Monthly report [May 2017]

Georgia Bureau of Investigation March Monthly Report FY2017
Presented to the Board of Public Safety May 11, 2017
Vernon M. Keenan Director

Table of Contents

I. Staffing and Backlog................................. 3 4

II. Administration

Office of Privacy & Compliance/Open Records

Personnel

Staff Services...........................................

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III. Investigative Division.................................. 6 8

IV. Crime Lab.............................................. 9 11

V. Georgia Crime Information Center................. 12 19

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Vacant State Positions FY2017

Total Vacant Positions in DOFS Vacant Scientist Positions Total Vacant Positions in GCIC Total Vacant Positions in Admin Vacant Sworn Agent Positions Total Vacant Positions In the Investigative Division

Jul Aug Sept Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun 24 23 23 24 26 26 23 27 29

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7 10 11 11 16 18 17

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1 2 2 2 3 3 1

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5 5 5 5 5 5 4

24 24 28 21 9 6 8 8 8

31 30 33 28 16 14 17 15 15

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DOFS Backlog Chart Unworked Reports over 30 Days Old
FY2017

Discipline Chemistry Firearms Forensic Biology Impressions Latent Prints Medical Examiners Miscellaneous Services Operations Support Toxicology Trace Evidence Total

Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun

6,546 7,175 7,822 8,482 9,237 9,453 9,648 10,156 10,462

2,520 2,878 3,031 3,051 3,094 2,997 3,015 2,942 2,926

3,110 3,191 3,466 3,724 3,863 3,863 3,859 3,991 4,488

38 40 43 42 39 37 37 41 41

3,137 3,234 3,309 3,446 3,550 3,551 3,503 3,572 3,675

120 97 170 165 198 194 182 192 207

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827 506 829 858 1,523 1,386 971 1,038 854

466 503 511 520 531 513 504 484 519

16,764 17,624 19,181 20,288 22,035 21,994 21,719 22,416 23,172

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GBI Administration

Office of Privacy & Compliance/Open Records

Open Records Request Archives

March 2017 376 33

Total FY2017 2,704 238

Personnel

Employee Totals

March 2017

Investigative Division Georgia Crime Information Center Division of Forensic Sciences Administration Total

State Funded Positions 350 42 293 43 728

Grant Funded Positions 19 75 29 1 124

Total 369 117 322 44 852

Total State Funded Positions Vacant

Investigative Division

15

Georgia Crime Information Center

1

Division of Forensic Sciences

29

Administration

4

Total

49

State Funded Vacancies Under Active Recruitment
2 1 10 2 15

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INVESTIGATIVE DIVISION

March 2017

Fiscal YTD

Total Sworn Employees

274 (filled-includes grant)

Total Investigative Hours Expended

31,979.75

263,094.31

Crimes Against Persons, includes Death Investigations Child Abuse Sex Crimes Missing Persons Assault, Kidnapping, Robbery, Terrorist Acts, Fugitive, Human Trafficking, etc.

9,945.50 5,239.50 2,504.00
387.00 468.00 1,347.00

89,082.25 46,438.50 24,925.25 3,778.50 3,059.00 10,881.00

Property Crimes, including Theft, Burglary, Forgery

3,619.50

25,739.30

Drug Investigations

4,870.00

35,666.00

Meth Lab Investigations

29.00

120.00

Polygraph Examinations

967.00

7,746.00

Background Investigations

125.00

4,232.00

Other Investigations, including Preliminary Investigations

7,319.50

57,920.01

Bomb Disposal Services

1,224.00

8,733.00

Crime Analysis

-

24.00

Crime Scene Specialists

3,880.00

33,831.00

All figures above represent Investigative Hours

Total Seizures

$12,896,703.76

$116,552,921.98

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Investigative Hours Expended YTD FY2017

Background Investigations
>1% Crime Analysis
>1%
Bomb Disposal Services 3%

Crime Scene Specialists 13%

Crimes Against Persons 34%

Other Investigations
22%

Polygraph Investigations
3%

Meth Lab Investigations
>1%

Drug Investigations
13%

Property Crimes 10%

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Crime Lab

Medical Examiners (includes all laboratories)

