Thomaston Police Chief Dan Greathouse was recognized for his outstanding dedication and commitment to law enforcement by the Regional Organized Crime Information Center (ROCIC) at their Annual Summer Training Conference in Louisville, Kentucky.
ROCIC is an organization representing approximately 250,000 sworn law enforcement officers in the southeastern and southwestern states, Puerto Rico and the U. S. Virgin Islands. Their law enforcement agencies work together to combat multi-jurisdictional criminal activities and to promote officer safety. ROCIC’s member agencies are represented throughout all levels of government – municipal, county, parish, judicial, district, state, tribal and federal.
Chief Greathouse is a 37 year law enforcement veteran, he begin his career in 1974 with the Upson County Sheriff’s Department as Captain of the Investigative Division and Commander of a Multi-Jurisdictional Drug Task Force. He is a graduate of the FBI National Academy, 132nd session.
In addition, Chief Greathouse served as vice president of the Georgia Narcotics Officers Association and he is the Georgia Delegate to the National Narcotics Officers Association Coalition. He previously served as Chairman of the Metropolitan Area Narcotics Network through membership with the Georgia State Intelligence Network.
Chief Greathouse was elected to the ROCIC Board of Directors in 1996, he served two terms as Chairman of the Board from June 2000 to June 2001 and from July 2010 to July 2011. He also served two terms as Board Vice Chairman and Secretary.
ROCIC was created in 1973 and is headquartered in Nashville, Tennessee. It serves as a vehicle for the collection, evaluation, analysis, dissemination and storage of intelligence regarding the multi-jurisdictional activities of organized crime.
ROCIC offers a variety of services to it’s members, including automated, centralized law enforcement databases with nationwide connectivity using internet technologies, intelligence analysis, bulletins and publications, surveillance equipment loans, confidential funds, long distance call patching as well as law enforcement and other safety training. In 2010, member agencies used ROCIC services to recover more than $1.8 billion in stolen property and narcotics related assets.
ROCIC is one of six Regional Information Sharing Systems (RISS) centers located across the United States which are funded through the U.S. Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Assistance.
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