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Russ Porter

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rmporter@unomaha.edu

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Bio

Russ Porter began his public service career as a front-line police officer. Early in his career he specialized in the intelligence discipline, ultimately rising to the rank of director at the Iowa Department of Public Safety. After 32 years in local and state government, Porter was recruited to the Senior National Intelligence Service at the Director of National Intelligence (DNI). He served more than a dozen years in various senior executive roles there, including as the DNI’s principal senior executive for domestic integration.  
 
Since the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks on the United States, Porter has worked with others to transform America’s post-9/11 homeland security, information sharing, and intelligence landscape. He’s advised and helped develop programs for countless senior executives and organizations across all levels of government. Porter has also testified at congressional hearings and led many national- and international-level boards, committees, and councils to build coalitions and translate vision into action. His awards include the National Intelligence Medal for Superior Service from the Director of National Intelligence, the National Fusion Center Association’s Lifetime Achievement Award, the Civil Rights Award from the International Association of Chiefs of Police, and leadership and distinguished service awards from multiple federal, state, and local government organizations.  
 
Porter is a graduate of the 195th Session of the FBI National Academy, Session XXXV of the FBI’s National Executive Institute, and the Office of the DNI’s “Leading the Intelligence Community” course for Senior Executives. He also served one year as a DNI-nominated Recanati-Kaplan Foundation Fellow, affiliated with the Intelligence Project at the Belfer Center, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University. 

Research Interests

Intelligence-led policing; law enforcement intelligence; intelligence integration; community policing; evidence-based policing; police discretion; privacy, civil liberties, and civil rights; race, ethnicity, and the administration of justice; counterterrorism; counterintelligence; homeland security; organized crime

Education

Master of Public Administration, Drake University

Bachelor of Science, Criminal Justice, University of Nebraska at Omaha

Selected Publications

Assisted authorship of:
  • National Criminal Intelligence Sharing Plan, 2003
  • Fusion Center Guidelines, 2006
  • Baseline Capabilities for State and Major Urban Area Fusion Centers, 2008

Additional Information

Bio

Russ Porter began his public service career as a front-line police officer. Early in his career he specialized in the intelligence discipline, ultimately rising to the rank of director at the Iowa Department of Public Safety. After 32 years in local and state government, Porter was recruited to the Senior National Intelligence Service at the Director of National Intelligence (DNI). He served more than a dozen years in various senior executive roles there, including as the DNI’s principal senior executive for domestic integration.  
 
Since the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks on the United States, Porter has worked with others to transform America’s post-9/11 homeland security, information sharing, and intelligence landscape. He’s advised and helped develop programs for countless senior executives and organizations across all levels of government. Porter has also testified at congressional hearings and led many national- and international-level boards, committees, and councils to build coalitions and translate vision into action. His awards include the National Intelligence Medal for Superior Service from the Director of National Intelligence, the National Fusion Center Association’s Lifetime Achievement Award, the Civil Rights Award from the International Association of Chiefs of Police, and leadership and distinguished service awards from multiple federal, state, and local government organizations.  
 
Porter is a graduate of the 195th Session of the FBI National Academy, Session XXXV of the FBI’s National Executive Institute, and the Office of the DNI’s “Leading the Intelligence Community” course for Senior Executives. He also served one year as a DNI-nominated Recanati-Kaplan Foundation Fellow, affiliated with the Intelligence Project at the Belfer Center, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University. 

Research Interests

Intelligence-led policing; law enforcement intelligence; intelligence integration; community policing; evidence-based policing; police discretion; privacy, civil liberties, and civil rights; race, ethnicity, and the administration of justice; counterterrorism; counterintelligence; homeland security; organized crime

Education

Master of Public Administration, Drake University

Bachelor of Science, Criminal Justice, University of Nebraska at Omaha

Selected Publications

Assisted authorship of:
  • National Criminal Intelligence Sharing Plan, 2003
  • Fusion Center Guidelines, 2006
  • Baseline Capabilities for State and Major Urban Area Fusion Centers, 2008

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Bio Research Interests Education Selected Publications

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