March 2017 FY2017 YTD

Autopsies Consultations Total ME Cases Managed

243

2,090

190

1,345

433

3,435

Clayton County Death Certificates

57

378

Percentage of Cases Released in 90 days: 80.4%

Medical Examiner Activity, FY2017

Consultations 38%

Autopsies 62%

Confirmed CODIS Hits for March 2017

State Offender Hits

80

State Forensic Hits

6

National Offender Hits

38

National Forensic Hits

1

Total

125

Samples entered into CODIS for March 2017 1,190

Profiles in CODIS

Forensic Casework Profiles Convicted Offender Profiles Missing Person/Unidentified Human Remain Profiles Staff/QC File Total
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20,675 317,859
6 497
339,037

Laboratory Production
Report Turnaround for March 2017

Laboratory Headquarters - Atlanta Central Regional - Macon Coastal Regional - Savannah Eastern Regional - Augusta Northeastern Regional Southwestern Regional - Moultrie Western Regional - Columbus

# Released in 45 Days
2,959 25 49 433
1,287 99 70

Total % Released in Released 45 Days

4,625

64%

361

7%

456

11%

605

72%

1,480

87%

212

47%

196

36%

System-wide Totals

4,922

7,935

62%

Note: 77.9% Casework Reports were released within 90 days.

Report Turnaround for Year-to-Date, FY2017

Laboratory Headquarters - Atlanta Central Regional - Macon Coastal Regional - Savannah Eastern Regional - Augusta Northeastern Regional Southwestern Regional - Moultrie Western Regional - Columbus

# Released in 45 Days
19,631 823 365
2,843 9,272
692 599

Total % Released in Released 45 Days

34,057

58%

2,138

38%

3,527

10%

4,119

69%

10,390

89%

1,681

41%

1,555

39%

System-wide Totals

34,225 57,467

60%

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Crime Lab Reports Processed for March 2017

Department

Requested

Total Released

Chemistry (includes Drug ID) Firearms Forensic Biology Impressions Latent Prints Medical Examiners Operations Support Toxicology Trace Evidence

3,565 225
1,518 3
236 522 17 2,775 145

2,316 173
1,999 3
159 549
4 3,151
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Total

9,006

8,484

Crime Lab Reports Processed FY2017

Department

Requested

Total Released

Chemistry (includes Drug ID) Firearms Forensic Biology Impressions Latent Prints Medical Examiners Operations Support Toxicology Trace Evidence

23,579 2,343 16,628
32 1,993 4,208
92 21,387 1,221

16,893 1,634 15,410
15 1,226 4,181
71 21,080 1,138

Total

71,483

61,648

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Georgia Crime Information Center

March 2017

NCIC SERVICES

CJIS Network Statistics

System Uptime: Messages Processed:

100% 73,762,756

CJIS Operations 1. Sex Offender Registry

Records Added

Month 163

FY2017 1,383

Database Totals 29,457

2. Protection Order Registry

Records Added

Month 2,325

3. National Data Exchange (N-DEx)

FY2017 19,526

Database Totals 345,716

Number of Georgia agencies contributing to N-DEX: 3

Agencies/Users with N-DEx Inquiry Access Only (no data contributed)

Added

Removed

Total with Inquiry Access

Agencies

2

0

38

Users*

3

0

46

4. Off-Line Search Requests

Type of Request

Month

FY2017

Administrative (Criminal Justice Agency)

29

236

Open Records

3

11

Subpoena

0

0

Media

0

0

Possible CJIS Security Violations

1

23

CJIS Audits GCIC conducted 33 CJIS Audits

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INFORMATION SERVICES

Criminal History/Identification Services

1. Criminal Fingerprint Transactions Received

Month

Submissions

44,142

Submissions w/Palms

19,640

Submissions w/Photos

12,028

FY2017

358,061 158,381 109,806

Transactions processed within 2 hours of receipt:

