State Profiles - NCHIP

Alabama ($1,555,730) – The Alabama State Law Enforcement Agency (ALEA) will use funds for three tasks. First, funds will be used to improve the quality of training and management of CJIS certifications by implementing a statewide CJIS Learning Management System. Second, funds will be used to initiate the next phase to replace aging and insecure hardware for the statewide criminal justice network to ensure criminal history record information is securely and reliable transmitted to and from agencies and to the state’s Automated Biometric Information System and CCH repositories. And third, funds will be used to design and implement a comprehensive integration of arrest charges into and/or from all data contributing state information systems to ultimately improve the reliability of the state CCH records repository.

Alaska ($1,786,566) – The Alaska Department of Public Safety will use funds for staff to consolidate duplicate state identification records that prevent submissions to the III and the NICS Indices and to set the pointers on the FBI pseudo-pointer records; funding for a technical consultant to provide assistance and technical expertise with the continuation of the criminal history, hot file, and message switch replacement project; funding for a project manager for replacement project efforts, implementing project plans, coordinating/integrating/monitoring project activities, and risk mitigation; and funding to replace end of life equipment. Funding for access to the Alaska Court System (ACS) case management system is requested to complete dismissal reports. The ACS requests funding for three personnel to work on ACS electronic systems and related projects to improve criminal automation, procedures, data quality and timeliness. This funding would also include training, and conference attendance to support electronic projects.

American Samoa ($200,000) – The American Samoa Department of Public Safety (DPS) currently has no automated system in place for the collection, maintaining, sharing, and reporting of criminal records. The original connection between the Territory of American Samoa and the State of Hawaii Criminal Justice Data Center (HCJDC) was terminated more than fourteen (14) years ago.  Since then, the DPS no longer has the capability to store and transmit criminal information with the State of Hawaii through AFIS terminal, NCIC and FBI. Prior year funds were used to develop and implement a new Records Management System (RMS). The RMS is being designed in collaboration with the law enforcement users and the project working group, the system will document all department activity from the time of the initial phone call or contact to final disposition and custody of the offenders. The system will track all activities from incident and crash reports, citations, arrests, warrants, case management, field contacts and provide access to external data sources such as motor vehicles, driver, and criminal history files. FY 2024 grant funds are requested for personnel costs and managing the RMS. 

Arizona ($2,437,837) – The Arizona Criminal Justice Commission (ACJC) will use funds to address problems dealing with criminal history updates and automation of records, records backlog, disposition backlog, criminal history record capture procedures, and sharing of criminal history information. Multiple agencies have proposed using technology to provide much-needed solutions for information sharing, criminal history reporting, and the reduction of records/disposition backlogs. The Arizona Department of Public Safety (DPS), Arizona Attorney General’s Office, Coconino County Attorney’s Office, Page Justice Court, Peoria Police Department, and Pinal County Attorney’s Office request to use NCHIP funds for positions to work on disposition backlogs.  Apache Junction Police Department plans to use grant funds to purchase mobile fingerprint scanners to automate the fingerprinting process. The Navajo County Attorney’s Office will use NCHIP funds to update its criminal history case management system. DPS is requesting funds for overtime to process FBI pseudo pointers and bulk fingerprint card submissions.

California ($3,560,086) – The California Department of Justice (CA DOJ) is requesting funds for the following projects:  1) Mental Health Reporting System (MHRS) and Mental Health Firearms & Prohibition System (MHFPS) Enhancements - funds will be used to upgrade the MHRS and MHFPS to improve record automation, enhance interface reporting, reduce duplicate record reporting, implement new interface features, allow upload of certifications and other source documentation, and programmatically send reports to Judicial Council of California (JCC) and CA DOJ. 2) Yuba County Record Digitization/Modernization Program - funds will be used to modernize the department, by digitizing records and entering them into a newly installed records management system. Digital records will facilitate rapid information retrieval, enable staff to access pertinent data swiftly during investigations, court proceedings, and daily operations. Modernization will lead to increased efficiency, enhanced decision-making, improved response times, and ultimately, better outcomes for the community. 3) JCC - Disposition Reporting Collaboration w/ CA DOJ – plans involve collaborating with CA DOJ to identify and address challenges related to the reporting of dispositions by the superior courts to CA DOJ. The JCC will conduct research and provide technical assistance and outreach to the 58 superior courts of California to increase the accuracy and completeness of electronic case disposition reporting. Specifically, the JCC will (1) establish a multidisciplinary workgroup, in partnership with the CA DOJ, to identify disposition reporting challenges and potential recommendations for potential solutions, and (2) continue to act as a liaison between CA DOJ and the courts to improve Mental Health Reporting for the purpose of firearm prohibition.

Colorado ($527,715) – The Colorado Bureau of Investigation (CBI), the division responsible for the state’s criminal history records, will use funds for three projects: 1) Disposition and Criminal History Update: This project will ensure that inquiries from the National Instant Criminal Background Checks (NICS) program as well as the FBI are receiving the most up to date arrest information and disposition information as possible from Colorado. Through this program, CBI will work to improve the current disposition match rate to the 98% level. 2) FBI Record Recovery: More complete and accurate records from local law enforcement agencies will be submitted to the FBI by updating the Colorado arrest records submitted to the FBI prior to 1990. This project will address the approximately 200,000 criminal history records in the Colorado Crime Information Center (CCIC), which are incomplete and missing arrest data. 3) Unmatched Court Charges: The CCIC and the FBI system will have fewer incomplete criminal history records from Colorado. This will be accomplished by identifying problems and solutions for improving the automated matching process. At the end of this project, all court charges will be matched on criminal history records. Currently, there are over 2,500,000 unmatched court charges.

Connecticut ($2,000,000) – The Connecticut Office of Policy and Management requests funds on behalf of the Connecticut Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection (DESPP), the Connecticut Judicial Branch, and the Connecticut Criminal Justice Information System (CJIS-CT) Governing Board for the following projects:  1) Sustain Repository Switch Support and ABIS/CCH Support Efforts. DESPP requests funds to continue the support of the ABIS and CCH technology changes implemented in July of 2021, to support the implementation and design of Clean Slate efforts legislatively enacted in 2021 through the present, to add to the effort to contribute legacy palm print records to the FBI NGI system, to continue the analysis, assessment, and planning related to the ongoing sustainability of its internally developed message switch known as the Connecticut On-Line Law Enforcement Communications Teleprocessing, to provide ongoing support of CCH Data Quality Metrics program, and to continue supporting Connecticut’s participation in the National Crime Prevention and Privacy Compact and SEARCH meetings. 2) Court-Based Electronic Documents Management System. The Connecticut Judicial Branch requests funds for Phase 2 of the state’s protection order system modernization project.  3) Unified Justice Information Gateway-Connecticut Information Sharing System (CISS)/Deadly Weapons Offender Registry (DWOR) Integration. CJIS-CT seeks assistance to add DWOR data from DESPP to CISS for a seamless “one-stop-shop location of CJIS data and source systems.

