The alaska department of public safety (AKDPS) plans to use cnchip funding to improve the quality and speed of criminal history reporting to national law enforcement databases, including III, ncic,…

The Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Bureau of Justice Statistics awarded the Alaska Department of Public Safety a $1.313 million cooperative agreement under the National Criminal History Improvement Program (NCHIP) effective July 1, 2026, through June 30, 2029.

The award funds AKDPS to improve the quality and speed of criminal history reporting to national law enforcement databases, including the Interstate Identification Index (III), National Crime Information Center (NCIC), and National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS). AKDPS will establish a specialized team to correct and complete criminal records, process warrants and protection orders, capture fingerprints for biometric systems, and staff the state's NICS unit handling firearm-related disqualifying records. The department will purchase four LiveScan fingerprint devices for offices across Alaska to enhance fingerprint-based arrest submissions. The initiative targets reduction of violent crime, improvement of national data sharing, decrease in missing case dispositions, and faster responses to firearm background check inquiries. Work is performed in Anchorage, Alaska.

The alaska department of public safety (AKDPS) plans to use cnchip funding to improve the quality and speed of criminal history reporting to national law enforcement databases, including III, ncic, and nics. The project will support a specialized team responsible for correcting and completing criminal records, processing warrants and protection orders, capturing fingerprints for biometric systems, and staffing the states nics unit to handle firearm-related disqualifying records. AKDPS will also purchase four livescan fingerprint devices for offices across alaska to improve fingerprint-based arrest submissions. The initiative aims to strengthen law enforcement operations, reduce violent crime, improve national data sharing, decrease missing case dispositions, and speed up responses to firearm background check inquiries.