Eagle.report — How it works

Report arrives

Originating LEA · carrier, broker, shipper, citizen, ELD ping, or Eagle.report

Truck/trailer/cargo last contact lapsed. Caller hits the local PD or sheriff with jurisdiction over where the load was last seen — pickup, last-known driver location, or where the report happened to land. Intake captures: VIN/plates, MC#/DOT#, BOL, commodity, declared value, driver name, last ping. eagle.report intake

SLA · acknowledged in 5 min

Triage

Is this a criminal cargo theft?

no → brokerage dispute / civil delay → release out of LE channel

yes → continue ↓

Open case at originating agency

Originating LEA · detective, dispatcher, or watch commander

Local agency generates case#, tags ORI, classifies as cargo theft (not buried as "burglary"). Per FBI UCR rules, the agency with investigative jurisdiction reports the offense; if multiple agencies are involved they must agree on the Jurisdictional Lead. eagle.report case object

SLA · BOLO drafted in 15 min

Stand-up: three things fire simultaneously

Originating LEA + state task force + Eagle.report

(a) NCIC entry — stolen vehicle file (truck/trailer VIN + plates), stolen article file (cargo serials > $500). Once entered, any LE nationwide that runs a query gets the hit. (b) State cargo task force notified — CHP CTIP, TBI Cargo Crimes, TxDPS CVE, NJSP CTU, FL Major Cargo Theft, GA Tag/Title. (c) Eagle.report ISO push — the corridor fanout begins (see right rail →). eagle.report fanout

SLA · LE-of-jurisdiction notified in 30 min

Escalation gate

Federal trigger met?

no — state task force keeps lead

yes — interstate, organized ring, or value > $50k → federal

Federal escalation (when triggered)

FBI Major Theft Program · HSI Cargo Theft Task Force

Federal partners absorb the lead — or join as a parallel investigation under MOU. FBI's Major Theft Program runs the cross-state pattern work; HSI Cargo Theft Task Forces (Memphis, Miami, NY/NJ, LA, Dallas, Houston, etc.) coordinate on organized rings with import/export angles. Originating agency stays on the case team. eagle.report case-team access

Sighting comes in

Any LEO · ALPR · weigh station · citizen · recovery agent

Patrol officer runs the plate at a traffic stop — NCIC returns the stolen hit. Or LPR camera fires. Or driver pings a truck stop. Or a recovery agent locates the asset off a private parking lot. The hit immediately routes back to the Jurisdictional Lead and every agency tagged on the case in Eagle.report. eagle.report sighting fan-in

Officer safety posture

Cold recovery or hot recovery?

cold — vehicle parked, no suspect → document, tow, hold

hot — driver / suspect on scene → backup, felony stop, arrest

Recovery + chain of custody

Recovering agency · seizing officer + supervisor

Officer secures the asset. Tractor / trailer photographed, VIN verified, seal numbers documented, cargo manifest pulled, evidence chain logged. Per FBI UCR rule: recovery is reported only by the LEA that first reported the theft — the originating agency owns the property record, regardless of who physically recovered it.

SLA · recovery options confirmed in 60 min

Handoff to originating agency / carrier

Recovering agency → Originating agency → Carrier

Originating agency (or carrier under LE escort) collects the asset. If the case has shifted out of the originating jurisdiction's reach, the Jurisdictional Lead field transfers with a logged handoff — the new lead can now close the case, modify victim contact, and release sealed details. Other agencies stay on the case team in observer status. eagle.report jurisdiction transfer

SLA · incident report ready in 90 min

Prosecution chain

County DA → State AG → U.S. Attorney

County DA picks up charges where the theft occurred. State AG steps in for multi-county / cross-jurisdiction prosecution. If federal triggers were met (interstate transport, organized ring, > $50k threshold under 18 U.S.C. § 659), the U.S. Attorney's office for the federal judicial district takes lead. U.S. Marshals handle any fugitive component.

Close and feed the network

Originating LEA + Eagle.report

Originating agency clears NCIC stolen file (vehicle and articles). Case marked resolved in Eagle.report. Pattern data (suspect names, MOs, lanes, address-shell hits, FMCSA-change-history triggers) feed back into the detection layer so next time the same actor surfaces on a new ISO, the system already knows them. Tier-2 internal-recurrence detector picks them up automatically. eagle.report learning loop

Corridor fanout — what fires from stage 3

Federal registry

NCIC stolen vehicle + article files FBI CJIS — any LE plate query returns the hit nationwide

State cargo task force

CHP CTIP · TBI Cargo Crimes · TxDPS CVE · NJSP CTU · FL Major Cargo · GA Tag/Title Cargo-specialty units in the originating state — first call after local

Adjacent jurisdictions

County sheriffs + state LE in next corridor states Pushed via NLETS teletype + Eagle.report push notification to verified-LE accounts