Delaware ($91,000) – The Delaware Criminal Justice Information System (DELJIS) is the State’s central repository for criminal history information.  In November of 2021, the Delaware General Assembly passed Senate Bill 111, otherwise known as the “Clean Slate Act.”  This bill requires the State Bureau of Identification (SBI), in conjunction with DELJIS and the Courts, to create an automatic expungement process for adult and juvenile charges that are eligible for mandatory expungement. SBI must identify and expunge cases eligible for automatic mandatory expungement on a monthly basis.  DELJIS’s role in this process is to create an electronic system capable of identifying eligible individuals, cases, and charges and supply this information to the SBI. DELJIS seeks funds to expand efforts that started with the Superior Court to all courts, including the Justice of the Peace, Court of Common Please, and Family Court. Preliminary reviews of existing records show an additional 143,000 dispositions from the remaining Courts that would need review, research, and resolution of a final disposition. DELJIS will identify individuals, cases, and charges where the disposition mismatch exists, provide this list to the relevant court, the court will then research each case and provide DELJIS with a ruling on a final disposition, at which point DELJIS will update the records within CJIS. These efforts will result in cleaning up inaccurate, pending, and open dispositions for citizens of Delaware which is the goal behind the “Clean Slate Act.” The SBI and DELJIS team will also use funds to send additional staff to criminal justice conferences to expand employees’ knowledge base and support training opportunities. 

Florida ($2,069,386) – The Florida Department of Law Enforcement (FDLE) will use funds to continue to maintain current Other Personnel Services and overtime staff to assist across various sections in FDLE’s Crime Information Bureau. This support may include researching missing felony and misdemeanor domestic violence arrest events, contacting arrest and booking agencies to obtain fingerprint cards, entering the arrest records into the state repository, performing data analysis for quality assurance, supporting fingerprint analysts by digitizing microfilm fingerprint records, scanning and entering fingerprint records not currently available in the state’s Biometric Identification System (BIS), manually entering court dispositions into the criminal history file, entering data supporting requests for the sealing or expunging of criminal history records, and scanning source documents for permanent storage and retrieval. FDLE also requests grant funds to continue the retention of contractors and consultant programming resources to address criminal history programmatic tasks for CCH and to assist in the processing of data received from Florida’s Clerks of Court. This will enhance and improve the availability of automated data to criminal justice and non-criminal justice agencies.

Guam ($1,019,194) – The Guam Judiciary will use funds to continue efforts to strengthen Guam's criminal history records infrastructure. The goal of this project is to improve the quality, completeness, and timeliness of Guam’s criminal history records by providing adequate resources to support technology upgrades and the digitization of criminal history records that directly improve access and sharing of eligible records available to the FBI NCIC. To achieve this goal, the Judiciary proposes digitizing and updating manual arrest and firearms records, warrants, archived and active court case records, and court dispositions. It also seeks to build staff capacity to expand and protect court and criminal history systems and provide administrative resources to ensure the successful implementation of project activities.

Hawaii ($1,222,927) – The Hawaii Criminal Justice Data Center (HCJDC) is focused on the accuracy, completeness, and timeliness of data made available to criminal justice and law enforcement agencies. The need for robust infrastructures and enhanced security is highly necessary to meet these service goals. The HCJDC is committed to the services provided through the statewide criminal history repository, CJIS-Hawaii, as data is also transmitted to the national systems via CJIS-Hawaii. The HCJDC will use funds for the following areas: 1) Infrastructure and Security Improvements. The HCJDC infrastructure is the foundation for the hardware, applications, and network to which the HCJDC provides its services. Infrastructure and system improvements ensure data integrity and system-to-system communication with law enforcement and criminal justice agencies statewide. The HCJDC staff provides both operational and technical services of the division to collect, store and disseminate criminal history to statewide agencies. The HCJDC provides both criminal and non-criminal justice services including fingerprint identification, sex offender registration, and fingerprint-based criminal history background checks. Funds are being requested to equip the HCJDC staff with the tools necessary to perform their daily duties. These tools include high performance personal computers (PC), monitors, and software tools for system monitoring, application development, high volume scanning and document processing. All equipment must also meet security compliance. 2) Criminal History Systems Enhancements and Support. The Hawaii Justice information System (HIJIS) is continuing its development efforts to provide data sharing capabilities to law enforcement and criminal justice agencies. The HIJIS is highly integrated with the systems that perform fingerprint identification to notify agencies of arrests and provides a means for non-criminal justice agencies to obtain background check results.3) Police Departments Records Improvements. The NCHIP grant provides a means of supporting Hawaii local law enforcement agencies with financial assistance for criminal history improvement projects. This year, the HCJDC is partnering with the Maui and Hawaii Police departments on system interfaces and upgrades, and disposition reporting. The Maui Police Department has begun its records management system upgrade to improve data capture and tracking capabilities. It will include interfaces to better transmit and collect criminal history data. The Hawaii Police Department is focusing on case dispositions. Its staff aims to investigate cases to obtain dispositions and conduct case closures. In turn, these dispositions will be reported to the CJIS-Hawaii and the FBI national systems.

Indiana ($1,887,123) – The Indiana Judiciary Courts will use funds on behalf of the Indiana Office of Court Technology (IOCT) to continue the work started in Indiana under prior NICS/NARIP grant awards to improve the quality, completeness, and timeliness of records available to not only the state criminal history record system but also to NICS.  Many Indiana jails need to replace their current livescan machines but they do not have the necessary funding to do so. Years ago, the Indiana State Police had a funding source to provide each of Indiana’s 91 county jails with a new livescan machine.  This funding is no longer available, and most county jails have not been able to obtain the necessary funding from their local county authorities to upgrade or replace their outdated fingerprint machines. Livescan machines are a critical piece and the starting point toward ensuring that all arrests are accurately booked and fingerprints are received by the criminal history repository, or CHRIS, which is housed at the Indiana State Police.  Without them, a jail will have to resort to paper prints.  As will be explained later in this grant proposal, the jails, prosecutors and courts have been working together to improve the quality, completeness and timeliness of information sent to CHRIS.  Without operable fingerprinting machines at the jails, the entire process will result in fewer records and incomplete records in CHRIS. IOCT is requesting funds to replace livescan machines in the jails. IOCT will coordinate with both the Indiana Sheriff’s Association and the Indiana State Police to procure the machines and will facilitate the training and installation at each jail location.

