CRIME RECORDS SERVICE UPDATE

Texas Department of Public Safety

TCJIUG

Galveston

May 2008

What is NIEM?

The National Information Exchange Model (NIEM) is an effort by the U.S. Department of Justice and the U.S. Department of Homeland Security to develop, disseminate, and support enterprise-wide information exchange standards and processes that can enable jurisdictions to effectively share critical information.

NIEM builds on the significant XML standards work already accomplished within the justice domain through the U. S. Attorney General’s Global Advisory Committee.

The goal of the effort is to break down barriers to information sharing by developing common standards for information sharing between communities of interest at all levels of government, extending from justice to homeland security and beyond.

www.NIEM.gov

Texas Path to NIEM

Goal: To bring the benefits of NIEM participation to the state of Texas

State Agencies Partnered to release a Request for Proposal Department of Public Safety (DPS) Office of Court Administration (OCA) Department of Criminal Justice (DCJ)

In Collaboration with Texas Integrated Justice Information Systems (TIJIS) Advisory Committee

TIJIS is a user’s group dedicated to developing justice information sharing capabilities in Texas.

The contract awarded to UNISYS.

The Path to NIEM Project

• DELIVERABLE 1: Update of the 2003 TJI3 Plan• DELIVERABLE 2: Gap Analysis and Data Reference

Model

• Project Completed• New Plan is available• IEPDs are for 28 Texas exchanges are developed

and will be placed in registry• Additions/modification governed by TIJIS.

TXGANG Re-Design

Over the Summer of 2006, DPS and OAG met with Gang Investigators around the state on the weaknesses of TXGANG and what should be done

Resulted in decision to move forward with RFP for a statewide gang database

Project delayed because of funds and capital expenditure approval.

Is back on track and the RFP is going to DIR for approval

TXGANG Re-Design

Key Concepts: Automated interface with local agency

gang systems Accept photos Provide local agency gang file services Enable easy validation of records Access via TLETS

GOVERNOR’S OFFICE LIVESCAN INITIATIVE

Governor’s Office of Homeland Security funded an initiative to place at least one livescan device in every county in Texas.

Every county but two now has livescan; they declined because they do not have jails.

ARREST FINGERPRINT SUBMISSIONS TO DPS

Arrest Fingerprint Submissions to DPS

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10,000

20,000

30,000

40,000

50,000

60,000

70,000

80,000

90,000

Electronic

Paper

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24 hours-a-day, 7 days-a-week on-line access to CCH data to authorized users

More than 9,918 authorized agencies More than 1,606 criminal justice agencies https://records.txdps.state.tx.us/

SECURE CCH WEBSITE

Allows general public access to conviction and deferred adjudication information.

Costs approximately $3.50 for a search Does not include juveniles Is regularly sold to private entities https://records.txdps.state.tx.us/

PUBLIC ACCESS CCH WEBSITE

Crime Records has created CJIS reporting website with information and reports for CJIS reporting agencies: https://cch.txdps.state.tx.us/cch/app

Send your name, agency name and phone number to ursula.cook@txdps.state.tx.us

Can obtain open arrests; compliance reports; list of non-disclosures and juvenile restricted records; ORI lists; Offense Code lists;Electronic Disposition Reporting information

We now have the capability to accepting on-line submission of prosecutor and court actions (ER3’s and ER4’s) for small paper-based counties  

79 Counties and 737 users are taking advantage of this site

CRIME RECORDS CJIS REPORTING WEBSITE

2008 State of Texas Conference On Criminal Justice Information System

Reporting

Westin Galleria Hotel, HoustonJune 30 - July 2, 2008

CRS website for cjis reporting issues and Conference information:http://www.txdps.state.tx.us/cjis/

Contact DPS CJIS Field Support Unit at 512/424-2478 for any information or questions

2008 State of Texas Conference On Criminal Justice Information System

Reporting

BREAKOUT SESSIONS

CJIS & JJIS Arrest ReportingCJIS Prosecutor and Court Reporting

JJIS Pre-Adjudication and Court ReportingElectronic Arrest Reporting

Electronic Disposition ReportingExpunctions, Sealing, Misuse of Identity

Error ResolutionFingerprints: Making a Good First Impression

Texas Data Exchange (TDEx)

Law enforcement agencies can update sex offender records on-line.

