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Mission
The Records and Identification Bureau provides efficient and responsive criminal information, regulatory and fingerprint services to the criminal justice community and public. Our mission is accomplished through the effective management of the:
Criminal History Records Section – Central State Repository of Arizona Criminal History Records (CHRS)
Arizona Sex Offender Compliance Team (SOCT)
Arizona Automated Fingerprint Identification System (AZAFIS) Operations Section and the DPS Fingerprint Unit
Access Integrity Unit (AIU)
Criminal History Records Section (CHRS)
CHRS is also referred to as the Arizona
Central State Repository of criminal records.
Maintains over 3 million criminal history
records.
Maintains active warrants for DPS, AZ
Dept of Liquor License and Control and
Motor Vehicle Dept. Enforcement Services.
Provides response for requests for review
and challenge of a person’s criminal history
record. Respond to records requests.
Audits the Arizona criminal records that are part of the FBI’s Interstate Identification Index (III) program.
Completes research for the FBI national Insta-Check System (NICS) on questions/missing dispositions for Arizona criminal records.
Enter disposition reports in the Arizona Computerized Criminal History (ACCH) system.
Access Integrity Unit (AIU)
AIU’s mission is to ensure statewide compliance with federal regulations and state statutes governing access, use, and dissemination of accurate and complete criminal justice information, to collect and report statewide crime statistical information, and to assist law enforcement and criminal justice agencies.
Maintains the statewide Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) program by collecting crime statistics from Arizona law enforcement agencies and publishing an annual Crime in Arizona report.
Forwards Arizona UCR statistical information to the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) for incorporation into the national Crime in the United States annual publication.
Coordinates activities with the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s Criminal Justice Information System (CJIS) for the state.
Conducts federally and state mandated training for employees from Arizona law enforcement and criminal justice agencies on the use of the criminal justice information.
Coordinates the statewide terminal operator certification (TOC) program for Arizona Criminal Justice Information System (ACJIS) network users.
Coordinates request for ACJIS terminal access to authorized law enforcement and criminal justice agencies.
Conducts federally and state mandated operational audits of the ACJIS network users’ agencies to verify adherence to privacy and security regulations and to ensure data integrity of criminal justice information.
Coordinates and conducts criminal history record reviews by each county to ensure each reporting entity is submitting arrest card and disposition information to the Arizona Central State Repository.
For further information, please contact the Records and Identification Bureau at:
602-223-2673
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