ALPR network

Flock Safety · Vigilant · Rekor · HIDTA LPR · state DPS LPR Plate fingerprint registered as a watchlist match — agency-of-record pinged on read

Truck-stop ALPR

Pilot · Love's · TA Petro · independent travel centers Where stolen tractors typically refuel; cameras at entry/exit gates

Weigh stations & CVE

State DOT weigh stations · PrePass · Drivewyze · roadside CVE inspectors Mandatory stops on most interstate corridors — plate auto-screened

Insurance & industry intel

NICB ForeWarn · CargoNet (Verisk) · SC-ITAP · TAPA · ISCPO Insurer-funded databases; cross-flag and warn shippers / brokers in the corridor

Visibility platforms

Project44 · FourKites · MacroPoint · Samsara · Motive If the carrier was on a TMS visibility platform, the ELD trace stops or anomalies become a sighting feed

Public BOLO

Releasable summary to public ISO board Redacted version (no victim contact, no sealed details) for community sightings — verified LE only sees the full file

Hardline rules

FBI UCR Manual § 1.3

Agency with investigative jurisdiction reports the offenseIf two LEAs overlap, they must agree on the lead

FBI UCR Manual § 1.4

On referral, original agency deletes its UCR reportThe receiving agency reports as if original

FBI UCR Manual § 2.2

Recovery is reported by the LEA that first reported it stolenRegardless of which agency physically recovered

Symbols

Standard stage

A discrete LE action with a clear actor and SLA. Numbered in order of execution.

Parallel stand-up

Multiple notifications fire at the same time — see the right rail for the fanout.

Escalation stage

Triggered only when the federal threshold is met. Adds FBI / HSI / U.S. Attorney to the case team.

Terminal / learning stage

Case closes. Pattern signal is fed back into the network for the next ISO.

Decision point

A branching question that routes the case down a specific path.

Primary case flow

The case object moves through the numbered stages in order.

Notification / fanout

Information radiates to other agencies and platforms but doesn't reroute the case itself.

Where Eagle.report fits

Eagle.report is the coordination layer — not a replacement for any existing system. The local agency still files the case. NCIC still owns the federal registry. The U.S. Attorney still prosecutes. What Eagle.report adds:

intake Standardized cargo-specific report form — replaces the fax sheet referenced in CHP HPM 81.1 § 12-9 Annex A.
case object One shared case with append-only updates and visibility-tiered fields across every agency on the team.
fanout One-click push to adjacent counties, state cargo TFs, ALPR networks, truck-stop systems, insurer databases.
sighting fan-in When any partner system reports a hit, every agency tagged on the case is alerted simultaneously.
jurisdiction transfer The Jurisdictional Lead field is a single, audited, transferable seat — no "too many cooks" confusion.
learning loop Closed-case patterns feed the detection layer for the next ISO — recurrence detector spots repeat offenders on day one of their next case.

Interoperability posture

We feed the systems that already work. We do not replace them.

Every federal, state, and regional system below is load-bearing for cargo theft investigations. Eagle.report's job is to compress the friction between them — not to substitute for any one of them.

What Eagle.report feeds

Inputs into existing LE infrastructure.

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NCIC stolen vehicle & article files Pre-populated entry templates for credentialed LE; FBI CJIS owns the federal registry.
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N-DEx Incident records flow to the FBI N-DEx cross-jurisdiction sharing layer when the originating agency is a contributor.
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RISS & ROCIC Regional intelligence centers receive corridor-pattern handoffs through standing analyst relationships.
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State cargo task forces CHP CTIP · TBI · NJSP CTU · TxDPS CVE · FL Major Cargo · GA Tag/Title — first call after local.
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NLETS Inter-state plate / license queries — Eagle pushes context, never queries on an agency's credential.
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NICB · CargoNet · SC-ITAP Insurance-side intel and theft registries receive cross-flag and aggregate pattern feeds.

What Eagle.report does not do

The hard lines.

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Replace NCIC. FBI CJIS is the federal registry. We pre-fill, route, and notify — we never substitute.
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Run queries on an officer's credentials. Eagle staff never log into NCIC / NLETS / state CHRI systems on an agency's behalf. 28 CFR Part 20.
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Take case ownership from the originating LEA. The Jurisdictional Lead is always an LE agency. Eagle holds the coordination, not the case.
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Pay active-duty officers for outcomes. No case-outcome payments, no informant networks, no honoraria-for-results. 18 U.S.C. § 201.
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Publish "persons of interest" lists. Investigative lead, never suspect. 28 CFR Part 23. 3+ independent case linkages required for any referral.
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Work with gray-market recovery contacts. Licensed, bonded, insured recovery agents only. LE notified before any physical contact with the asset.

The inter-agency process for finding stolen freight.