Monthly report, 2020 March

Georgia Bureau of Investigation March Monthly Report FY2020
Presented to the Board of Public Safety May 14, 2020
D. Victor Reynolds 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 9

IV. Crime Lab.............................................. 10 12

V. Georgia Crime Information Center................. 13 18

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Vacant State Positions FY2020

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 34 37 38 41 45 49 52 58 54

19 21 22 22 22 30 32 33 32

0 1

2 2 3 3 4 4 4

3 5

5 5 5 4 5 5 5

25 26 22 22 22 21 23 22 31

44 46 42 42 40 41 40 37 47

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DOFS Backlog Chart Unworked Reports over 30 Days Old
FY2020

Discipline

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

Chemistry

19,112 18,589 18,355 17,835 17,830 17,779 17,869 17,934 16,206

Data Conversion

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Firearms

3,391 3,327 3,376 3,374 3,380 3,448 3,472 3,334 2,366

Forensic Biology

7,816 7,759 8,540 8,192 10,717 16,675 19,069 18,466 18,367

Impressions

59

58

59

58

47

39

34

37

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Latent Prints

4,358 4,408 4,394 4,375 4,366 4,310 4,268 4,204 1,434

Medical Examiners

144

127 115 126 141 125 124 134 154

Miscellaneous Services

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Operations Support

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Toxicology

573

758 524 492 704 757 557 516 514

Trace Evidence

741

730 747 733 743 747 719 697 609

Total

36,194 35,756 36,110 35,185 37,928 43,880 46,112 45,322 39,679

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GBI Administration

Office of Privacy & Compliance/Open Records

Open Records Request Archives

March 2020 Total FY2020

341

3,640

18

252

Personnel
Employee Totals
Investigative Division Georgia Crime Information Center Division of Forensic Sciences Administration Total

March 2020

State Funded Positions
393 44 321 43 801

Grant Funded Positions
27 64 37 4 132

Total 420 108 358 47 933

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

Total State Funded Positions Vacant
47 4 54 5 110

State Funded Vacancies Under Active Recruitment
8 2 18 2 30

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INVESTIGATIVE DIVISION

March 2020

Fiscal YTD

Total Sworn Employees

293 (filled-includes grant)

Total Investigative Hours Expended

34,661.25

270,630.00

Crimes Against Persons, includes

11,879.50

Death Investigations

6,297.50

Child Abuse

3,941.00

Sex Crimes

356.00

Missing Persons

84.00

Assault, Kidnapping, Robbery,

1,201.00

Terrorist Acts, Fugitive, Human Trafficking, etc.

