Under this award, the colorado department of public safety requests funds to support two full-time employees (FTE) to ensure adult and juvenile dispositions and arrest records are complete

The Colorado Department of Public Safety was awarded a $161,640 Cooperative Agreement from the U.S. Department of Justice's National Criminal History Improvement Program (CFDA 16.554) to support two full-time employees to process adult and juvenile disposition and arrest record updates. The funding will enable the Colorado Bureau of Investigation to process 150 record update requests per month, resulting in 3,600 additional records being updated over the 2-year award period from July 1, 2023 to June 30, 2025. This project aims to ensure the completeness of Colorado's criminal history record systems by addressing the high demand for disposition record processing that current staff are unable to complete.

The colorado bureau of investigation (CBI) is requesting funding to process the adult and juvenile disposition update requests received from the FBI national instant criminal background check (NICS) program; as well as the misdemeanor disposition records received by arrestees who are requesting disposition update to the criminal history record information (CHRI) which are unable to be completed by current employees of the bureau due to the high demand of the identification units current workload. A minimum of 150 records per month will be completed by two employees resulting in 300 records a month and 3,600 more files at the end of twelve months.