Iowa ($1,424,500) – The Iowa Department of Public Safety (DPS), Division of Criminal Investigation (DCI) will use funds to conduct a project with a third-party vendor to continue to improve the quality, accuracy, and completeness of the state’s Computer Criminal History (CCH) system through several initiatives.  Iowa relies on a network of livescan and cardscan devices for the timely submission of a high percentage arrest fingerprints, with the largest volume agencies using livescans. An increased number of sheriff’s offices and police departments who vary in size from small to large and who vary in number of arrests per year see the importance of digital technology in creating timely and accurate criminal history records via a livescan instead of error prone manually processed fingerprint cards at the time of a subject’s arrest. This deployment will expand upon the state’s electronic submission processes in Iowa by local law enforcement. By providing these new livescans and cardscans, Iowa will be able to avoid a regression to the manual submission of ink rolled fingerprint cards from these agencies. This replacement project will support the state’s efforts to expand upon digital workflows, limit manual entry or re-entry of data, and improve updates to records while also significantly reducing the margin for human error and increasing quality control. Iowa is seeking to continue building on efforts to increase the number of records submitted electronically. Iowa’s proposal seeks to address the priority area of improved identification and reporting of domestic violence and mental health submissions to the NICS through an overall improvement in the quality of records Iowa collects and makes available to the NICS. Iowa seeks to accomplish this goal by improving the quality, timeliness and quality of arrest and disposition data maintained in Iowa’s computerized criminal history records system.

Kansas ($1,116,629) – The Kansas Executive Office of the Governor will subgrant funds to the Kansas Bureau of Investigation to continue to enter all manually submitted case filing documents received, move forward in synchronizing criminal record databases in the state’s central repository, and actively improve record content and completeness statewide and nationally. Processing the backlog of dispositions and source documents provides additional information to NICS for firearm purchases, pre-sentence investigations, and pre-employment/licensing decisions.  This funding will include travel to attend conferences to support grant program efforts.

Louisiana ($1,028,780) – The Louisiana Commission on Law Enforcement (LCLE) will subaward funds to the Louisiana Supreme Court (LSC) to improve the completeness, accuracy, and timeliness of criminal disposition and mental health data provided by trial courts to CMIS (case management information system) for reporting to NICS, the Louisiana Computerized Criminal History (LACCH), and for sharing with the Interstate Identification Index. NCHIP funds are being requested to: 1) establish the framework for a broker data sharing model that can receive, evaluate, and forward criminal data between any of the ICJIS component systems; 2) implement and upgrade case management systems for the collection, sharing, and reporting of case filing, interim dispositions, final dispositions, conditions of bond/probation, complete sentence, and probation revocations with imposition of a new sentence so that all systems capture the critical data fields for reporting to LACCH and the NICS Indices; 3) establish secure data integration efforts and develop reporting services which provide feedback to criminal justice agencies on records which failed reporting requirements; and, 4) implement workflow products which support secure data capture, storage and exchange of court data records and images. Additionally, funds will be used to pay for management and program support personnel, who will perform coordination and monitoring activities, including programmatic and fiscal oversight. The LCLE program manager will attend grant-related conferences and conduct periodic in-person site visits with sub-grantees throughout the lifetime of the grant.

Maine ($714,178) – The Maine Department of Public Safety (DPS) will use funds for three projects. Project 1: The Continuation of the Maine State Bureau of Identification’s (SBI) National Fingerprint File (NFF) Overtime Project. Maine’s goal is to become NFF compliant.   The first stage is for Maine’s SBI to show that it is taking control of records with pseudo pointers at the FBI.  After SBI first obtains a current listing from FBI of all pseudo pointers.  A III report will be run for each record to determine differences with FBI and Maine’s fingerprint records.  If the FBI has more Maine fingerprint records then SBI, SBI needs to obtain those prints and run them in its database.  Maine then can set the “pseudo pointer” so it points to Maine only. SBI staff will be running Federal record checks, updating Maine’s computerized records to make sure they are accurate and up to date, and potentially scanning the files to electronic format.  Due to the amount of current work and staffing this project would need be completed on an overtime basis. Project 2: Criminal Justice Information Service (CJIS) Audit Tool. The CJIS audit solution is specifically designed to help State and Federal agencies effectively meet the CJIS audit requirements by using technology to reduce travel time and streamline the audit workflow. This is an effective tool for performing CJIS audits, technical security audits, and non­criminal justice agency audits. It allows State and Federal agencies to design their own audit surveys and easily create compliance reports. Maine is requesting funds to contract with Peak Performance Solutions who will support Maine’s CJIS audits and provide documentation storage for one year. Project 3: Travel and Training. Maine is looking to the future by focusing on the transfer of institutional knowledge. Grant funds will also be used to allow Maine’s SBI to send staff to the Compact Council, SEARCH, and CJIS APB conference trainings. Project 4: The Purchase and Activation of Handheld Biometric Devices. SBI plans to purchase 100 Ident 2.0 handheld biometric devices from Idemia to enhance Maine’s ability to capture fingerprints on the road and in other situations where the conventional taking of fingerprints is not possible.  The devices will be used to identify suspects in “real-time.”  Law enforcement agencies are able to use Ident 2.0 to easily capture and submit fingerprints for search to one or many criminal databases.  The devices will be used by Maine’s State Police troopers.

Massachusetts ($2,600,000) – The Massachusetts Executive Office of Public Safety and Security (EOPSS) in partnership with Department of Criminal Justice Information Services (DCJIS) will use funds to conduct projects to improve disposition matching in the Commonwealth and CJIS web modernization. Improving Disposition Matching in the Commonwealth is a strategic initiative aimed at improving Massachusetts' criminal history information and disposition reporting by improving data quality, computer systems, business processes, auditing, training, and will address staffing shortages. According to the Survey of State Criminal History Information Systems (SSCHIS) in 2020, Massachusetts reported a 10-year average of 17% of all arrests with a final disposition.  It is imperative that Massachusetts improve the dispositions included in the Massachusetts State Police Criminal History (CHRI), ONEIII, the system that provides fingerprint supported information to the FBI for criminal justice and non-criminal justice agencies. DCJS plans to address resource constraints and process deficiencies by hiring temporary staff within the criminal history section of the State Police’s State Identification Section.  The temporary staff will work to educate, document, and inform criminal justice agencies about the importance of accurate, complete, and timely information, as well as improve the Massachusetts disposition rate by reviewing the unmatched queue, reporting issues to the courts and law enforcement agencies, and work to improve the match rate of reported dispositions within Criminal Justice systems. This project will enhance data interfaces and data exchanges between computer systems to improve automated synchronization of disposition records. By optimizing and automating the flow of information and effective use of the OBTN (Arrest Tracking Number in Massachusetts) generated by the records management system at the arresting agency and included on live scan fingerprint submissions to the state Automated Fingerprint Identification System and sent to the Courts by the Electronic Application for Criminal Complaint system, this project will promote and enforce information sharing standards from arrest to disposition.  Expected outcomes include improved data quality and disposition matching, facilitated interoperability across different criminal justice systems, reduced errors, and will provide a comprehensive, integrated approach to data management to improve dispositions recorded in One III. The CJISWeb Modernization project aims to revitalize the Department of Criminal Justice Information Systems' (DCJIS) existing CJISWeb platform, a critical resource for Massachusetts law enforcement, prosecutors, and courts, thus created to protect public safety and national security enforcement agencies and their federal partners.

