Boston Regional Intelligence Center is established.

It is located at Boston Police Headquarters at 1 Schroeder Plaza. One of two federal “fusion centers” in Massachusetts funded by the US Department of Homeland Security, its purpose is to promote information sharing between local, federal, and state law enforcement. The BRIC operates across the entire Metro Boston Homeland Security Region (MBHSR), which includes Boston, Brookline, Cambridge, Chelsea, Everett, Quincy, Revere, Somerville, and Winthrop