Security Applications
Importance To The Court
These applications are available for selected users to perform background security checks and criminal background investigations. |
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The FBI National Crime Information
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| NCIC 2000 is a nationwide information system dedicated
to serving and supporting criminal justice agencies -- local, state,
and federal -- in
their mission to uphold the law and protect the public. Its predecessor,
NCIC, was established in 1967. NCIC 2000 serves criminal justice agencies
in all 50 states, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto
Rico, the United States Virgin Islands, and Canada, as well as federal
agencies with law enforcement missions. NCIC 2000 provides a major upgrade
to those services provided by NCIC, and extends these services down to
the patrol car and mobile officer. NCIC 2000’s additional capabilities
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Florida Crime Information Center (FCIC) |
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| In 1996, FDLE embarked on some major system enhancements, including installation of the new Florida Crime Information Center (FCIC) II telecommunications network and the Integrated Criminal History Network. At the same time, the Telecommunications Work Group worked on installation of the Criminal Justice Network. - Florida Crime Information Center (FCIC) II: The new FCIC II system has replaced the original FCIC system, established in 1970. | |
| FCIC II is a telecommunications network for law enforcement and criminal justice agencies throughout Florida and provides linkage to the National Crime Information Center (NCIC) and other states via the National Law Enforcement Telecommunications Network. The FCIC system is comprised of over 30,000 workstations statewide and handles approximately 35-40 million transactions per month. The FCIC II project includes installation of data circuits, replacement of workstation software, upgrading the front-end processor at FDLE and replacement of the Message Switch/Hot Files system. Replacement of the Message Switch/Hot Files System was completed in 1999. This entailed a complete redesign of the database and all formats. The new system supports new functionality, such as the transmission of images and file transfers. The final phase of the FCIC II project is redesign and upgrade of the Computerized Criminal History Database. The target date for completion of this project is late 2003. - Integrated Criminal History Network (ICHN): The Integrated Criminal History Network (ICHN) was implemented in October 1997 and uses livescan fingerprint equipment to capture, transmit and share electronic fingerprint and arrest data. The prints and information can be transmitted to the central repository at FDLE and shared with other criminal justice agencies. Forty-eight counties, fourteen juvenile assessment centers, and one police department are currently submitting over 54,000 arrests on-line electronically each month representing 69% of all arrests. - Criminal Justice Network (CJNet): The foundation of the CJNet is the FCIC II frame relay system. By using existing hardware and back-up circuits in the FCIC II system, the CJNet is providing services to its users at a small fraction of what the same services would cost state and local agencies to develop separately. The CJNet provides criminal justice agencies the capability to access a variety of data through a single network connection. In addition to increasing the opportunity for agencies to share data, the CJNet also provides a statewide criminal justice e-mail service. Fifty-seven of the sixty-seven Clerks of the Court are currently submitting Offender Based Tracking System (OBTS) data on-line. The CJNet became functional statewide at the end of 1997. | |
Florida Criminal Justice Network (CJNet) |
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The CJNet is a statewide telecommunications network of over 600 criminal
justice sites at the local, state, and federal levels. Features of the
CJNet include:
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| The CJ Net is a backbone communications network for Florida’s criminal justice agencies. This network builds on the foundation of the Florida Crime Information Center (FCIC) telecommunications network. Funding provided in recent years to re-engineer the FCIC network was used to convert then currently connected agencies (primarily law enforcement agencies such as Sheriff’s Offices and Police Departments) from the point-to-point, digital network to a new frame relay transport service offered through the State’s Division of Communications. This network provides greater bandwidth and capacity for future growth. The re-engineered FCIC network has becomes today’s CJ Net. It differs from the FCIC network in two fundamental ways. First, agencies connected through the CJ net operate in a peer-to-peer relationship. Every agency "sees" every other agency on the network and has the capability to access information that agencies wish to share with each other. There is no "master" or host computer controlling communications between agencies. Each agency determines the types of information they wish to share. Second, a broader range of criminal justice agencies is being brought into the network. The CJ Net project is focused on connecting Clerks of the Court and state and local courts throughout the State. Other criminal justice agencies will be added as funding allows. | |
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The benefits of the CJ Net are many. In addition to providing
more agencies with access to FCIC and the information available through
that system, agencies can perform additional functions such as:
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