90,672.75 47,565.00 25,888.25
3,578.00 1,330.00 12,311.50

Property Crimes, including Theft, Burglary, Forgery

1,873.00

15,315.00

Drug Investigations

6,740.00

52,666.00

Meth Lab Investigations

0.00

0.00

Polygraph Examinations

901.00

7,654.00

Background Investigations

313.00

2,061.00

Other Investigations, including Preliminary Investigations

7,530.75

58,473.25

Bomb Disposal Services

791.00

7,433.00

Crime Analysis

40.00

284.00

Crime Scene Specialists

4,593.00

36,071.00

All figures above represent Investigative Hours

Total Seizures

$3,355,332.50 $19,079,542.50

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Investigative Hours Expended YTD FY2020
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Georgia Authorized Central Storage (ACS) Program Update
https://gbi.georgia.gov/meth-container-program
3rd Quarter FY2020 (January 1 to March 31, 2020) During the 3rd Quarter, local and state law enforcement agencies used the Georgia ACS Program to store and dispose of hazardous waste from 4 clandestine drug labs. The processing and packaging of materials resulted in 12 hazardous waste containers with a total volume of 210 gallons. The total weight of the hazardous waste was 122 pounds. It should be noted that these figures do not include data for ACS Storage Sites managed by the following agencies: Gilmer County Sheriff's Office, Ware County Sheriff's Office, Richmond County Sheriff's Office and Chatham/Savannah County Narcotics Team. Information from these agencies was not received prior to the deadline for compiling this report. This was likely due to administrative operations disruption related to COVID-19 response.
All 9 Georgia ACS facilities were operational, and no facility "clean-outs" were necessary during the 3rd Quarter.
Cancelled - the Annual Georgia ACS Program Certification Course (Session #139) scheduled for April 7-9, 2020 at GPSTC was cancelled by the DEA in response to COVID-19.
DEA National ACS Program updates include the following: Regarding COVID-19 impact - DEA is operational and still processing orders. Environmental Protection Specialists are teleworking and are available to respond to cell phone calls and emails. In 2019 DEA released an updated version of the Minimum Requirement for Service Agreement (MSRA) form and our DEA-602 Receipt for Services form. These forms are used during a contractor lead clandestine laboratory cleanup. These new forms require some greater detail from the contractor about the cleanup and the amounts of materials used during the cleanup. The amount of review required by law enforcement is about the same as it was previously, most of the additional information DEA is requiring the contractors to provide is for SFEO's purposes when reviewing the purchase order. At this time and until further notice all DEA training is suspended. POCS for each State on the 2020 ACS training schedule (posted for reference) will be contacted prior to their training date to determine the course of action. At this time, DEA is continuing to plan and schedule for the two multistate trainings to be held at DEA's training facility in Quantico, VA (ACS 142 & ACS 137). DEA is still accepting students from all states for these trainings. The 2019 DEA Red Book was published in November and is available for distribution to state and local law enforcement. The Red Book now contains sections on hazards such as fentanyl, which were not covered by previous versions. It also contains an updated section on adulteration of controlled substances. DEA has issued new contracts to provide hazardous waste removal services to ACS containers. The new contracts will not affect the service that received, however, the company that provides the clean out service to each state may change. DEA will notify each state if the contracting company has changed. The process for requesting an ACS container pod clean out remains the same, however, the hazardous waste collection contractors now have 15 calendar days to pick-up waste instead of 10 days.
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Crime Lab
Medical Examiners (includes all laboratories)

March FY2020 YTD

Autopsies Consultations Total ME Cases Managed

285

2,068

157

1,334

442

3,402

Clayton County Death Certificates

59

442

Percentage of Cases Released in 90 days: 83.7%

Medical Examiner Activity, FY2020

Consultations 39%

Autopsies 61%

Confirmed CODIS Hits for March 2020

State Offender Hits

43

State Forensic Hits

12

National Offender Hits

13

National Forensic Hits

0

Total

68

Samples entered CODIS for March 2020 3,092

Profiles in CODIS

Forensic Casework Profiles Convicted Offender Profiles Missing Person/Unidentified Human Remain Profiles Staff/QC File
Total

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24,937 356,344
8 539
381,828

Laboratory Production

Report Turnaround for March

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

# Released in 45 Days
3,225 14 53
541 37
118 23

Total % Released in Released 45 Days

5,311

61%

405

4%

499

11%

769

70%

3,285

1%

355

33%

294

8%

System-wide Totals

4,011 10,918

37%

Note: 64.5% Casework Reports were released within 90 days.

Report Turnaround for Year-to-Date, FY2020

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

# Released in 45 Days
24,537 259 326
3,646 7,927
656 285

Total % Released in Released 45 Days

42,056

58%

3,423

8%

4,414

7%

5,102

72%

20,157

39%

2,192

30%

2,418

12%

System-wide Totals

37,636 79,762

47%

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Crime Lab Reports Processed for March

Department

Requested

Total Released

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

3,480 217
2,843 2
214 563
0 3,009
117

3,654 133
3,773 1
182 552
0 3,097
78

Total

10,445

11,470

Crime Lab Reports Processed FY2020

Department

Requested

Total Released

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

27,667 1,573
37,246 15
1,482 4,440
0 23,832
884

29,299 1,315
23,070 8
1,444 4,341
0 23,808
818

Total

97,139

84,103

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Georgia Crime Information Center

CJIS Network Statistics System Uptime: Messages Processed:

March 2020 NCIC SERVICES
100% 61,046,185

CJIS Operations 1. Sex Offender Registry
Records Added

Month 128

FY2020 1,302

2. Protection Order Registry

Records Added

Month 2,255

FY2020 21,849

3. Off-Line Search Requests
Type of Request
Administrative (Criminal Justice Agency) Open Records Subpoena Media Possible CJIS Security Violations

Month
9 1 0 0 1

CJIS Audits GCIC conducted 25 CJIS Audits this month.