Minnesota ($1,845,840) – The Minnesota Department of Public Safety will use funds to help further Minnesota’s commitment to provide complete and accurate criminal history records for use by both criminal and non-criminal justice partners. Project 1: Criminal History System (CHS) and Records Improvement Project. Funds will be used to continue the activities to upgrade the CHS by 1) providing CHS development team support services; 2) providing software development services to redesign and update portions of the CHS to increase its long-term supportability; 3) identifying and recommending improved business processes and/or technical improvements for the CHS and MNJIS partners; and, 4) improving the completeness and accuracy of juvenile criminal history records.  Project 2: NCIC Data Quality Project. Support positions to maintain and enter wanted persons records and update protection orders. Project 3: Livescan Replacement Project. The state currently receives 99% of its criminal submissions electronically using livescans.  Failure of these devices presents a substantial risk to sustaining complete and timely criminal history data for Minnesota, NGI, III and the NICS Indices program. Funds will be used to purchase and replace 30 livescan devices and to support the position of a manager to ensure successful implementation of the livescans.

Missouri ($1,085,257) – The Missouri State Highway Patrol (MSHP) will use funds for several of projects: 1) Criminal History Overtime. MSHP intends to continue criminal history overtime to current personnel to research missing dispositions and update expungement dispositions as a result of the recent passage of Constitutional Amendment XIV related to marijuana offenses and the vacate of sentence. 2) Criminal History Records System and the Missouri Automated Criminal History System replacements. The Criminal Justice Information System (CJIS) seeks to continue its partnership with a state contracted vendor to build a Criminal History Record System and the Missouri Automated Criminal History System (MACHS) to include the associated interfaces. 3) Livescan Security. Enhancements will ensure livescans remain compliant with the CJIS Security Policy and address a recent FBI/NGI security audit recommendation for the Patrol to implement additional livescan end user authentication to strengthen security requirements associated with the collection of criminal justice information.  4) IAI Certification Tenprint Training. Requesting funding for two examiners to complete their IAI Certification training and testing and start a third person on their certification training. 5) Compact Council Meeting Attendance. Funds are being requested to send two additional staff to the Compact Council meeting. 6) MSHP Criminal History Records Cross Match State and National Death File.  The Central Repository holds approximately 2,000,000 million unique records with at least one criminal arrest.  Conducting cross matching will assist in disposition reporting rates and direct efforts related to pseudo pointer records.

Montana ($1,123,798) – The Montana Board of Crime Control (MBCC) will use funds to improve criminal history data systems and exchanges. The project seeks to improve Montana’s criminal record information for availability to national investigative service providers. Funds will be transferred to the Montana Department of Justice for updating replacing livescan devices pursuant to Title 5. MBCC also plans to enhance mugshot capture and transfer to display an individual’s identity history summary.  The third Montana project will involve reducing the backlog of dispositions. The last project will be a collaborative project with the Montana legislative initiative to achieve the data linkages for a shared data warehouse. The MBCC's piece of this project will be to assure the foundational data from local law enforcement is accurate, and accessible to provide the highest quality data upstream.  The NCHIP support for this project will be to assist with funding a data management support staff person for MBCC, and to obtain two software applications; one to assist with the synchronization of records received in the data warehouse from disparate data systems across the Montana criminal justice system, and the other to assist in the cataloging of data fields and components in those records.

Nebraska ($2,800,000) – The Nebraska State Patrol (NSP) will use funds to further enhance the Patrol Criminal History (PCH) to continue to improve the quality, accuracy, and completeness of Nebraska’s criminal history information. The PCH Applications Developer is integral to the planning, development, and implementation of ongoing maintenance of this system. NSP will contract with Mission Critical Partners (MCP), a premier independent management consulting firm that addresses the strategy and technology challenges facing government agencies, to assist the NSP with the implementation of a cloud-based Law Enforcement Message Switch via vendor, Datamaxx Group. Additionally, the NSP will contract with Idemia to upgrade the AFIS system to Multi-Biometric Identification Solution (MBIS) 5 software. In addition, funds are being requested to continue funding two AFIS Forensic Technicians to process fingerprint cards and train law enforcement agency partners while assisting with crucial cleanup projects to address discrepancies and inconsistencies between the Nebraska AFIS database, the PCH, and the FBI. Funds will be used to continue the Quality Assurance Improvement Program (QAIP) staff to assess each of Nebraska’s 93 counties, resulting in more cohesive procedures to increase the timeliness, accuracy, and completeness of criminal history records. Additionally, funds will be used for the modernization of the statewide court system, JUSTICE, in conjunction with the Administrative Office of the Courts and NIC Nebraska. The continued funding of the PCH/JUSTICE Coordinator position is crucial in driving this project forward and the continued development of the interface between JUSTICE and PCH to improve criminal history information. NSP is also seeking funds for NSP management to attend the SEARCH, Compact Council, and NIAI meetings to ensure the agency stays proactive in knowing the latest changes in criminal records systems, federal laws, and compliance regulations and standards. Lastly, funds will also be used to contract with SEARCH Group, Inc. to develop a data program that will allow the NSP to evaluate and assess the completeness, accuracy, consistency, and reliability of criminal history records through dashboards and other monitoring solutions.

Nevada ($665,635) – The Nevada Department of Public Safety (NV DPS) will use funds to support permanent staff to continue to work overtime to analyze the FBI correlation file against the state criminal history information. Due to the limitations of daily workloads of current permanent staff and the complexity of record errors, the NV DPS Records Bureau believes that this should only be handled by experienced permanent staff rather than hiring temporary staff.  Additionally, NV DPS requests funds to support an additional Records Bureau employee to attend Compact Council, SEARCH, Advisory Policy Board Western Working Group, NV Sheriffs and Chiefs and the Western Identification Network membership meetings. Attendance at these meetings would allow for partnerships in facilitating the sharing of complete, accurate, and timely criminal history record information to enhance public safety. Lastly, NV DPS seeks funds to replace end of life software on 26 Livescan machines that were purchased through funding from the 2014 and 2015 NCHIP grants.  Livescans housed in criminal booking facilities, correctional intake facilities and offender supervision facilities around the state have been identified as operating on unsupported operating systems, Windows 10, in which the software is not compatible to be upgraded to Windows 11 to meet minimum security requirements.  Funds will also be used to purchase two new livescan machines to place in two additional Nevada Department of Corrections prisons to facilitate the submission of intake and outtake prints to the Records Bureau.     

