The NIBRS Weapon / Force Involved codes used in CrimeStar are those referenced by the published FBI NIBRS specifications and are not modifiable by the user. This field is conditionally required when the NIBRS classification code specified is one of the following:
09A = Murder and Non-negligent Manslaughter
09B = Negligent Homicide
09C = Justifiable Homicide
100 = Kidnapping/Abduction
11A = Forcible Rape
11B = Forcible Sodomy
11C = Sexual Assault With An Object
11D =Forcible Fondling
13A = Aggravated Assault
13B = Simple Assault
210 = Extortion/Blackmail
520 = Weapon Law Violations
The following are the acceptable codes for this field:
11 = Firearm
11A = Automatic Firearm*
12 = Handgun
12A = Automatic Handgun*
13 = Rifle
13A = Automatic Rifle*
14 = Shotgun
14A = Automatic Shotgun*
15 = Other Firearm
15A = Other Automatic Firearm*
20 = Knife/Cutting Instrument
30 = Blunt Object (e.g. club, hammer, etc.)
35 = Motor Vehicle (when used as a weapon)
40 = Personal Weapons (i.e., hands, feet, teeth, etc.)
50 = Poison
60 = Explosives
65 = Fire/Incendiary Device
70 = Drugs/Narcotics/Sleeping Pills
85 = Asphyxiation (by drowning, strangulation, suffocation, gas, etc)
90 = Other (any weapon or force, including deadly diseases, not fitting the above specifically coded weapons/force)
99 = None
* These fields are extensions to the FBI NIBRS defined codes for this field to capture the automatic weapon indication, rather than carrying the automatic weapon indicator as a separate field.