Nevada FY24 NCHIP

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 are also being requested 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.