New Hampshire ($2,596,485) – The New Hampshire Department of Justice (NHDOJ) is collaborating with the New Hampshire State Police’s Justice Information Bureau (JIB)  to continue improvement of their technology, such as the NH State Police Online Telecommunication System (SPOTS), to better collect and share secure information, such as criminal histories and related data, so that local, state, and federal law enforcement entities can have timely and accurate information to aid their abilities to conclude informed decisions. NHDOJ will use funds to: 1) reduce the criminal records ink fingerprint card backlog; 2) expand access to the State Messaging Platform (SMP) for local law enforcement; 3) replace and implement livescan machines; and, 4) conduct audits.

New Mexico ($2,224,200) – The New Mexico Department of Public Safety, together with the City of Albuquerque, the Albuquerque Police Department (APD), and the Albuquerque City Clerk's Office will use funds for a dual initiative composed of a paper records digitization project in addition to an AFIS software platform upgrade.  The AFIS upgrade will improve state and local access to critical data; will increase state and local record keeping accuracy; and will improve the accuracy, utility, and interstate accessibility of criminal history and related records in support of national record systems and their use for name- and fingerprint-based criminal history background checks. The records scanning work of the 2024 NCHIP Records Digitization and Software Upgrade project will include digitization of all paper records of living persons that were recorded manually prior to APD’s implementation of digital fingerprint scanning in March 2006. These paper records are composed of roughly 400,000 fingerprint cards, mug shots, and other paper items. The original APD AFIS software platform was created in 2006.  Since that time, significant technological innovations have occurred within the software design field to speed response times and improve general processing of data. After implementation of the AFIS software platform upgrade, APD will gain the capacity to submit an increased amount of data to state and national databases and will be able to access previously inaccessible information while running firearm background checks.

New York ($846,632) – The New York State Division of Criminal Justice Services (DCJS) will continue their livescan equipment purchasing project to support local law enforcement agencies throughout New York State during unexpected events. These unexpected events disrupt fingerprint transmissions to the State and Federal repositories for reasons that are outside the control of the contributors. Often, the contributors either stop fingerprinting, or fall back on ink-and-roll printing on hard cards that need to be mailed and processed manually by the State Identification Bureau. To prevent this, DCJS is requesting funding to secure mobile tablets that may be configured and deployed to agencies for such disaster events. This proposal also includes additional Statewide Automated Biometric Identification Systems (SABIS) workstations for the purposes of improved maintenance and synchronization of fingerprints between NY and the Next Generation Identification System (NGI). Currently, DCJS Identification examiners share access to SABIS workstations. This restriction limits the time available to examiners to perform identification tasks that result in record updates.

Ohio ($1,654,307) – The Ohio Attorney General’s Bureau of Criminal Investigation (BCI) will use funds to improve the reporting of dispositions and reporting to NICS of persons who are prohibited from possessing firearms for reasons related to mental health. Only 55% of arrests entered into Ohio’s criminal records system have a final disposition on file. The large volume of paper criminal records submitted to BCI renders those records inaccessible in state and federal background checks. With previous NCHIP funding, BCI hired eight full-time employees tasked exclusively with converting paper records into digital records. Funding for these positions will expire at the end of December 2024. Budget constraints amongst local agencies have also made it difficult to fund staff charged with updating missing records. BCI is requesting funding to purchase at least 30 live scans for local courts throughout the state to decrease the number of electronically submitted dispositions that have been rejected because no arrest/fingerprint record was associated with the incident; to provide sub-grant awards to local courts for disposition recovery; and to continue to compensate eight employees tasked with the continued conversion of paper criminal files and criminal arrest fingerprint cards into electronic format.

Oklahoma ($2,774,571) – The Oklahoma District Attorneys Council will subaward funds to the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigations (OSBI) and the Oklahoma District Attorneys Council I.T. Department (DAC IT). With grant funds, Oklahoma plans to enhance the state's criminal justice system by purchasing livescan devices for one county jail authority and seven local police departments. Additionally, the Oklahoma Attorney General (OAG) will acquire new cloud-based legal case management system software, and the OSBI will establish a temporary record research and imaging unit. Primary activities include purchasing livescan devices for enhanced fingerprint recording and submission to OSBI and federal repositories; developing and implementing a case management system for the OAG; and conducting research by OSBI to identify and convert missing and manual records into electronic formats. The DAC IT is updating cabling in the main office server room. Expected outcomes of the grant involve improving the quality, accuracy, and accessibility of fingerprint records submitted to OSBI and federal repositories; protecting and making older criminal history records accessible in electronic format; and facilitating secure, automated data sharing with external state and federal agencies such as OSBI and the FBI. This will streamline inter-agency collaboration and ensure timely and protected access to critical information.

Oregon ($39,530) – The Oregon State Police (OSP) plans to use grant funds to host a Criminal Justice Information Systems (CJIS) informational conference in 2025 and 2026 for applicable OSP employees, as well as partner agencies that have roles that interface with Oregon’s criminal history repository. The CJIS informational conference promotes information-sharing throughout the state.  This conference is an opportunity for Oregon criminal justice, non-criminal justice, and regulatory agencies to come together to network and receive the best possible in-person training using the latest tools and techniques for their career disciplines. It is anticipated the Oregon State Police in coordination with federal agencies, would provide three days of training with content that includes possible topics such as: CJIS audit, CJIS terminal agency coordinator, validations, uniform crime reporting, information security officer, computerized criminal history, rap back, federal compliance information and updates, among other topics. The training would be provided by OSP training and management personnel, and OSP would seek participation from other organizations such as the FBI, National Law Enforcement Telecommunications System, Microsoft, and others.

Rhode Island ($667,596) – The Rhode Island Department of Public Safety, Public Safety Grant Administration Office (PSGAO) serves as the State Administering Agency for grant programs and initiatives from the U.S. Department of Justice.  For the last two years, the PSGAO has been working to increase capacity and better engage with stakeholders across the entire spectrum of criminal justice activities in the state of Rhode Island. These efforts have resulted in better coordination with all program partners and raised awareness of the availability NCHIP funding for eligible entities that have not participated in the program in the recent past. The Department of Public Safety will use funds to support the following projects for Rhode Island State Police’s (RISP) Technical Services area: 1) purchase, configure and install new RILETS Core Redundant Network Switches and new network switch devices at Lincoln Barracks, the state data center, and the headquarters gaming unit; 2) purchase a software product, provided by Peak Performance, designed for in-state audits; and, 3) upgrade the existing RISP facilities Access Control Systems. Rhode Island Judiciary will perform data entry work to update final court dispositions. The Supreme Court will conduct twelve (16) overtime sessions and the District Court will conduct six (6) overtime sessions.  The Rhode Island Judiciary will also conduct additional overtime sessions to sync the data in the system that manages the tracking of no-contact orders statewide (RONCO/BCI) with the Judiciary’s internal case management system (Odyssey). Several local police departments will purchase and replace their end-of-life livescan fingerprinting device. PSGAO will retain a portion of the award to conduct program coordination and grant management activities.

