U niform C rime R eporting

1. Uniform Crime Reporting NationalIncident-Based ReportingSystem

4. CJISLocation Criminal Justice Information Services (CJIS) Division

5. NATIONAL CRIME INFORMATION CENTER FINGERPRINT IDENTIFICATION NATIONAL INSTANT CRIMINAL BACKGROUND CHECK SYSTEM UNIFORM CRIME REPORTING LAW ENFORCEMENT NATIONAL DATA EXCHANGE LAW ENFORCEMENT ENTERPRISE PORTAL FBICJIS Systems

6. What isUniformCrimeReporting (UCR)? A collective effort on the part of city, county, state, tribal, and federal law enforcement agencies to present a nationwide view of crime.

7. UCR PROGRAM PURPOSES • Produces a nationwide view of crime based upon statistics • Provides a common languagefor the different criminal statutes • Allows for the publication of Crime in the United States and other trend releases

8. Uniform Crime Reporting Publications Past & Current (1995-2014) publications can be accessed at www.fbi.gov Stats & Services Crime Statistics/UCR

10. UCR PROGRAM HISTORY 1920s • International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP, created in 1894) envisioned the need for statistics on crime in our nation

11. UCR PROGRAM HISTORY 1920-30 • The Committee on Uniform Crime Records of the IACP developed this national data collection effort • IACP gained congressional approval that authorized the FBI to serve as the warehouse for statistical crime information

12. UCR PROGRAM HISTORY 1966 • The National Sheriffs‘ Association (NSA) established a committee to encourage sheriffs throughout the country to fully participate in the program.

13. UCR PROGRAM HISTORY 1970s • Late 1970s: Law enforcement community called for a study to expand and enhance the Summary system.

14. UCR PROGRAM HISTORY 1980s • 1982: Study commenced • 1985: "Blueprint for the Future of the Uniform Crime Reporting Program“ published • 1986: FBI tasked with developing and implementing NIBRS

15. UCR PROGRAM HISTORY • 1987: South Carolina began a pilot program • 1988: National UCR Conference overwhelmingly endorses the new system and NIBRS is born

16. UCR PROGRAM HISTORY Today More than 18,000 agencies who serve over 98% of the Nation's population voluntarily participate in UCR programs

17. NIBRS BENEFITS • Distinctions can be made between attempted and completed crimes • Detailed crime analyses can be made within and across LE jurisdictions • Arrests and clearances can be linked to specific incidents and offenses

18. NIBRS BENEFITS • Assist in agency planning • Forecasting crime occurrences • Early detection of crime trends

19. NIBRS BENEFITS • Identify drug/alcohol/computer involvement with crime • Assist research to enhance technology • Assist in reevaluation of record-keeping systems

20. NIBRS BENEFITS • Greater focus and ID of victim groups • Assist in establishing Modus Operandi records • Easy identification of weapons in crime

21. WHAT COUNTS? Classify from the records of: • CALLS FOR SERVICE • COMPLAINTS • INVESTIGATIONS

22. WHAT DOESN'T COUNT? DO NOT classify from the findings of a: COURT CORONER JURY or the DECISION OF A PROSECUTOR

23. SEPARATION of TIME& PLACE The time interval between the offenses and the distance between the locations where they occurred were insignificant.

24. SEPARATION of TIME& PLACE If there is a separation of time and place between the commission of several crimes, each will be handled as a separate incident and will be classified and scored individually.

25. JURISDICTION GUIDELINES The purpose is to accurately depict the nature and volume of crime in a particular community – NOTto claim or take credit for the number of investigations, arrests, etc.

26. JURISDICTION GUIDELINES To make certain that an offense or arrest is not counted more than once by overlapping jurisdictions, the following guidelines have been established:

27. JURISDICTION GUIDELINES Police report offenses that occur withintheircity jurisdiction.

28. JURISDICTION GUIDELINES County and State law enforcement agencies report offenses which take place in the county outside the jurisdiction of the city.

