The new york state division of criminal justice services (DCJS) will continue their livescan equipment purchasing project to support local law enforcement agencies throughout new york state during…

The U.S. Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) awarded a $846,632 Cooperative Agreement to the New York State Division of Criminal Justice Services (DCJS) under the National Criminal History Improvement Program (NCHIP), CFDA 16.554. This funding will enable DCJS to secure mobile LiveScan tablets that can be deployed to local law enforcement agencies across New York during unexpected events that disrupt fingerprint transmission to state and federal repositories. Additionally, the award will provide DCJS with additional Statewide Automated Biometric Identification System (SABIS) workstations to improve maintenance and synchronization of fingerprints between New York and the Next Generation Identification (NGI) system. The project performance period is from October 1, 2024 to September 30, 2026.

The new york state division of criminal justice services (DCJS) will continue their livescan equipment purchasing project to support local law enforcement agencies throughout new york state during unexpected events. These unexpected events disrupt fingerprint transmissions to the state and federal repositories for reasons that are outside the control of the contributors. Often, the contributors either stop fingerprinting, or fall back on INK-and-roll printing on hard cards that need to be mailed and processed manually by the state identification bureau. To prevent this, DCJS is requesting funding to secure mobile tablets that may be configured and deployed to agencies for such disaster events. This proposal also includes additional statewide automated biometric identification systems (SABIS) workstations for the purposes of improved maintenance and synchronization of fingerprints between NY and the next generation identification system (NGI). Currently, DCJS identification examiners share access to SABIS workstations. This restriction limits the time available to examiners to perform identification tasks that result in record updates.