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SB1572 FUSION CENTER PRIVACY
POLICY
CALL TO ACTION FOR ALL US DEFENDERS & TMRA2 STATE WIDE
We need you at the
Capitol!
We just received notice that S.B.1572-Fusion Center Bill introduced by
Senator Kirk Watson is up for committee hearing this coming Wednesday at
the Texas capitol. We need letters and support on this bill.
If you can show up to the capitol and testify in writing and the bill
will probably not be heard until Wednesday afternoon since its the third
bill from the last to come up for that day.
COMMITTEE: Transportation & Homeland Security
TIME & DATE: 7:30 AM, Wednesday, March 30, 2011
PLACE: E1.016 (Hearing Room)
CHAIR: Senator Tommy Williams
There is an sample letter attached and we ask that each biker write a
letter and e-mail it or fax it, and CALL to each committee member below
immediately:
Paul
National Lt. Commander
US Defenders
State Chairman
Texas Motorcycle Rights Association
www.usdefenders.org
www.tmra2.org
Position Member
Chair: Sen. Tommy Williams
E-Mail tommy.williams@senate.state.tx.us
fax: 512-463-0104
Vice Chair:
Sen.Kirk Watson
E-Mail kirk.watson@senate.state.tx.us
Fax: 512-463-0114
Sen. Wendy Davis
E-Mail Wendy.davis@senate.state.tx.us
Fax: 512-463-0110
Sen. Rodney Ellis
E-Mail Rodney.ellis@senate.state.tx.us
512-463-0006
Sen. Chris Harris
E-Mail Chris.harris@senate.state.tx.us
512-463-7003
Sen. Juan Hinojosa
E-Mail Juan.hinojosa@senate.state.tx.us
512-463-1020
Sen. Robert Nichols
E-Mail Robert.nichols@senate.state.tx.us
512-463-1526
Sen. Florence Shapiro
E-Mail Florence.shapiro@senate.state.tx.us
512-463-0108
Sen. Jeff Wentworth
E-Mail Jeff.Wentworth@senate.state.tx.us
512-463-7794
Fusion Center Example letter
To: Senator Tommy Williams
Chairman for Transportation and Homeland Security
E-mail: tommy.williams@senate.state.tx.us
Fax: 512-463-6373
In Re: SB1572 Fusion Center Bill relating to Intelligence Data Standards
and Protected Personal Information
Dear Senator Williams:
We are asking for support on SB1572 referenced above relating to Fusion
Center Privacy Policies so that the state of Texas can:
-Reduce the cost of spending in the law enforcement arenas; Have model
fusion centers for the rest of the states to model them by; -Cut down on
law suits for unconstitutional profiling which cost Texas taxpayers
money; And collect data on the real criminals while still protecting
every Texans civil rights.
Currently there are two fusion centers in Texas that have already
adopted a privacy policy. Our goal is to simply make it state law for
all six of the centers currently in Texas.
The fusion center were originally tasked with preventing and combating
terrorism, most fusion centers now take on an "all-crimes approach",
incorporating information and intelligence about a multitude of crimes
from large scale illicit drug operations to simple traffic stops.
Expanding further, many fusion centers are now collecting and analyzing
private and non-criminal information such as political beliefs and
activities, shopping purchases, driving habits, and even health records.
As a motorcyclist I am concerned with Fusion Centers for a variety of
reasons. Among them is the unfortunate fact the Fusion Center system
has been utilized on numerous occasions across the country in order to
violate the rights of and profile innocent Americans who are engaging in
First Amendment protected activity.
Additionally, motorcyclists from across the state are reporting to the
CDC&I and the Texas Motorcycle Rights Association that DPS officers and
local police are pulling them over, taking pictures of their patches and
tattoos, and placing their information into fusion center databases when
there is no criminal activity suspected.
We ask that you vote YES for SB1572 so that the Fusion Centers can be
operated without violating an individual's Constitutional rights.
Please reply to this correspondence.
Paul Landers
Address
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