TO: Mayor and Commissioners
FROM: Chief Javaro Sims, Police Department
THROUGH: George Gretsas, City Manager
DATE: May 5, 2020
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APPROVAL TO SUBMIT APPLICATION FOR FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF LAW ENFORCEMENT FY 2019 FIBRS IMPLEMENTATION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM
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Recommended Action:
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Motion to approve application for Florida Department of Law Enforcement FY 2019 FIBRS Implementation Assistance Program
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Background:
The Delray Beach Police Department is requesting approval to apply for the funds to assist our agency with the transition to the Florida Incident-Based Reporting System (FIBRS). FIBRS is State of Florida-specific National Incident-Based Reporting System (NIBRS). NIBRS is supposed to improve the overall quality of crime data collected by law enforcement. NIBRS captures details on each single crime incident, as well as on separate offenses within the same incident, including information on victims, known offenders, relationships between victims and offenders, arrestees, and property involved in the crimes. The data goes much deeper than the Uniform Crime Reporting system (UCR) which is the FBI’s existing program for collecting, publishing, and archiving crime statistics. NIBRS has the ability to provide circumstances and context for crimes. It includes all offenses within a single incident and additional aspects about each event, like location, time of day, and whether the incident was cleared. Ultimately, NIBRS will improve the detail and overall quality of crime data, which will help law enforcement and communities around the country use resources more strategically and effectively. The Law Enforcement agencies are required to transition from UCR program to NIBRS only data collection by January 1, 2021.
The funding under this program can be used for reasonable costs for software, hardware, and contracted labor that directly support an agency's ability to report FIBRS compliant data to the state. This includes labor and software c...
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