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Supporting and Sustaining Activities V-5 approval by SecDef and will need to consider whether the data is to be exclusively transmitted to the LEA and where the LEA agents are located to control or direct use of the assets to ensure compliance with the PCA and DOD policy, as reflected in DODI 3025.21, Defense Support of Civilian Law Enforcement Agencies. Whether the collection platform and data transmission are wholly owned, operated, and received by a DOD intelligence organization, a DOD non-intelligence organization, or a combination of both will require careful consideration by judge advocates of the applicable rules and operational parameters and restrictions for the mission. As a CJCS-controlled activity, the Joint Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance Operations Center leads global force management of intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) to integrate national and DOD ISR capabilities in support of national or CCMDs’ IAA requirements. The Joint Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance Operations Center develops allocation recommendations for ISR and associated processing, exploitation, and dissemination capabilities to satisfy the strategic national and the CCMD strategic theater and operational IAA requirements. Per DODD 3025.18, Defense Support of Civil Authorities (DSCA), no DOD UAS will be used for DSCA operations without the express approval of SecDef. The only exception to this policy are SAR missions involving distress and potential loss of life that are coordinated by the AFRCC, or AKRCC. When requesting SecDef approval for use of an unmanned aircraft for DSCA, the request must include a proper use memorandum. Specifically, the following commanders may approve the use of DOD UAS on an AFRCC/AKRCC-coordinated mission with a properly issued SAR mission number after a determination that UAS would be the best platform to assist in the SAR mission and that its use would not interfere with the primary military duties of the unit concerned: (a) CDRUSNORTHCOM, through the Commander, Air Forces Northern, in the delegated role of Inland SAR Operations Coordinator for the CONUS Search and Rescue Region; or (b) CDRUSNORTHCOM, through the Commander, Alaskan Command, as SAR Operations Coordinator for the Elmendorf Search and Rescue Region, landmass of Alaska. For further information, see JP 3-50, Personnel Recovery; DODI 3025.21, Defense Support of Civilian Law Enforcement Agencies; Deputy Secretary of Defense Policy Memorandum 15-002, Guidance for the Domestic Use of Unmanned Aircraft Systems, dated 17 February 2015; and ATP 3-28.1/MCRP 3-30.6/NTTP 3-57.2/AFTTP 3-2.67, Multi-Service Tactics, Techniques, and Procedures for Defense Support of Civil Authorities (DSCA). b. Information Handling and the Role of DOD Non-Intelligence Components (1) DOD non-intelligence components also have restrictions relating to the acquisition of information concerning the activities of persons and organizations not affiliated with DOD. This type of information is often needed when conducting DSCA. Within DOD, MCIOs have primary responsibility to gather and disseminate information about the domestic activities of US persons that threaten DOD personnel or property. DOD non-intelligence organizations may acquire information concerning the activities of