Records must already have been established by fingerprint submissions.

Works very well to help keep sex offender information up to date.

Currently 926 agency participants

SECURE SEX OFFENDER WEBSITE

All Sex Offenders as entered by DPS and local agencies

No cost searches Is sold in bulk Mapping is available

PUBLIC SEX OFFENDER WEBSITE

SOR NEIGHBORHOOD NOTIFICATION

• Mailing of notification to all individuals of when a sex offender moves into their neighborhood• Subdivided areas – three block radius• Non-subdivided areas – 1 mile radius

• Notification in English and in Spanish• Includes a picture of the sex offender

Bring Texas into compliance with Adam Walsh (SB 1740)—except juveniles

Provide subscription service Keep Texas offenders who go out-of-state on

the Texas system, without a Texas NCIC record

Make work addresses public Technical enhancements Nearing completion

SEX OFFENDER REDESIGN

TCIC TRANSACTIONSMonthly TCIC Transactions Since September 2001

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1,000,0002,000,000

3,000,0004,000,000

5,000,000

6,000,0007,000,000

8,000,000

Yearly total: 78,762,078

Monthly Avg: 6,563,507

Daily Avg: 215,787

Hourly Avg: 8,991

TCIC TotalsAS OF April 19, 2008

Wanted Persons 73,293Wanted - TCIC Only 153,043Capias Warrants 6,462Stolen Vehicles

111,217License Plates 16,897H.E.A.T. Vehicles 40,348T.R.I.P. Vehicles 3,604Protective Orders 13,002Concealed Handgun Licenses 328,232Individual Identity Records 769Threats Against Peace Officers 364Sex Offenders 43,831

Fingerprint Applicant Services of Texas (FAST)

Statewide fingerprinting service for non-criminal justice purposes

DPS contracted with Integrated Biomentric Technologies, Inc.

Charge $9.95 per person DPS receives no funds Printed more than 150,000 in Jan – April 2008 Contact: Don Farris at

Don.Farris@txdps.state.tx.us

N-DEx

The vision of N-DEx is to share complete, accurate, timely and useful information across jurisdictional boundaries and to provide new investigative tools that enhance the Nation’s ability to fight crime and terrorism.

N-DEx

N-DEx is very similar to TDEX, but at the national level

At its core, N-DEx is a repository of law enforcement incident data

N-DEx will provide law enforcement agencies (LEAs) with a powerful new investigative tool to search, link, analyze and share criminal justice information (e.g., incident and case reports, etc.) on a national basis to a degree never before possible.

N-DEx will allow participating LEAs to detect relationships between people, places, things and crime characteristics, link information across jurisdictions and allow them to “connect the dots” between data that is not apparently related without information overload.

Status of N-DEx

Increment 1 began in late March Are establishing data set and starting with up to

50,000 users Increment 2 set for March, 2009 FBI and Appriss testing now on submission of

Texas data through TDEX Inquiry access is through LEO TDEX Data will be passed to N-DEx

HB 76 Ref Sex Assault DataAdds the following to DPS data collection:

(h)  Information collected to perform a statistical breakdown of offenses under Sections 22.011 and 22.021, Penal Code, as required by Subsection (b)(2) must include information indicating the specific offense committed and information regarding:

(1)  the victim;(2)  the offender and the offender's relationship to the victim;(3)  any weapons used or exhibited in the commission of the offense; and(4)  any injuries sustained by the victim.

•Form Has been created and published•Agencies currently reporting•Refer questions to Rosemary Webb at rosemary.webb@txdps.state.tx.us

QuestionsQuestions

David Gavin, Asst. Chief, Administration

Texas Department of Public Safety(512) 424-2077david.gavin@txdps.state.tx.us