Database Totals 33,508
Database Totals 153,083
FY2020 105 13 0 0 29

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INFORMATION SERVICES

1. Criminal Fingerprint Transactions Received

Month

Submissions

30,236

Submissions w/Palms

14,909

Submissions w/Photos

10.554

Transactions processed within 2 hours of receipt:

2. Applicant Fingerprint Transactions Received

Month

Submissions

31,876

Transactions processed with 24 hours of receipt:

3. Final Dispositions Received
Local Agency GCIC TOTAL

Month 64,128 1,105 65,233

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

Month 3,844 70% 49% 9%

5. Non-Criminal Justice Audits, Visits and Trainings

Month

In Compliance

2

Out of Compliance

1

TOTAL AUDITS

3

Advisement Memos

-

Agency Visits

20

Attendees

11

Trainings

2

6. Disposition Recovery Project
Submitted to Vendor Dispositions Processed

Month 0 320
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FY2020 346,816 167,240 122,985
FY2020 395,484
FY2020 632,922 20,539 653,461
FY2020 59,089 71% 45% 10%
FY2020 76 62 138 228 705 51
Project to Date 136,092 132,595

PLANS AND PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT
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 coding for the application. The CFR staff has not had a chance to login and test demo site. The cell size for Comments has been changed to the maximum size 255 characters for ID Database. The Application Developer indicated that weekly or bi-weekly meetings would need to be held as the end of the project approaches.
CUSTOMER RELATIONSHIP MANAGEMENT (CRM) 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 training unit is in the process of creating generalized training and instructions for GCIC unit test groups to be completed in April/May.
CUSTOMER SUPPORT & TRAINING Project Description - The Customer Support Training group provides training in GCIC programs, GCIC applications, GCIC/FBI compliance to criminal justice agencies across the State of Georgia. The group extends the option to receive classroom training or training within an e-Learning environment. Monthly Update - Training Staff handled 149 phone calls, 969 emails, processed 68 crystal reports and managed LMS user account additions. Since mid-March, the training unit has transitioned from face-to-face classroom training to an online environment. Multiple webinars and one-on-one trainings are being completed to meet State of Georgia training needs.
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DEPARTMENT OF DRIVERS SERVICES (DDS) DRIVES PROJECT
Project Description - The Georgia Driver Record and Integrated Vehicle Enterprise System (DRIVES) is a system upgrade to update and enhance the title and vehicle registration functions of the Department of Revenue. The system utilizes modern technology to streamline existing processes and enable more online services. The implementation date of phase 2 is January 2021.
Monthly Update - Currently testing transactions and making modifications when changes are needed. The switch vendor has set up the response message for Georgia users and another message for out-of-state transactions.
GEORGIA APPLICANT PROCESSING SERVICE (GAPS) PROJECT
Project Description - The Georgia Crime Information Center Information Services is seeking to obtain the services of a qualified and experienced vendor to provide an applicant fingerprinting solution that will electronically capture and submit applicant fingerprints to the Automated Fingerprint Identification System (AFIS). In addition, the selected vendor shall handle receiving fingerprint search results and disseminate the results to the requestor.
Monthly Update - System outages have been resolved and end-to-end testing is in progress.
GEORGIA LAW ENFORCEMENT MESSAGE SWITCH (GLEMS)
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 to take advantage of new features and advances in technology, GCIC is looking to upgrade or replace this system.
Monthly Update - The project team received vendor questions and provided responses. The bid originally had a closure date of April 3, however; due to COVID-19 issue the team has decided to extend the date through May.
HUMAN RESOURCE (HR) TIMESHEET PROJECT
Project Description - Enhancement of the application used by non-sworn units of the GBI for tracking time.
Monthly Update - The programmer is completing development for requirements for the approval of timesheets and changing the default display for direct report listings to collapsed for all levels.
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.
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Monthly Update - The vendor identified data differences in the offense counts between 2017 and 2018 Publication Reports and is in the process correcting calculations. RAP BACK PROJECT Project Description - The Rap Back project will provide the ability to receive ongoing status notifications of criminal history activity reported on individuals holding positions of trust. Georgia's Rap Back System will include the retention of applicant fingerprints, the implementation of an FBI Rap Back Subscription on such prints, and the creation of a validation process for authorized entities to manage such subscriptions. Monthly Update - Two of the 3 vendors are on target for completing the required work, however; the GAPS vendor confirmed a completion date of third quarter and will submit a plan for GBI's review. Completed changes will be deployed and once GAPS is ready to accept rap back responses, functionality testing will be completed.
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