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Last modified: September 12, 2003
Program Description
CJIS -- Connecticut's Justice Information System -- the umbrella term for the information system activity among the agencies with justice responsibilities in Connecticut. These agencies are:
- Department of Public Safety, Division of State Police
- Office of Chief Court Administrator
- Division of Criminal Justice, Office of the Chief State's Attorney
- Division of Public Defender Services, Office of Chief Public Defender
- Department of Correction
- Board of Parole
- Board of Pardons
- Department of Motor Vehicles
- Office of Victim Advocate
- Office of Policy and Management, Policy Development and Planning Division
- Department of Information Technology (Administration Only Responsibilities)
- Connecticut Police Chiefs Association
The agency commissioners are members of the CJIS Governing Board to establish direction and policy on justice information. Agency designees comprise a CJIS Implementation Group to facilitate the coordination and integration of CJIS programs.
CJIS encompasses programs or projects which generally incorporate interagency initiatives, data sharing, and enhancement of agency capabilities for justice information management. CJIS relates to both federal and state programs.
A CJIS program initiative, known as the "Offender Based Tracking System", is the kingpin in bringing many different information systems together to more effectively and efficiently track offenders.
- National Criminal History Improvement Program (NCHIP)
- National Sex Offender Registry (NSOR) Assistance Program
- (NCHIP) Edward Byrne Memorial State and Local Law Enforcement Assistance Formula Grant Program
- Justice & Youth Grant Programs Home Page
- SEARCH Integrated Justice Information Systems, Connecticut Profile
Connecticut's Justice Information System (CJIS) is a term which encompasses a number of initiatives and projects among the criminal justice agencies relating to the standardization of data elements, the enhancement of criminal history records, and the integration of data. The U.S. Department of Justice is administering programs that are significant in funding projects to better position the State of Connecticut to implement an Offender Based Tracking System "OBTS".
Connecticut is currently planning and implementing several criminal justice information system initiatives that initially focus on four major areas of the justice process; offender identification, on-line booking, offender-case information repositories, and incident reporting as illustrated in the CJIS Initiatives diagram. These initiatives include an:
- Offender Based Tracking System (OBTS) that will provide a single source of criminal justice data to allow agencies and criminal justice professionals to more effectively and efficiently track offenders and their associated cases.
Automated Fingerprint Identification System (AFIS) that will provide the technology to enable state and federal identification of individuals who have been arrested and booked in as little as one hour. Background applicant checks for child-care, elder-care, and volunteer positions will be available within 24 hours.
On-Line Booking System (OLBS) that will collect arrest data at the time of booking and be immediately available to the court, the computerized criminal history (CCH), the Offender Based Tracking System, the AFIS, and the law enforcement booking agencies� record management system.
Image Repository system (IRS) that will provide a state-wide repository of images such as mugshots, scars, marks, and tattoos, missing persons, and stolen property and integrate these images with the appropriate applications such as the Offender Based Tracking System, On-Line Booking systems, and the State Police Bureau of Identification System(s).
Proposed Incident Report Warehouse that will provide a state-wide repository of incident reports in a common format for use in criminal investigations, data sharing, and crime mapping.
These initiatives and projects are carried out under the following major programs of Connecticut's Justice Information System (CJIS) program components:
- Criminal Justice Records Improvement (CJRI) Program
This federally funded program, the 5% Set Aside Program or Byrne Memorial Program (5% of the Drug Control System Improvement (DCSI) Formula Grant Program), provides funding for a range of activities to upgrade or establish better data sharing and management of criminal history data.
- National Criminal History Improvement Program (NCHIP)
This federally funded program, the National Criminal History Improvement Program (NCHIP), is instrumental (1) in addressing record management of and access to data associated with and needed for firearm permitting to identify persons ineligible to purchase a firearm, and (2) in providing data to law enforcement personnel and others to ensure that persons with responsibility for child care, elder care, and care of the disabled do not have disqualifying criminal records, are subject to protection orders, or are wanted for stalking or domestic violence.
- Statewide Identification Systems (SIS) Formula Grant Program
The State Identification Systems (SIS) Formula Grant Program is assisting in the further development and improvement of the State's computerized identification systems, automated fingerprint identification systems, and DNA identification systems so they may better interface with national identification databases.
- National Sex Offender Registry (NSOR) Assistance Program
The National Sex Offender Registry Assistance Program (NSOR-AP), while assisting in establishing the sex offender registry, is providing additional offender identification capabilities.These programs are integrated and mutually support the Offender Based Tracking System (OBTS) initiative.
These grants relate to the improvement of various aspects of criminal justice data management. In Connecticut, most data are maintained by State agencies. Following an arrest which may be by a local or state law enforcement agency, court proceedings are within a state-wide system. Criminal history records are available to law enforcement agencies from the Department of Public Safety, Division of State Policy. Grants are for the purposes specified by law. Agencies which relate to activities associated with criminal justice data management are eligible in accordance with specific grant requirements.
Law enforcement agencies, judicial process agencies, offender management agencies, and agencies supporting criminal justice information systems apply for project funds thorough the Office of Policy and Management, Policy Development and Planning Division. The Office of Policy and Management provides for the coordination and integration of criminal justice data services among the CJIS participating agencies.
A composite application is prepared from individual project applications for each of the grant programs. The composite application is developed in consideration of the integration of criminal justice data, available or potential funding, and the specific grant program requirements. Upon receipt of a grant award or funding for the composite application, individual project awards are made to the criminal justice agency of cognizance or the initiator of the project application. Overall grant administration is carried out by the Office of Policy and Management, Policy Development and Planning Division.
The projects being carried out in support of Connecticut's Justice Information System (CJIS) are funded and managed within its program components. Please refer to Connecticut's Justice Information System (CJIS) program initiatives.
Terry Schnure, phone:(860) 418-6390; fax:(860) 418-6496
e-mail: [email protected]
Policy Development and Planning Division
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