South Carolina ($2,340,000) – The South Carolina Law Enforcement Division (SLED) will use funds for several projects to support current projects and address gaps in reporting criminal history information. As part of SLED’s Criminal History Improvement plan, an upgrade to the AFIS is an integral part of SLED’s ongoing CCH redevelopment. 2023 NCHIP granted funding for the first two years of the AFIS implementation, and this proposal will request continued financing of the South Carolina AFIS implementation, an IDEMIA cloud-hosted solution, by spreading the cost of the system over seven (7) years, with service model pricing, which is a new business model for IDEMIA. Some of the highlighted new features will be a secure government cloud environment, technical support of new features and algorithms, a cohesive multi-biometric system to include Iris capture, increased database capacity for future growth, and adding Disaster Recovery (DR) in the cloud. SLED requests continued NCHIP funding for the vendor contract to scan Master fingerprint cards for submission to the AFIS. SLED has received funding for a multi-year project to scan fingerprint cards not previously added to the AFIS repository and fund personnel to manage and coordinate this endeavor.  This project will allow SLED to have a more complete electronic database that will be searchable in both the AFIS and III. More importantly, this will allow SLED to ensure all cards, and therefore charges, are automated. As cards are automated, IFFS flags will be checked at the FBI to ensure they are set correctly. This will have national ramifications, as it will ensure that those prohibited from possessing a firearm are flagged appropriately, allowing for an immediate denial for FBI NICS. Cards with sexual assault-related charges will be sent to the Sex Offender Registry Unit at SLED to ensure they have been registered. This will assist nationally by ensuring those individuals with sexual assault-related crimes/charges have been registered, increasing citizen safety throughout the state and nation. SLED requests to maintain the two (2) administrative personnel funded under NCHIP to assist with the Hard Card Conversion project. They are responsible for preparing the fingerprint cards for submission to the vendor, descriptive logging of the submission, researching any errors, and auditing the cards for accuracy upon return from the vendor. LED would like to work with SEARCH to develop a CCH Data Quality Dashboard and Performance Management tool. Additionally, SEARCH could assist SLED in determining any new data elements the state could capture and the various data sources. Grant funds will be used to provide new training opportunities for the CJIS Division to maintain and advance the criminal justice and public safety information services mission.

South Dakota ($580,437) – The South Dakota Division of Criminal Investigation (DCI) will use funds for several projects. DCI requests funds to continue to support two FTE positions for processing increasing criminal arrests and civil background check requests. These two FTEs are responsible for handling this increase, while also dealing with an increase in workload as it pertains to collecting and reporting NICS information from local and mental health boards. These employees are vital to SD DCI’s mission and continued success. Funds are also requested to continue the multi-year, phased effort to replace all the active livescans in the state. The state currently has 47 active livescans.  Many of these livescans have been updated throughout the past six years using NCHIP funds.  SD DCI has been continuing its efforts of a phased approach to replace all outdated livescans throughout the state, while also providing livescans to new locations that have previously not had the capabilities to submit fingerprints electronically. DCI is requesting funds to provide several designated local law enforcement agencies with upgraded livescan equipment. In addition to the livescan equipment, DCI is seeking to purchase ten Laserfiche licenses for ID staff members.  This software is used for document management and fingerprint card requests/orders from state agencies. Grant funds are requested for support to meet FBI requirements to audit civil agencies every three years by contracting with a third-party audit team to implement the audit to these civil agencies. This auditing process and procedure provided by Diverse Computing will effectively implement policies, practices, and systems for customers who are periodically validated against CJIS policy. DCI is asking for the implementation of user improvements to the state’s current AFIS system that would improve staff’s workload and time management when processing criminal arrest, law enforcement and civil backgrounds. DCI is also asking for funding to cover the registration fees for 3 staff members to attend the IDEMIA (AFIS) Justice and Public Safety Users Conference. 

Tennessee ($2,192,849) – The Tennessee Department of Finance and Administration will subaward funds to the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation (TBI) for the following activities: 1) continue to take “ownership” of criminal history records originated at the federal level by transitioning records to the state’s repository, removing duplication of and reconciling missing data including dispositions, and mitigating file transfer challenges from the FBI to TBI.; 2) continue the computerized criminal history (CCH) record completion project and improve capacity to connect dispositions and expungements to criminal history records; 3) contract with vendor, Screen ID, to locate dispositions for violent or domestic related arrests and enter them into the CCH; 4) identify missing arrest data associated with available dispositions from a former error file (2005 – 2015) and assist in entering historical data into the CCH; and 5) collaborate with courts in at least 2 counties and other stakeholders (jails, etc.) in the inventory, review, and digitizing of bound or boxed paper records for entry into the CCH and for historical records for the courts. All the project activities proposed in this application support the goal of improving the quality, completeness, and timeliness of criminal history record availability to NICS - including synchronizing records between the state and FBI, improving the automation of databases, and supporting expungements.

Vermont ($134,774) – The Vermont Crime Information Center serves as the state repository for criminal justice information and will use funds to support the following projects: completeness of criminal history records from arrest to disposition, reducing any backlog of disposition data, and improving the nature of biometric data submitted to state and federal systems. The primary avenue for completing the disposition related portions of the application will be leveraging of skilled staff members to maintain and advance the completeness and availability of information. Similarly, the NICS-related research and NFF record conversion projects will also be undertaken primarily by experienced staff working on an established project plan.  Equipment-based solutions will be purchased and managed by departmental staff according to existing inventory control and technical specifications. While each distinct project carries a unique anticipated outcome or deliverable, they also universally deliver more accurate, complete, and timely criminal justice information to local, state, and federal law enforcement agencies and officers, enhancing the overall safety of the public and law enforcement professionals nationwide.

Virginia ($1,718,983) – The Virginia State Police (VSP) will use funds to conduct three projects. Project 1 – VSP plans to develop and implement needed enhancements to the Criminal and Rap Back Information System (CRIS), which will be implemented by July 2025 with basic functionality. The improvements to the Orphan Disposition File (ODF) within CRIS will allow VSP to decommission an older, complex program that lacks opportunities to simplify processing or make improvements. The enhancements to the Multi-modal Biometrics System (MBIS) integration with the CRIS will allow VSP to build an infrastructure where documents are easily searchable and viewed within one platform across multiple systems using Hyland’s Alfresco content services platform. Project 2 – Grant funds are requested to hire one support employee to perform the duties and responsibilities associated with determining lawful possession of firearms and the issuance of nonresident concealed handgun permits. The position will emphasize analyzing criminal history records and subsequent research in compliance with state and federal firearms laws. Project 3 - The Supreme Court of Virginia, Office of the Executive Secretary, requests funding to redesign the annual expungement of juvenile court records in the Juvenile and Domestic Relations courts due to the many issues surrounding the current process that is over twenty-five years old and fails to identify all cases eligible for expungement. This project will eliminate or streamline many manual processes by converting the current batch program to a Java-based application and developing interactive online reports.

