The missouri state highway patrol (MSHP) has collaborated with the missouri office of prosecution services (MOPS) to use funds for several projects. 1) general counsel position (MOPS)

The U.S. Department of Justice Bureau of Justice Statistics awarded a $1,434,988 Cooperative Agreement under the NICS Act Record Improvement Program (CFDA 16.813) to the Missouri Department of Public Safety, State Highway Patrol (MSHP) and the Missouri Office of Prosecution Services (MOPS). The funding supports several projects to enhance criminal justice information systems and data exchange capabilities in Missouri, including:

1. Continuing a General Counsel position at MOPS to provide legal and technical assistance on the state's prosecutor case management system and criminal history reporting processes.

2. Supporting an IT Specialist position at MOPS to provide technical assistance to prosecutors' offices, address software interface issues, and serve as an intermediary with the case management system provider.

3. Streamlining the process for transferring charging documents from prosecutors to the courts.

4. Developing an interface to allow direct population of defendant and charge data from law enforcement systems into the prosecutors' case management system.

The sub-award to the Missouri Office of Prosecution Services totals $ENBLSH4YU775 and will be used to implement these criminal justice information technology and data exchange improvements across the state.

Funds will be used to continue support the position to provide legal and technical assistance on missouri's prosecutor case management system (KARPEL), and criminal history reporting matters. The position will provide support relating to import of criminal history and charge data from law enforcement and transfer of that data to the courts, reporting the disposition of charges, and accurately recoding and reporting charge code information; 2) IT specialist position (MOPS). Funds will be used to support the position to provide IT support to prosecutors offices and the attorney general's office. The IT specialist will continue to provide technical assistance to prosecutors offices with program and equipment maintenance, addressing interface issues with other state partners such as osca and other law enforcement agencies. The position works with the MOPS case management software provider to address program and technical issues and acts as an intermediary between the local prosecutors offices and KARPEL solutions. 3) subsequent transfer to court from PBK (MOPS). This project will streamline the process for the transfer of charging document from the prosecutors to the courts. 4) PBK interface modex (MOPS). This interface will allow the retrieval of defendant, referred charge data and reports for direct population of those data fields in the prosecutors case management system, PBK "KARPEL". The livescan fingerprinting system and MSHP will allow direct imports of citation-based offense data to auto populate fields in PBK "KARPEL" and allow the transfer to court with no additional data entry. 5) state message switch database conversion and interface enhancements (MSHSP). This project will assist with database conversion and interface enhancements associated with the missouri uniform law-enforcement system (MULES). MULES is the statewide message switch application that all missouri law enforcement agencies use in one form or another to access missouri criminal justice data such as warrants, protection orders, SEX offenders, and criminal history. 6) biometric fingerprinting tablets (MSHP). Funding is requested to purchase biometric fingerprinting tablets as part of a piolet project to capture criminal fingerprints roadside for site and release arrest. Capturing, submitting, and establishing criminal fingerprints on reportable felony and misdemeanor offenses at the time of arrest will greatly improve the criminal history record system.