The colorado bureau of investigation (CBI), the division responsible for the states criminal history records, will use funds for three projects: 1) disposition and criminal history update: this…

The Colorado Bureau of Investigation (CBI) was awarded a $527,715 Cooperative Agreement under the National Criminal History Improvement Program (NCHIP), a grant initiative administered by the U.S. Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Statistics. The award, effective January 1, 2025 through December 31, 2026, will fund three key projects: 1) Improving the disposition and criminal history update process to ensure inquiries to the National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) and the FBI receive the most up-to-date arrest and disposition information from Colorado, targeting a 98% disposition match rate; 2) Recovering and submitting more complete and accurate criminal history records from local law enforcement to the FBI, addressing approximately 200,000 incomplete records in the Colorado Crime Information Center; and 3) Reducing the over 2.5 million unmatched court charges in the state's criminal history systems through improved automated matching processes. These efforts aim to enhance the quality, completeness, and accessibility of Colorado's criminal justice information systems in support of background check and public safety initiatives.

The colorado bureau of investigation (CBI), the division responsible for the states criminal history records, will use funds for three projects: 1) disposition and criminal history update: this project will ensure that inquiries from the national instant criminal background checks (NICS) program as well as the FBI are receiving the most up to date arrest information and disposition information as possible from colorado. Through this program, CBI will work to improve the current disposition match rate to the 98% level. 2) FBI record recovery: more complete and accurate records from local law enforcement agencies will be submitted to the FBI by updating the colorado arrest records submitted to the FBI prior to 1990. This project will address the approximately 200,000 criminal history records in the colorado crime information center (CCIC), which are incomplete and missing arrest data. 3) unmatched court charges: the CCIC and the FBI system will have fewer incomplete criminal history records from colorado. This will be accomplished by identifying problems and solutions for improving the automated matching process. At the end of this project, all court charges will be matched on criminal history records. Currently, there are over 2,500,000 unmatched court charges.