94%

2. Applicant Fingerprint Transactions Received

Month

Submissions

43,550

Transactions processed within 24 hours of receipt:

FY2017

368,232 98%

3. Final Dispositions Received
Local Agency GCIC Total

Month 74,727 5,597 80,324

FY2017

578,708 48,024 626,732

4. RAPID Identification Transactions
Submissions AFIS Hits NCIC Hits FBI RISC Hits

Month 13,294 59% 39% 5%

FY2017

124,575 49% 40% 2%

5. Non-Criminal Justice Audits, Visits and Trainings

Audits

Month

In Compliance

11

Out of Compliance

16

Total Audits

27

Advisement Memos

0

FY2017 46 41 87 1

Visits and Trainings Agency Visits Trainings Attendees

Month 5 2 35

FY2017 114 9 203

6. Disposition Recovery Project Submitted by Vendor

Month 2,172
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Project to Date 73,910

Dispositions Processed

2,749

66,309

The chart below shows the number of serious/violent felony offenses that were previously restricted but are now returned for licensing and employment purposes because a disposition of guilt was obtained and entered in the criminal history database.

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PLANS & PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT
AFIS ENHANCEMENTS
Project Description - System enhancements for the Automated Fingerprint Identification System (AFIS) which include Accounts Receivable, T-Net fee changes, AFIS -SORT interface, system reports, creation of new IntegraID Document Management folders.
Monthly Update - The Sex Offender Registry Tool Statement of Work vendor quote was received and is pending approval for a signature. Project request was made for additional folders to be added in IntegraID Document Management and an iFW workstation was installed by the vendor.
APPLICATION DEVELOPMENT Protective Order Registry
Project Description - In an effort to provide better information sharing, the Georgia Protective Order Registry (POR) is being updated to improve record data quality and expanding database capabilities by replacing the existing application and infrastructure.
Monthly Update - The project development team continues meeting to discuss ongoing system tests and project status. The IT team completed five of the eight system tests on the web service and completed the move of the POR application from the development server to the production servers.
CHILD FATALITY SYSTEM REVIEW PROJECT
Project Description - The Child Fatality Review (CFR) unit requested an enhancement to their current process to capture Medical Examiners (ME) data for child related deaths in the State of Georgia and have asked for additional reporting capabilities.
Monthly Update - The developer continues to make application and database changes based on the project sponsor feedback from a demo of the CFR System.
COMPUTERIZED CRIMINAL HISTORY (CCH) ENHANCEMENTS
Project Description - The Computerized Criminal History (CCH) system will undergo system enhancements to meet the new State of Georgia legislative changes concerning the First Offender Act (FOA). Additional updates such as system modifications and reports will be implemented for internal users.
Monthly Update - The CCH vendor completed the programming for the system enhancements and scheduled the migration to the CCH test system. The project team will test the FOA enhancements in April.
CRIMINAL JUSTICE EXCHANGE PROJECT
Project Description - The Georgia Bureau of Investigation will programmatically own an initiative of the Governor's Office entitled Criminal Justice Exchange Project (CJEP). CJEP will incorporate the electronic exchanges of information between state and local criminal justice agencies in Georgia. Each exchange automates a manual, paper-based criminal justice business process and will follow a criminal case lifecycle from booking through disposition and supervision. The goals of the project are to create seamless connections between systems, establish
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a single, consistent architecture adopted to guide all aspects of program implementation and to establish a governance structure that views criminal justice as a statewide community. The exchanges will involve the coordination of multiple agencies and vendor applications. Monthly Update - The project team reported the project overview at the monthly GTA Critical Panel Review and an overall status at the monthly Executive Governance Council meeting. The Project Management Organization (PMO) continues to manage the project and track project risks. Requirements gathering sessions were held with pilot agencies to discuss the data exchanges. CUSTOMER RELATIONSHIP MANAGEMENT (CRM) APPLICATION PROJECT Project Description - The CRM Application Project will provide a single source of historical interaction with GCIC external customers. The application will give GCIC end users the ability to search, track and report customer interactions throughout GCIC's business units. Monthly Update - The project business process flows were finalized and approved and a change request was submitted to Microsoft for review. CUSTOMER SUPPORT TRAINING Project Description - The Customer Support Training group provides training in the area of GCIC programs, GCIC applications, GCIC/FBI compliance and other supported law enforcement training to both criminal and non-criminal justice agencies, municipal, magistrate and probate courts across the State of Georgia. The group extends the option to receive classroom training or training within an e-Learning environment. Monthly Update - Currently developing new training content/videos for NIBRS National IncidentBased Reporting System and Deconfliction. The LMS Staff handled 98 phone calls, 1375 emails and managed LMS user account additions and changes.
