Purposes-Article I

The purposes of this Compact are to: 1. Provide close and effective cooperation and assistance in detecting and apprehending those engaged in organized criminal activities; 2. Establish and maintain a central criminal intelligence bureau to gather, evaluate and disseminate to the appropriate law enforcement officers of the party states information concerning organized crime, its leaders and their associates; 3. Provide mutual aid and assistance in the event of police emergencies, and to provide for the powers, duties, rights, privileges and immunities of police personnel when rendering such aid.