The New Mexico Department of Public Safety, in partnership with the City of Albuquerque, Albuquerque Police Department (APD), and Albuquerque City Clerk's Office, was awarded a $2,224,200 Cooperative Agreement from the Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Statistics under the National Criminal History Improvement Program (NCHIP), CFDA 16.554. The award will fund a two-year initiative to digitize approximately 400,000 paper fingerprint cards, mugshots, and other records pre-dating APD's implementation of digital fingerprint scanning in 2006. Additionally, the funds will support an upgrade to APD's Automated Fingerprint Identification Software (AFIS) platform, which will improve state and local access to critical data, increase record keeping accuracy, and enhance the accuracy, utility, and interstate accessibility of criminal history records. This initiative will expand the known records available for comparing crime scene evidence to local, state, and national databases, supporting the goals of the NCHIP program to enhance the quality and completeness of the nation's criminal history record systems.
Mod # | Description | Reason For Modification | Federal Obligation (Click to sort descending) | Date (Click to sort ascending) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not listed | $2.2m | 9/23/24 |