The Criminal Justice Information Services Division (or CJIS) is a division of the United States

Federal Bureau of Investigation The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is the domestic intelligence and security service of the United States and its principal federal law enforcement agency. Operating under the jurisdiction of the United States Department of Justice, ...

(FBI) located in Clarksburg, Harrison County,

West Virginia West Virginia is a state in the Appalachian, Mid-Atlantic and Southeastern regions of the United States.The Census Bureau and the Association of American Geographers classify West Virginia as part of the Southern United States while the Bur ...

. The CJIS was established in February 1992 and is the largest division in the FBI. According to the FBI, the CJIS is a high-tech hub providing state-of-the-art tools and services to law enforcement, national security/intelligence community partners, and the general public.

CJIS Overview

FBI Criminal Justice Information Services

The CJIS Division is the largest division of the

FBI Science and Technology Branch The Science and Technology Branch (STB) is service within the Federal Bureau of Investigation that comprises three separate divisions and three program offices. The goal when it was founded in July 2006 was to centralize the leadership and manage ...

and is located in a half million square foot main facility on a 986-acre (4.0 km²) tract in Clarksburg, West Virginia. CJIS services located at this site include the

National Crime Information Center The National Crime Information Center (NCIC) is the United States' central database for tracking crime-related information. The NCIC has been an information sharing tool since 1967. It is maintained by the Criminal Justice Information Services Di ...

(NCIC),

Integrated Automated Fingerprint Identification System The Integrated Automated Fingerprint Identification System (IAFIS) is a computerized system maintained by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) since 1999. It is a national automated fingerprint identification and criminal history system. IAFI ...

(IAFIS)
LEO Enterprise Portal (LEO-EP)

National Instant Criminal Background Check System The National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) is a background check system in the United States created by the Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act (Brady Law) of 1993 to prevent firearm sales to people prohibited under the Act. T ...

(NICS)
Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR)
and the

Law Enforcement National Data Exchange The Law Enforcement National Data Exchange (N-DEx) brings together data from criminal justice agencies throughout the United States, including incident and case reports, booking and incarceration data, and parole/probation information. N-DEx detects ...

(N-DEx). The mission of CJIS is to 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/activities, and other law enforcement-related data. Here statisticians compile vast amounts of data from law enforcement into a series of regular reports detailing the state of crime in communities across the country.

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CJIS Overview

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