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Law enforcement agencies are encouraged to start implementing NIBRS now. The FBI remains committed to assisting all agencies in making the switch. NIBRS Resources for Law Enforcement. 30...
- NIBRS reports the specific details of criminal activity. NIBRS captures up to 57 data elements for each crime, providing more context for individual crimes and better analytics for broader crime reporting.
- NIBRS provides “actionable intelligence” The system reports the exact location, time, and circumstances surrounding a crime. Your agency can use this data to find patterns and take preemptive action against future crime.
- NIBRS allows agencies to maximize resources. With more precise information regarding crime, law enforcement can optimize the use of resources to fight crime most effectively.
- NIBRS provides detailed criminal history to assist profilers. Understanding the specifics of individuals who commit certain types of crime provides insight for law enforcement solving similar crimes and preventing future crimes.
- Officer Accountability. The increased data collection and reporting required by NIBRS inevitably falls to those writing the reports, and for most law enforcement agencies that means officers.
- Report Integrity. Report integrity becomes an issue when a report needs to be altered due to incorrect data input or reporting that doesn’t conform to NIBRS reporting guidelines.
- Records Team Efficiency. As is clear from the above, NIBRS reporting is seldom automatic, fast, or without frustration. Transition to NIBRS is a major time and resource commitment for any size agency, especially on the part of Records teams.
This document addresses National Incident-Based Reporting System (NIBRS) policies, the types of offenses reported via NIBRS, and guidelines for an agency to become certified to submit...
- NIBRS will have better data. That makes police more effective and communities safer. The original UCR data collection, the Summary Reporting System (SRS), has existed in some form since the 1920s.
- Most of the country has already transitioned to NIBRS. Many more agencies plan to by the beginning of next year. Transitioning to NIBRS requires technological upgrades and staff time for police departments across the country.
- Crime statistics experts will use statistical modeling to fill in gaps. In the current SRS system, FBI and Department of Justice statisticians use advanced methodologies to estimate national crime statistics when a particular state or locality doesn’t provide data, or the data does not meet the criteria to be published.
- Researchers and the public will still have access to long-term trends. Even with the transition to NIBRS, the public will still be able to see long-term crime trends.
NIBRS, agencies count various elements of an incident. Like SRS, NIBRS includes the categories of Crimes Against Persons (where the victim is always an individual [and can be specified if Law...
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Is your agency ready to transition to NIBRS? Here’s how to get there: Procure NIBRS software/hardware. Determine if FBI or state-specific tech specs will be used. Map state statutes to...
