The Office of Intelligence and Analysis is the part of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security that belongs to the intelligence community. It produces analysis for the department and for governments below the federal level. It is not a foreign-intelligence service and it does not run criminal investigations.
The governments it is charged to support are State, Local, Tribal, and Territorial (SLTT) authorities. The office shares analysis with them. Those authorities remain responsible for their own public safety.
What the Office Produces
- Threat analysis. Assessments of risks to the homeland, written for officials who can act on them.
- A channel downward. State, local, tribal, and territorial agencies receive finished analysis rather than raw collection.
- Not an arrest. The office does not prosecute and does not command a police department.
Analysis Office and a Police Agency
| Compared | The Analysis Office | A Police Agency |
| Product | Finished intelligence analysis | Investigations and enforcement |
| Who it serves | The department and lower governments | Its own jurisdiction |
| An arrest | Outside its role | Inside its role |