# ASP–Houston HIDTA MOU and ELSAG Domain Architecture Four 2025 threads document how ASP stood up its ALPR footprint inside the [[Houston HIDTA]] / [[ELSAG ALPR Systems|ELSAG]] platform: an executed **ASP / Houston HIDTA MOU**, the creation of an **"AR Arkansas State Police" domain** with query and hot-list-management access, a **CID-only "silent list" domain**, and the designation of **points of contact** — including a DEA agent granted admin rights over the domain. This is the operational substance behind the [[ALPR Point of Contact for Arkansas — Statewide Coordination|point-of-contact designation]] and the core statewide-coordination evidence for [[T006 - ASP ALPR Oversight Disclaimer vs Statewide Coordination Role|T006]]. ## What's inside ### `RE_ MOU and Point of Contact Info.msg` — routing the MOU to HIDTA (2025-05-08) [[Dennis Overton|Overton]] sends [[Craig Duncan]] (Leonardo/ELSAG) an "MOU and Point of Contact Info" message; Duncan directs it onward: *"Please send that directly to Liz Reyes at HIDTA and copy me and Bill Stephens please."* (Tier-1 corpus, `RE_ MOU and Point of Contact Info.msg`). ### `RE_ MOU and Point(s) of Contact.msg` — the domain design (2025-05-15) Overton transmits the signed MOU and POC to [[Houston HIDTA]] and copies DEA Agent Leonard "Len" Turner: > *"Please see attached the ASP / Houston HIDTA MOU (signed) as well as POC for ASP… I have spoken with Agent Len Turner with the Arkansas Highway Police. I wanted to send you guys an email requesting that Agent Turner be set up as an additional POC but for the AR Hwy Police side of the house. They will have their own hot lists and settings and will need their own POC."* (Tier-1 corpus, `RE_ MOU and Point(s) of Contact.msg`). Signed **"Lt. Dennis Overton / Arkansas State Police / Interstate Criminal Patrol."** [[Craig Duncan]] translates the request into the platform's domain/group structure: > *"Lt. Overton's request below is that we need to create a 'AR Arkansas Highway Police' group within the 'AR Arkansas State Police' domain. This group will have query and hot list management access. Agent Len Turner should have admin rights to manage users within the domain for his team… We can create a AR Highway Police hot list within the AR Arkansas State Police domain as well that will be seen by all in that domain. Secondarily, Lt. Overton is requesting a 'AR Arkansas SP Silent List' domain for his CID use only."* (Tier-1 corpus, `RE_ MOU and Point(s) of Contact.msg`). Recipients include `[email protected]` and `[email protected]` ([[Houston HIDTA]]) and `[email protected]` ([[Leonard J. Turner]], DEA). ### `Arkansas State Police - Request for new SILENT LIST DOMAIN.msg` (+ `FW_`) — the silent list (2025-08-14) [[Craig Duncan]] emails Houston HIDTA's April Gough and Liz Reyes (cc [[Dennis Overton|Overton]]): > *"Please be advised that ASP is requesting a new silent list domain for their Interstate Criminal Patrol(ICP) hot list. I'm going to send the request to Tech Support to create the domain, group, and hot list."* (Tier-1 corpus, `Arkansas State Police - Request for new SILENT LIST DOMAIN.msg`). Overton forwards the request internally to three ICP officers — Tim Callison, Chase Melder, and Rockey Rapert (Tier-1 corpus, `FW_ Arkansas State Police - Request for new SILENT LIST DOMAIN.msg`). ### `Re_ Logon access.msg` — access gated on the MOU (2025-05-13) DEA Agent Leonard J. Turner (writing for "AHP," Arkansas Highway Police) asks whether *"we (AHP)"* are set up with an admin account to log on to the ELSAG system; [[Craig Duncan]] replies: > *"ASP is still in the process of executing the MOU with HIDTA. Until that is complete, we cannot create any new users. Lt. Overton can keep you updated on the process."* (Tier-1 corpus, `Re_ Logon access.msg`). Copied: `[email protected]`. ## Key takeaways - **ASP owns the Arkansas ALPR "domain" in the HIDTA/ELSAG platform.** The namespace is *"AR Arkansas State Police"* domain, with an *"AR Arkansas Highway Police"* group nested inside it, plus a hot list *"seen by all in that domain"* (Tier-1 corpus, `RE_ MOU and Point(s) of Contact.msg`). ASP is the domain-owner; [[Arkansas Highway Police]] (the DPS commercial-vehicle division) is a sub-group. - **A DEA agent holds admin rights inside the ASP domain.** Overton requests, and Duncan confirms, that DEA Agent [[Leonard J. Turner|Len Turner]] "should have admin rights to manage users within the domain for his team" (Tier-1 corpus, `RE_ MOU and Point(s) of Contact.msg`). Federal-agent administration is wired into the Arkansas ALPR domain at setup. - **A covert "silent list" is provisioned for ASP CID.** Overton requests an *"AR Arkansas SP Silent List"* domain *"for his CID use only,"* later formalized as a *"silent list domain for their … ICP hot list"* (Tier-1 corpus, `RE_ MOU and Point(s) of Contact.msg`; `Arkansas State Police - Request for new SILENT LIST DOMAIN.msg`). A silent list is a hot list whose hits do not alert the plate's subject or other users — an investigative surveillance feature. See [[Silent List (ALPR Hot List Domain)]]. - **Access is contractually gated on the ASP/HIDTA MOU.** No users could be created until the MOU executed (Tier-1 corpus, `Re_ Logon access.msg`). The MOU is the legal instrument binding ASP's ALPR operation to the federal [[Houston HIDTA|Houston HIDTA]] framework — consistent with the "One Time HIDTA LPR Network License" bundled into ASP's procurement (see [[Term Contract 4600055190 and PO 4502235324 — Initial Leonardo ELSAG Buy|the 2026-06-05 fiscal production]]). - **Bearing on the oversight tension.** Administering the Arkansas ALPR domain, designating POCs, and managing hot lists is a *de facto* coordination role. But the domain here contains ASP and Arkansas Highway Police (both DPS), not other municipal/county agencies — so this evidence sharpens rather than resolves [[T006 - ASP ALPR Oversight Disclaimer vs Statewide Coordination Role|T006]]: it shows coordination *of ASP's own footprint*, not documented oversight of *other* agencies. ## Cross-references - [[ALPR Point of Contact for Arkansas — Statewide Coordination]] — the external POC designation this build-out operationalizes. - [[HIDTA LPR Network]] — the federal ALPR-sharing network the domain plugs into. - [[Cross-Network Analyst Access and the Arkansas State Fusion Center]] — how ASP analysts query across ELSAG and other networks once provisioned. - [[2026-06-05 Roach Route Map and Item-4 Disclaimer]] — counsel's contrary oversight disclaimer. ## Open questions / follow-ups 1. **Who is "Bill Stephens"?** Named as a copy recipient for MOU routing (Tier-1 corpus, `RE_ MOU and Point of Contact Info.msg`); role and affiliation not established in this production. 2. **The MOU itself is an attachment not separately produced as text.** Its signed terms (scope, data-sharing obligations, retention) are referenced but the MOU document's contents are not in the extracted bodies. A targeted follow-up could request the ASP/Houston HIDTA MOU directly. 3. **Len Turner's dual agency labels.** He appears as `[email protected]` (DEA) yet is described as "with the Arkansas Highway Police" and elsewhere writes from `[email protected]`. See [[Leonard J. Turner]] — likely a DEA agent detailed to task-force work; not resolved here.