IC 5-2-4
    Chapter 4. Criminal Intelligence Information

IC 5-2-4-1
Definitions
    Sec. 1. As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwiserequires:
        (1) "Criminal history information" means information collectedby criminal justice agencies or individuals consisting ofidentifiable descriptions and notations of arrests, detentions,indictments, informations, or other formal criminal charges, andany disposition arising therefrom, sentencing, correctionalsupervision, and release.
        (2) "Criminal intelligence information" means information onidentifiable individuals compiled in an effort to anticipate,prevent, or monitor possible criminal activity, includingterrorist activity. "Criminal intelligence information" does notinclude criminal investigative information, which is informationon identifiable individuals compiled in the course of theinvestigation of specific criminal acts.
        (3) "Criminal justice agency" means any agency or departmentof any level of government which performs as its principalfunction the apprehension, prosecution, adjudication,incarceration, or rehabilitation of criminal offenders, or locationof parents with child support obligations under 42 U.S.C. 653.The term includes:
            (A) a nongovernmental entity that performs as its principalfunction the:
                (i) apprehension, prosecution, adjudication, incarceration,or rehabilitation of criminal offenders; or
                (ii) location of parents with child support obligationsunder 42 U.S.C. 653;
            under a contract with an agency or department of any levelof government;
            (B) the department of homeland security; and
            (C) the Indiana intelligence fusion center established byIC 10-11-9-2.
As added by Acts 1977, P.L.50, SEC.1. Amended by P.L.45-1993,SEC.1; P.L.56-1998, SEC.1; P.L.101-2006, SEC.2; P.L.1-2007,SEC.22; P.L.27-2010, SEC.1.

IC 5-2-4-2
Files restricted
    Sec. 2. Criminal intelligence information shall not be placed in acriminal history file, nor shall a criminal history file indicate orsuggest that a criminal intelligence file exists on the individual towhom the information relates. Criminal history information may,however, be included in criminal intelligence files.
As added by Acts 1977, P.L.50, SEC.1.
IC 5-2-4-3
Criminal activity; relevancy; restriction
    Sec. 3. Criminal intelligence information concerning a particularindividual shall be collected and maintained by a state or localcriminal justice agency only if grounds exist connecting theindividual with known or suspected criminal activity and if theinformation is relevant to that activity.
As added by Acts 1977, P.L.50, SEC.1.

IC 5-2-4-4
Retention; destruction
    Sec. 4. Criminal intelligence information shall be reviewed by thechief executive officer of the criminal justice agency at regularintervals to determine whether the grounds for retaining theinformation still exist and if not, it shall be destroyed.
As added by Acts 1977, P.L.50, SEC.1.

IC 5-2-4-5
Political, religious, or social views; associations or activitiesrestricted
    Sec. 5. No criminal justice agency shall collect or maintaininformation about the political, religious or social views, associationsor activities of any individual, group, association, corporation,limited liability company, business, or partnership unless suchinformation directly relates to an investigation of past or threatenedcriminal acts or activities and there are reasonable grounds to suspectthe subject of the information is or may be involved in criminal actsor activities.
As added by Acts 1977, P.L.50, SEC.1. Amended by P.L.8-1993,SEC.52.

IC 5-2-4-6
Confidentiality; authorized disclosure
    Sec. 6. Criminal intelligence information is hereby declaredconfidential and may be disseminated only in accordance withsection 7 of this chapter, and only if the agency making thedissemination is satisfied that the need to know and intended uses ofthe information are reasonable and that the confidentiality of theinformation will be maintained.
As added by Acts 1977, P.L.50, SEC.1. Amended by P.L.186-2007,SEC.1.

IC 5-2-4-7
Unlawful disclosure; disclosure to certain persons permitted toavoid imminent danger to life or property
    Sec. 7. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b), a person whoknowingly releases criminal intelligence information to an agency orperson other than a criminal justice agency commits a Class Amisdemeanor.
    (b) When necessary to avoid imminent danger to life or property,

a criminal justice agency may disseminate an assessment of criminalintelligence information to:
        (1) a government official; or
        (2) another individual:
            (A) whose life or property is in imminent danger;
            (B) who is responsible for protecting the life or property ofanother person; or
            (C) who may be in a position to reduce or mitigate theimminent danger to life or property.
As added by Acts 1977, P.L.50, SEC.1. Amended by Acts 1978, P.L.2,SEC.503; P.L.186-2007, SEC.2.