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The FBI CJIS Division offers services to enhance criminal investigation and intelligence operations. CJIS services contain a vast amount of data that can help identify subjects, discover information, locate persons, and provide information for domain awareness. The services that will be discussed has and continues to assist with many investigations with convictions and arrests. The following FBI CJIS Division programs will be discussed: the National Crime Information Center (NCIC), the Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program, the Officer Safety Awareness Training (OSAT), the National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS), the National Threat Operations Section (NTOS), National Data Exchange (N-DEx), and the Law Enforcement Enterprise Portal (LEEP). The 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.? Overall, the NCIC systems contains 22 files.? One specific file, the Violent Person File (VPF), was implemented in 2012 as a mechanism to provide law enforcement officers the individual they’ve encountered has the propensity of violence to law enforcement or criminal justice community.? Participation in the VPF is voluntary; however, it is vital as a VPF record can ultimately assist in reducing the number of officers killed or assaulted in the line of duty. The FBI UCR Crime Data Explorer (CDE) aims to provide transparency, create easier access, and expand awareness of criminal, and noncriminal, law enforcement data sharing; improve accountability for law enforcement; and provide a foundation to help shape public policy with the result of a safer nation. Use the CDE to discover available data through visualizations, download data in .csv format, and other large data files.

PRESENTER: Nicky Megna, Unit Chief, FBI Criminal Justice Information Services Division (CJIS), Law Enforcement Engagement Unit and Designated Federal Officer (DFO), CJIS Advisory Policy Board, FBI CJIS

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