Austin Regional Intelligence Center

The Austin Regional Intelligence Center (ARIC) serves the public by providing a centralized, comprehensive, multi-agency criminal information and intelligence network that works to enhance operational effectiveness and efficiency of the public safety agencies involved and to maximize the region’s ability to detect, prevent, apprehend, and respond to criminal and terroristic activity.

Area of Responsibility

The ARIC area of responsibility (AOR) spans 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.

Protecting Local Communities

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.

Public Safety Focus Areas

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