The louisiana commission on law enforcement (LCLE) plans to transfer funds to the louisiana supreme court (LSC) to improve the completeness, accuracy, and timeliness of criminal disposition and mental…

The Louisiana Commission on Law Enforcement (LCLE) received a $1,028,780 Cooperative Agreement award from the Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) under the National Criminal History Improvement Program (NCHIP) (CFDA 16.554). The award will be used to improve the completeness, accuracy, and timeliness of criminal disposition and mental health data provided by trial courts to Louisiana's Case Management Information System (CMIS) for reporting to the National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) and the Louisiana Computerized Criminal History (LACCH) system. Specific activities include: 1) establishing a data sharing framework between ICJIS component systems; 2) upgrading case management systems to capture critical data fields for LACCH and NICS reporting; 3) developing secure data integration and reporting services; and 4) implementing workflow tools for secure data capture, storage, and exchange of court records. The LCLE will perform coordination, monitoring, and oversight activities over the 2-year award period from January 1, 2025 to December 31, 2026.

The louisiana commission on law enforcement (LCLE) plans to transfer funds to the louisiana supreme court (LSC) to improve the completeness, accuracy, and timeliness of criminal disposition and mental health data provided by trial courts to cmis (case management information system) for reporting to nics, the louisiana computerized criminal history (LACCH), and for sharing with the interstate identification index. Nchip funds are being requested to: 1) establish the framework for a broker data sharing model that can receive, evaluate, and forward criminal data between any of the icjis component systems; 2) implement and upgrade case management systems for the collection, sharing, and reporting of case filing, interim dispositions, final dispositions, conditions of bond/probation, complete sentence, and probation revocations with imposition of a new sentence so that all systems capture the critical data fields for reporting to LACCH and the nics indices; 3) establish secure data integration efforts and develop reporting services which provide feedback to criminal justice agencies on records which failed reporting requirements; and, 4) implement workflow products which support secure data capture, storage and exchange of court data records and images. Additionally, funds will be used to pay for management and program support personnel, who will perform coordination and monitoring activities, including programmatic and fiscal oversight. The LCLE program manager will attend grant-related conferences and conduct periodic in-person site visits with sub-grantees throughout the lifetime of the grant.