Indiana FY24 NCHIP

The Indiana Judiciary Courts requests 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have not been able to obtain the necessary funding from their local county authorities to upgrade or replace their outdated fingerprint machines.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.