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GCIC TRAINING SYMPOSIUM
Project Description - The GCIC Training Symposium is designed to offer continuing education with the goal of providing vital knowledge regarding GCIC and federal law enforcement programs to both the criminal justice and non-criminal communities.
Monthly Update - The GCIC Training Association was formed in accordance with the State of Georgia Secretary of State guidelines. The Publication Notice of Incorporation will be posted for two weeks in April in the DeKalb County Champion newspaper. The by-laws for the Association are under development and upon completion, the documents along with the Articles of Incorporation will be submitted to the Federal Internal Revenue Services (IRS) for 501c3 tax
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exempt status. The project team continues to work on the various project tasks in preparation of the 2017 Symposium.
HUMAN RESOURCES (HR) TIMESHEET PROJECT
Project Description - Enhancement of the application used by non-sworn units of the GBI for tracking time.
Monthly Update - Phase 2 development continues.
INFORMATION SERVICES CRIMINAL HISTORY APPLICATION REDESIGN PROJECT
Project Description - A redesign of the web application used by Information Services staff to log and track activities performed on criminal history information as well as services performed for the public.
Monthly Update - The project was placed on hold for the month of March due to limited resources. The developer will resume work on the project in April.
LAW ENFORCEMENT MESSAGE SWITCH (LEMS)
Project Description - The message switch provides a means of communication between federal, state and local law enforcement agencies throughout the state of Georgia, the United States and other countries and in order to take advantage of new features and advances in technology, GCIC is looking to upgrade or replace this system.
Monthly Update - The project kick-off meeting was held to review the project with various stakeholders.
NATIONAL INCIDENT-BASED REPORTING SYSTEM (NIBRS) PROJECT
Project Description The National Incident Based Reporting System (NIBRS) collects data on each single incident and arrest for each offense coming to the attention of law enforcement for which specific facts about each crime is collected. GBI is in the process of replacing the current UCR summary-based system with an application that will collect incident-based data.
Monthly Update Progress on the project continues. GCIC provided the vendor with requested data and the decision was made to implement an online entry form to enter state-specific Family Violence data.
SEX OFFENDER REGISTRY TOOL (SORT) ENHANCEMENT PROJECT
Project Description - System enhancements for the SORT application. Phase 1 will consist of modifications to the application used by Sheriff's Offices, the public website, NCIC web services and SORT Reports. Phase 2 will focus on the web service between SORT and AFIS for the upload of SORT documentation.
Monthly Update - The vendor provided a quote for additional work and the quote is awaiting approval of funds.
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SHAREPOINT CONFIGURATION PROJECT Project Description - The SharePoint tool will be used as an internal web portal for organizing and sharing information as an employee collaborative tool for internal communication. The portal will also include an Intranet application for each of the three GBI divisions that would allow content management, document repository and information sharing of announcements, news and department information. Monthly Update Based on feedback, additional changes were made to the SharePoint layout. The main GBI SharePoint page along with the GCIC subsite will be developed and released in May. A demo has been scheduled for April with GCIC and other GBI divisions to reveal the GCIC content and introduce SharePoint. WEB SITES REDESIGN PROJECT Project Description - Redesign of the internal and external Georgia Crime Information Center (GCIC) web sites. Monthly Update - Enhancements to the GCIC extranet content is finalized and pending final approval from GCIC Command Staff. The changes will be implemented in production in May.
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