Washington ($1,886,938) – The Washington State Patrol (WSP) will use funds for activities that improve the availability of complete and accurate criminal records. In addition, WSP requests funds to improve the capability of local jurisdictions to submit fingerprints electronically to the state and ultimately to the FBI systems. Specifically the goals are to: 1) contract the services of vendor, Screen ID, to research missing dispositions and staff to enter the dispositions as well as to provide guidance and recommendations to local agencies in improving CHRI accuracy and completeness; 2) purchase livescan equipment and accessories for five local jurisdictions to  capture fingerprints and arrest information for submission to WSP and to the FBI; 3) use overtime for one FTE at the Napavine Police Department to take fingerprints of arrestees for forwarding to the WSP and the FBI;  4) research case dispositions in the City of Spokane County Prosecutor’s Office and Tukwila Police Department for accuracy and completeness and to reduce the backlog of missing dispositions and ensure submission to WSP and the FBI, and 5) increase the number of missing pistol records uploaded to the criminal records systems and other related systems in King County. The outcomes anticipated are complete and accurate criminal records at both the state and national levels and better capability to submit information such as fingerprints and palm prints to state and national records systems.

Wyoming ($366,000) – The Wyoming Office of the Attorney General will use funds to conduct a project that will protect the integrity of Wyoming’s criminal history database by ensuring that accurate records are being submitted and by making records more readily available to state and national databases.  The Wyoming Division of Criminal Investigation’s (DCI) Criminal Justice Information Services (CJIS) acts as the criminal record repository for the State of Wyoming. Through this role, DCI periodically assists local agencies with updating technology. Specifically, funds are requested to purchase livescan devices for two sheriff’s offices (Sweetwater and Johnson Counties) and five Department of Corrections (DOC) facilities (located in Rawlins, Torrington, Lusk, Riverton, and Newcastle). The current machines are no longer supported due to outdated software and old age. This project also includes the creation of a system integration interface allowing the automatic population of disposition information to the corresponding arrest in CCH. This interface between DCI’s CCH system and the WSC’s ODW will alleviate the need for manual entry. This disposition data will then be accessible for criminal history record inquiries at the state and national levels. This will drastically reduce the time it takes for disposition data to be available for those inquiries.

Alabama
Robin Douglass
Alabama State Law Enforcement Agency
301 S. Ripley Street
P.O. Box 1511
Montgomery, Alabama 3610
(334) 353-1888
E-mail: [email protected]

Alaska
Rebecca Wilson
Alaska Department of Public Safety
5700 East Tudor Road
Anchorage, Alaska 99507
(907) 269-5083
E-mail: [email protected]

American Samoa
Vaopunimatagi Reed-Vele
American Samoa Criminal Justice Planning Agency
Executive Office Building, 
Pago Pago, American Samoa
E-mail: [email protected]

Arizona
Lloyd Asato
Program Manager
Arizona Criminal Justice Commission
1110 W. Washington, Suite 230
Phoenix, Arizona 85007
(602) 364-1152
E-mail: [email protected]

Arkansas
Bliss Boever
Arkansas Department of Public Safety
322 Main Street
Suite 615
Little Rock, Arkansas 72201
(501) 682-7440
E-mail: [email protected]

California
Ed Galben, Staff Services Manager I
California Department of Justice, California Justice Information Services
4949 Broadway
Sacramento, California 95820
(916) 210-2462
E-mail: [email protected] 

Colorado
Amy Miller
Department of Public Safety
700 Kipling Street
Denver, Colorado 80215
(303) 239-5717
E-mail: [email protected]

Connecticut
Valina Carpenter
Connecticut Office of Policy and Management
450 Capitol Avenue
Hartford, Connecticut 06109
(860) 418-6443
E-mail: [email protected]

Delaware
Lisa Voss
Department of Safety and Homeland Security
Delaware State Police
PO Box 430
Dover, Delaware 19903
(302) 382-5626
E-mail: [email protected]

District of Columbia
Robin Brabham
Government of District of Columbia
300 Indiana Avenue, N.W.
Room 6029
Washington DC 20001
(202) 727-3254
E-mail: [email protected]

Florida
Crystal Montgomery
Florida Department of Law Enforcement
Office of Criminal Justice Grants
2331 Phillips Road
Tallahassee, Florida 32308
(850) 617-1250
E-mail: [email protected]

Georgia
Rhonda Westbrook
Georgia Bureau of Investigation
3121 Panthersville Road
Decatur, Georgia 30034
(404) 244-2601
E-mail: [email protected]

Guam
Erica Dela Rosa
Superior Court of Guam
120 West O’Brien Drive
Hagatna, Guam 96910
(671) 475-3270
E-mail: [email protected]

Hawaii
Susan Yonemura
Hawaii Criminal Justice Data Center
Attorney General
465 South King Street, Room 102
Honolulu, Hawaii 96813
(808) 587-3100
E-mail: [email protected]

Idaho
Leila McNeill
Bureau of Criminal Identification
Idaho State Police
700 S. Stratford Drive
Meridian, ID 83642
(208) 884-7133 
E-mail: [email protected]

Illinois
Greg Stevens
Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority
Federal and State Grant Unit
300 West Adams Street, Suite 200
Chicago, Illinois 60606
(312) 793-0890
E-mail: [email protected]

Indiana
Leann Jaggers
Judiciary Courts of Indiana
101 W. Washington Street
Suite 1170 East Tower
Indianapolis, Indiana 46204
(317) 234-3324
E-mail: [email protected]

Iowa
Scott E. Lamp
Iowa Department of Public Safety
Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation
215 East 7th Street
Des Moines, Iowa 50319
(515) 725-6025
E-mail: [email protected]

Kansas
Jill Stewart
Executive Office of the State of Kansan
Office of the Governor
900 SW Jackson Street, Room 304 North
Topeka, Kansas 66612
(785) 291-3205
E-mail: [email protected]

Kentucky
Elzie Burgher
Kentucky Justice and Public Safety Cabinet
125 Holmes Street
Frankfort, Kentucky 40601
(502) 564-8257
E-mail: [email protected]

Louisiana
Brittany Onezine
Louisiana Commission on Law Enforcement
& Administration of Criminal Justice
P.O. Box 3133 (602 N 5th St., Baton Rouge, LA 70802)
Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70821
(225) 342-1500
E-mail: [email protected]

Maine
Starla R. Doval
Maine Department of Public Safety
Maine State Police
45 Commerce Drive, Suite One
State House Station 104
Augusta, Maine 04333
(207) 626-3831
E-mail: [email protected]