29. JURISDICTION GUIDELINES Jurisdiction When two or more local, state, tribal, or federal agencies are involved in the investigation of the same offense and there is a written or oral agreement defining the roles of the investigating agencies, the agreement must designate which agency will report the offense.

30. JURISDICTION GUIDELINES Agencies report only those arrests made for offenses committed within their own jurisdictions

31. JURISDICTION GUIDELINES The recoveryof property is reported only by the jurisdiction from which it was reported stolen

32. INCIDENT An incident may consist of one offense or multiple offenses.

33. INCIDENT One or more offenses committed by the same offender, or group of offenders acting in concert, at the same time and place.

34. ACTING IN CONCERT The offenders actually commit or assist in the commission of a crime(s).

35. ACTING IN CONCERT If the offenders did not act in concert, then there is more than one incident involved.

36. All Group A Offenses occurring in an Incident are to be Reported.

37. CARE MUST BE TAKEN TO: Decide into which offense category the crime fits.

38. CARE MUST BE TAKEN TO: Identify all offenses involved in an incident.

39. HIERARCHY

40. NIBRS • Incident-based Reporting (IBR) 24 Group "A" offense categories • 52 specific Group "A“ crimes • *10 Group "B" offense categories

41. NIBRS GROUP “A” OFFENSES 720 Animal Cruelty 200 Arson 13A – CAssault Offenses 510 Bribery 220 Burglary/Breaking and Entering 250 Counterfeiting/Forgery 290 Destruction/Damage/Vandalism of Property 35A – B Drug/Narcotic Offenses Drug Equipment Violaton

42. NIBRS GROUP “A” OFFENSES 270 Embezzlement 210 Extortion/Blackmail 26A – G Fraud Offenses 39A – D Gambling Offenses 09A – CHomicide Offenses 64A – BHuman Trafficking* 100 Kidnapping/Abduction 23A – HLarceny/Theft Offenses

43. NIBRS GROUP “A” OFFENSES 240 Motor Vehicle Theft 370 Pornography/Obscene Material 40A – C Prostitution Offenses* 120 Robbery 11A – D Sex Offenses (non-consenting) 36A – B Sex Offenses (consenting) 280 Stolen Property Offenses 520 Weapon Law Violations

44. NIBRS GROUP “B” OFFENSES 90A Bad Checks 90B Curfew/Loitering/Vagrancy Violations 90C Disorderly Conduct 90D Driving Under the Influence 90E Drunkenness 90F Family Offenses, Nonviolent

45. NIBRS GROUP “B” OFFENSES 90G Liquor Law Violations 90H Peeping Tom 90I Runaway * (2011 discontinued the collection) 90J Trespass of Real Property 90Z All Other Offenses

46. OFFENSES OF GENERAL APPLICABILITY When an offense is prefixed by: • Accessory Before/After the Fact • Aiding/Abetting • Conspiracy to Commit • Facilitation of • Solicitation to Commit • Threat to Commit, etc. • Enticement REPORT AS 90Z IF SUBSTANTIVE OFFENSE IS GROUP A

47. Example An LEA arrests three members of a motorcycle gang for conspiracy to commit murder. The LEA should submit three Group B Arrest Reports with the UCR Arrest Offense Code entered as 90Z = All Other Offenses.

48. OFFENSES OF GENERAL APPLICABILITY When an offense is prefixed by: • Accessory Before/After the Fact • Aiding/Abetting • Conspiracy to Commit • Facilitation of • Solicitation to Commit • Threat to Commit, etc. • Enticement IF SUBSTANTIVE OFFENSE IS GROUP B, REPORT AS 90“A, B,… J”

49. Example An LEA arrests five liquor store owners for conspiring to avoid paying local liquor taxes. The LEA should submit five Group B Arrest Reports with the UCR Arrest Offense Code entered as 90G = Liquor Law Violations.

50. QUESTIONS?