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Capital Rotary Club members visited the SC Fusion Center for a briefing conducted by SC Law Enforcement Division staff member Jennifer Quick (seated left). Fusion centers, created originally in 2006, are part of the nation’s homeland security umbrella to gather, analyze and share intelligence or terrorism-related information among federal, state and local agencies. The South Carolina center – one of 70 across the country – combats violent crime, does threat assessment for major events, coordinates Amber alerts, helps track fugitives and takes Crimestopper calls, among other tasks. Capital Rotary’s tour was part of the club’s Fifth Wednesday program that substitutes local field trips in place of a regularly-scheduled weekly meeting.