Maryland
Denise Wells
Maryland Department of Public Safety & Correctional Services
300 E. Joppa Road, Suite 1000
Baltimore, Maryland 21286
(443) 677-8258
E-mail: [email protected]

Massachusetts
James Houghton
Massachusetts Executive Office of Public Safety and Security
Office of Grants and Research
Ten Park Plaza, Suite 3720
Boston, Massachusetts 02116
(617) 725-3363
E-mail: [email protected]

Michigan
Christina Larsen 
Michigan State Police
7150 Harris Drive
Dimondale, Michigan 48821
(517) 284-3082
E-mail: [email protected]

Minnesota
Sue Birkholz-Maniak
Minnesota Department of Public Safety
1430 Maryland Avenue East
St. Paul, Minnesota 55106
(651) 793-2606
E-mail: [email protected]

Mississippi
Kim Proctor
Mississippi Department of Public Safety
1900 East Woodrow Wilson
P.O. Box 958
Jackson, Mississippi 39205
(601) 987-1408
E-mail: [email protected] 

Missouri
Holly Haarmann
Attn: Sandy Walters, Federal Grants Accountant
Criminal Justice Information Services Division
Missouri State Highway Patrol
1510 E Elm St.
P.O. Box 568
Jefferson City, Missouri 65101
(573) 526-7123
E-mail: [email protected]

Montana
Autumn Frey
Montana Department of Corrections
Crime Control Bureau
5 South Last Chance Gulch
P.O. Box 201408
Helena, Montana 59620
(406) 444-4298
E-mail: [email protected]

Nebraska
Teri Mattran
Nebraska State Patrol
Crime Laboratory
Box 94907 (1600 Nebraska Highway 2, 68502)
Lincoln, Nebraska 68509
(402) 479-3537
E-mail: [email protected]

Nevada
Becky Gray 
Nevada Department of Public Safety
Office of Criminal Justice Assistance
State of Nevada
555 Wright Way
Carson City, Nevada 89701
(775) 687-1502 
E-mail: [email protected]

New Hampshire
Travis Teeboom
New Hampshire Department of Justice
1 Grant Place, South
Concord, NH 03301
(603) 271-8473
E-mail: [email protected]

New Jersey
Valorie Landsky
State of New Jersey
Department of Law & Public Safety
25 Market Street
P.O. Box 081
Trenton, New Jersey 08625
(609) 376-2239
E-mail: [email protected]

New Mexico
New Mexico Department of Public Safety
State Government
PO Box 1628
Santa Fe, New Mexico 87504
(505) 827-9029
E-mail: [email protected]

New York
Joseph Lostritto, Program Manager
New York State Division of Criminal Justice Services
80 S. Swan Street
Albany, New York 12210
(518) 485-7662
E-mail: [email protected]

North Carolina
Navin Puri
State of North Carolina Department of Public Safety
512 North Salisbury Street
Raleigh, North Carolina 27604
(919) 733-4564
E-mail: [email protected]

North Dakota
Mary Morrell, Grants & Contracts Officer
North Dakota Office of Attorney General
600 East Boulevard Avenue, Dept 125
Finance & Administration Division
Bismarck, North Dakota 58505
(701) 328-5507
E-mail: [email protected] 

Ohio
Laura Garcia
Ohio Office of Criminal Justice Services
Policy and Research
1970 West Broad St.
Columbus, Ohio 43218
(614) 728-8740
E-mail: [email protected]

Oklahoma
Robert Harmon
Oklahoma Attorney General
Federal Grants Division
421 N.W. 13th Suite 290
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73103
(405) 264-5008
E-mail: [email protected]

Oregon
Karen Green
Oregon Department of State Police
3565 Trelstad Avenue, SE
Salem, Oregon 97317
(503) 934-0994
E-mail: [email protected]

Pennsylvania
Jacqueline Weaknecht
Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and Delinquency
OCJSI
3101 North Front Street
P.O. Box 1167
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania 17108
(717) 265-8498
E-mail: [email protected]

Rhode Island
Gina Simeone
Supervisor of Management Services
RI Department of Public Safety
Grant Administration Office
311 Danielson Pike
North Scituate, RI  02857
Tel: 401.764.5103
Fax: 401.764.5834
E-mail: [email protected]

South Carolina
Sharon Little
South Carolina Law Enforcement Division
SLED Grants Administration
P.O. Box 21398
Columbia, South Carolina 29221
(803) 896-7169
E-mail: [email protected]

South Dakota
LaDonna Holm
South Dakota Office of Attorney General
George S. Mickelson Criminal Justice Center
1302 East Highway 14, Suite 5
Pierre, South Dakota 57501
(605) 773-3331
E-mail: [email protected]

Tennessee
Nathan Ward
Tennessee Department of Finance and Administration
Finance and Administration
Office of Criminal Justice Programs
312 Rosa L. Parks Ave, Suite 1800
Nashville, Tennessee 37243
(615) 253-1953
E-mail: [email protected]

Texas
Robin Sheehan
Texas Department of Public Safety
Crime Records Service
5805 North Lamar Blvd
Austin, Texas 78752
(512) 424-2427
E-mail: [email protected]

Utah
Angelo Perillo
Utah Commission on Criminal & Juvenile Justice (CCJJ)
Governor’s Office
Utah State Capitol Complex
Senate Building, Suite E330
Salt Lake City, Utah 84114
(801) 538-1047
E-mail: [email protected]

Vermont
Bonnie MacBrien
Vermont Department of Public Safety
103 South Main Street
Waterbury, Vermont 05671
(802) 241-5458
E-mail: [email protected]

Virginia
Brian Chodrow
Grants Manager
Virginia State Police
Property and Finance Division
(804) 997-3171
(804) 512-1427 (cell)
E-mail: [email protected] 

Washington
Deborah Collinsworth
Washington State Patrol
P.O. Box 42602
Olympia, Washington 98504
(360) 596-4052
E-mail: [email protected]

Wisconsin
Christopher Henning
Wisconsin Department of Justice
17 West Main Street
Madison, Wisconsin 53703
(608) 264-9441
E-mail: [email protected]

Wyoming
Kelsey Lewis
Wyoming Office of the Attorney General
Division of Criminal Investigation
123 Capital Building
Cheyenne, Wyoming 82002
(307) 777-5783
E-mail: [email protected]

AFIS - Automated Fingerprint Identification System
CCH - Computerized Criminal History
CHRI - Criminal History Record Information 
CJIS - Criminal Justice Information System 
III - Interstate Identification Index
NCIC - National Crime Information Center
NFF - National Fingerprint File
NGI - Next Generation Identification
NIBRS - National Incident-Based Reporting System
NIEM - National Information Exchange Model
NIST - National Institute of Standards and Technology
NICS - National Instant Criminal Background Check System
NSOR - National Sex Offender Registry
XML - Extensible Markup Language