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National Incident-Based Reporting System (NIBRS) Implementation Program

Justice Department awards $13 million to improve crime reporting nationwide

70 Year-Old Crime Reporting System Being Replaced

WASHINGTON, D.C.—The Justice Department's Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) today announced a major step toward moving the nation's crime reporting apparatus into the 21st century with the award of more than $12 million in grants to 24 states to improve their...