12, 2006

NLECTC-NW Communications Interoperability Summit UAA Student Union Center

July 18-20, 2006

Contact NLECTC-NW 866.569.2969 toll free 907.569.6939 fax or email info@aksji.org

WWW.AKSJI.ORG

Questions or Comments?

Thank You!

Bob Griffiths

NLECTC-NW

3000 C St. STE 304

Anchorage, AK 99503

866-569-2969