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Maryland Criminal Intelligence Network (MCIN) Initiative

What is the Maryland Criminal Intelligence Network?

In December 2017, Governor Larry Hogan announced a series of initiatives to combat criminal gang enterprises and repeat violent offenders responsible for terrorizing Maryland citizens and participating in violent crime throughout the state.

The Maryland Criminal Intelligence Network (MCIN) is a criminal justice strategy, coordinated at the local, state, and federal levels targeting gangs, drug, firearms and human trafficking. MCIN is particularly focused on those criminal networks that are impacting multiple jurisdictions and accomplishes this by sharing information across borders. It is a key element of Maryland’s public safety strategy and provides the basis for data-driven decision making both operationally and for policy development.

MCIN’s goals are focused on identifying, disrupting, and dismantling criminal networks through collaboration and comprehensive data sharing. The purpose of the MCIN program is to enhance coordination among public safety partner agencies to ensure that tactics, resources, and intelligence are integrated for the purpose of targeting criminal networks and gangs. This integration includes enforcement, prevention, intervention, and reentry strategies.

MCIN aligns state resources to provide for a streamlined and coordinated operational plan which currently includes the following 14 coalitions: Allegany County, Anne Arundel County, Baltimore City, Baltimore County, Carroll County, Cecil County, Frederick County, Harford County, Howard County, Lower Eastern Shore, Montgomery County, Prince George’s County, Washington County, and Wicomico County.

Coalition partners