Law Enforcement Software
Law Enforcement Software
CrimeStar has been designed to be compliant with the National Incident Based Reporting System (NIBRS) as defined by the FBI.
The publications used to define the data fields and processing rules included in CrimeStar are as follows:
Uniform Crime Reporting – National Incident-Based Reporting System
Volume 1 Data Collection Guidelines
Volume 2 Data Submission Specifications
The Incident Based Reporting (IBR) system, if any, used in your particular state may not be 100% compliant with the published FBI standard. Therefore, the degree that CrimeStar’s IBR is compliant in your state depends largely on how much your state has chosen to deviate (if any) from the published national standard. Both UCR and NIBRS reporting require certain basic data about the agency or jurisdiction reporting the data, such as the ORI # etc.. UC/NIBRS Agency information can be configured and set using the "UCR/NIBRS Report Agency Information" form which is accessible via the "Reports" option on the main program menu.
Because some agencies do not use or submit NIBRS related reports, NIBRS processing can be optionally turned on or off as part of the system configuration. From the Incident page of the Crimestar system configuration module simply check or uncheck the "Turn NIBRS processing on" field to activate or deactivate NIBRS processing throughout the software.
For more information about NIBRS reporting specifications refer to the FBI NIBRS publications available directly from the FBI.