FBI National Crime Information Center (NCIC)
Investment ID: 011-000002502
Overview
Program Title
FBI National Crime Information Center (NCIC)
Description
The National Crime Information Center (NCIC) is a system
of documented criminal justice information available to
law enforcement and criminal justice agencies nationwide,
24 hours a day, 365 days a year. The goal of the NCIC
System is to assist law enforcement in apprehending
fugitives, locating missing persons and identifying stolen
property. This goal includes investigative intelligence
pertaining to gangs, domestic and foreign terrorist, and
individuals who pose a physical threat to law enforcement
and criminal justice personnel.
Type of Program
Major IT Investments
Multi-Agency Category
Not Applicable
Associated Websites
https://le.fbi.gov/informational-tools/ncic
Investment Detail
The NCIC System provides a timely and accurate database of criminal justice information to local, state, tribal, and federal criminal justice agencies. The information supplied by the NCIC System is critical, supporting local, state, tribal, and federal criminal justice and law enforcement agencies. This information is used for the compilation, dissemination, and exchange of time critical criminal justice and law enforcement information. The FBI is charged by Title 28, Code of Federal Regulations, Section 20, as manager of the system. Inclusive in the system is the host computer and associated equipment located at the CJIS Division's main facility in Clarksburg, WV, and the disaster recovery system located at Pocatello, ID.
The operational availability of the NCIC System for the law enforcement and criminal justice communities is vital to the CJIS Division's customer base. The safety of law enforcement personnel and the public depends upon this availability. This commitment to customer service is reflected in the CJIS Division's mission:
To equip our partners with the criminal justice information they need to protect the United States while protecting civil liberties.
The NCIC System serves criminal justice agencies in the fifty states, the District of Columbia, U.S. Territories, and Canada, as well as federal criminal justice agencies. The NCIC System is available to criminal justice agencies through established law enforcement systems. Additionally, specific foreign agencies have access to NCIC data provided through the INTERPOL United States National Central Bureau.
For local, state, tribal, and federal law enforcement who need fast access to actionable criminal justice information from outside their jurisdiction, the NCIC System provides fast, actionable, cross-jurisdictional, biographic, criminal justice information 24 hours a day 7 days a week.
The vision and purpose of the NCIC System is to provide near real-time criminal justice information to its more than 90,000 plus users. This information supports the combat against crime and loss of property, as well as the safety of officers across the nation. Through maintenance of approximately 17.5 million active records in 22 different files, the NCIC System completes on average 11 million transactions per day in less than a second. CJIS Executive Management and the NCIC Program Office monitor the transaction volumes on a daily basis.
Even with astounding statistics, modernizing the NCIC system is necessary because of the many functions used by our law enforcement partners today were originally developed back in the 1960's on 1960's technology. As time passed, many federal, state, and local partners have upgraded systems that surpass the technology provided by the NCIC System forcing those agencies to maintain old technology so they can still receive NCIC data.
The modernization solution features the use of the NIEM XML; enhancing biographic identification through a suite of modern tools and services, such as enhanced image and testing capabilities; new files, fields and codes; improved data management; maximizing the use of data through new searches.
The operational availability of the NCIC System for the law enforcement and criminal justice communities is vital to the CJIS Division's customer base. The safety of law enforcement personnel and the public depends upon this availability. This commitment to customer service is reflected in the CJIS Division's mission:
To equip our partners with the criminal justice information they need to protect the United States while protecting civil liberties.
The NCIC System serves criminal justice agencies in the fifty states, the District of Columbia, U.S. Territories, and Canada, as well as federal criminal justice agencies. The NCIC System is available to criminal justice agencies through established law enforcement systems. Additionally, specific foreign agencies have access to NCIC data provided through the INTERPOL United States National Central Bureau.
For local, state, tribal, and federal law enforcement who need fast access to actionable criminal justice information from outside their jurisdiction, the NCIC System provides fast, actionable, cross-jurisdictional, biographic, criminal justice information 24 hours a day 7 days a week.
The vision and purpose of the NCIC System is to provide near real-time criminal justice information to its more than 90,000 plus users. This information supports the combat against crime and loss of property, as well as the safety of officers across the nation. Through maintenance of approximately 17.5 million active records in 22 different files, the NCIC System completes on average 11 million transactions per day in less than a second. CJIS Executive Management and the NCIC Program Office monitor the transaction volumes on a daily basis.
Even with astounding statistics, modernizing the NCIC system is necessary because of the many functions used by our law enforcement partners today were originally developed back in the 1960's on 1960's technology. As time passed, many federal, state, and local partners have upgraded systems that surpass the technology provided by the NCIC System forcing those agencies to maintain old technology so they can still receive NCIC data.
The modernization solution features the use of the NIEM XML; enhancing biographic identification through a suite of modern tools and services, such as enhanced image and testing capabilities; new files, fields and codes; improved data management; maximizing the use of data through new searches.