Through partnership with the arizona criminal justice commission (ACJC), the arizona department of public safety (DPS) requests funds to: 1) employ staff to work on disposition backlogs; 2) render the…

This Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Statistics (CFDA 16.554 - National Criminal History Improvement Program) provides $1,107,637.00 to the Arizona Criminal Justice Commission (ACJC) to enhance the state's criminal history record systems. The funding will be used to: 1) Employ staff to address disposition reporting backlogs; 2) Program the Automated Computerized Criminal History (ACCH) system to display the Identification for Firearms Sales (IFFS) flag; 3) Improve communication between the Arizona Disposition Reporting System and the new ACCH; and 4) Research, update, automate, and verify Arizona's criminal history records, including processing bulk arrest fingerprint cards. The award period runs from January 1, 2025 to December 31, 2026.

Through partnership with the arizona criminal justice commission (ACJC), the arizona department of public safety (DPS) requests funds to: 1) employ staff to work on disposition backlogs; 2) render the services of contractors to program the automated computerized criminal history (ACCH) system to display the identification for firearms sales (IFFS) flag on the arizona rapsheet; and 3) work with DPS IT and contractors on enhancing communication between the arizona disposition reporting system and the new ACCH. Funds are also being requested to continue researching, updating, automating, and verifying arizonas criminal history records from the FBI pseudo-pointer records that have not been verified in the ACCH database and to research and process bulk arrest fingerprint cards received by law enforcement agencies.