Criminal Justice Information Services Division
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The Criminal Justice Information Services Division (CJIS) is a division of the United States Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). A computerized criminal justice information system that is a counterpart of FBI’s National Crime Information Center (NCIC) in Washington, and is maintained by Department of Justice (DOJ) in each state. It is available to authorized local, state, and federal law enforcement and criminal justice agencies via any of the three law enforcement communication systems – National Law Enforcement Telecommunications System (NLETS), the California Law Enforcement Telecommunications System (CLETS), and the International Law Enforcement Telecommunications System (INLETS). Usually CJIS offers a much wider range of information nationwide and more precise inquiry search parameters than NCIC. CJIS consists of several databases and one subsystem, and its retrieval and update capabilities are online.
[edit] Major California CJIS Databases
- Stolen Vehicle System (SVS)
- Automated Boat System (ABS)
- Automated Property/Stolen Bicycle System (APS)
- Automated Firearms System (AFS)
- Wanted Persons System (WPS)
- Missing/Unidentified Persons System (MUPS)
- Automated Criminal Intelligence Index/Western States Information Network (WSIN)
- Adult Criminal Justice Statistical System (ACJSS)
DOJ/FBI/CJIS is the largest division of the Federal Bureau of Investigation and is located in a half million square foot main facility on a 986-acre tract North of Clarksburg, West Virginia. Strangely it is NOT named after Senator Robert Byrd. Computer systems located at this site include the National Crime Information Center (NCIC), Integrated Automated Fingerprint Identification System (IAFIS), Law Enforcement Online (LEO), National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS), and the Uniform Crime Reporting Program/National Incident-Based Reporting System (UCR/NIBRS). Most systems are hosted on HP Superdome computers.
The CJIS Mission: Reduce terrorist and criminal activities by maximizing the ability to provide timely and relevant criminal justice information to the FBI and to qualified law enforcement, criminal justice, civilian, academic, employment, and licensing agencies concerning individuals, stolen property, criminal organizations and activities, and other law enforcement related data.
[edit] Subsystems
California Automated Criminal History System (ACHS) is a subsystem of California CJIS. ACHS consists of several databases and indices. The master database of ACHS contains comprehensive information on persons within the state of California who have been arrested and fingerprinted for major crimes. It also includes the nature of the crime and the disposition of the case, including details as to the name of the penal institution, if the person was convicted and the status of the person’s probation or parole.
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