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The Criminal Justice Information Services Division (or CJIS) is a division of the United States
The CJIS Division is the largest division of the
LEO Enterprise Portal (LEO-EP)
Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR)
and the Law Enforcement National Data Exchange (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.
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 ...
. 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
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 D ...
(NCIC), Integrated Automated Fingerprint Identification System (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. ...
(NICS)Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR)
and the Law Enforcement National Data Exchange (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.
See also
* Integrated Automated Fingerprint Identification System (IAFIS) * National Incident-Based Reporting System (NIBRS)Notes
External links
* {{authority control Government agencies established in 1992 Criminology organizations Criminal investigation Forensics organizations Clarksburg, West Virginia Criminal records Government databases in the United States Law enforcement databases in the United States