Monthly report, 2021 July

Georgia Bureau of Investigation July Monthly Report FY2022
Presented to the Board of Public Safety September 9, 2021 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 8

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

V. Georgia Crime Information Center................. 12 17

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Vacant State Positions FY2022

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 40 28 2 8 19 32

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DOFS Backlog Chart Unworked Reports over 30 Days Old
FY2022

Discipline

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

Chemistry

20,954

Data Conversion

0

Firearms Forensic Biology

2,001 6,437

Impressions

25

Latent Prints

85

Medical Examiners

283

Miscellaneous Services

0

Operations Support

0

Toxicology

1,109

Trace Evidence

511

Total

31,405

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GBI Administration

Office of Privacy & Compliance/Open Records

Open Records Request Archives

July 2021 Total FY2022

522

522

19

19

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

July 2021

State Funded Positions
391 23 321 44 779

Grant Funded Positions
32 85 35 5 157

Total 423 108 356 49 936

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

Total State Funded Positions Vacant
32 2 40 8 82

State Funded Vacancies Under Active Recruitment
12 2 18 4 36

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INVESTIGATIVE DIVISION
Total Sworn Employees

July 2021

Fiscal YTD

293 (filled-includes grant)

Total Investigative Hours Expended

31,329.00

31,329.00

Crimes Against Persons, includes Death Investigations

12,602.25 6,086.00

Child Abuse

3,460.25

Sex Crimes Missing Persons

302.00 378.00

Assault, Kidnapping, Robbery,

2,376.00

Terrorist Acts, Fugitive, Human Trafficking, etc.

12,602.25 6,086.00 3,460.25
302.00 378.00
2,376.00

Property Crimes, including Theft, Burglary, Forgery

1,079.00

1,079.00

Drug Investigations

4,524.00

4,524.00

Meth Lab Investigations

0.00

0.00

Polygraph Examinations

523.00

523.00

* Background Investigations

0.00

0.00

Other Investigations, including Preliminary Investigations

7,733.75

7,733.75

Bomb Disposal Services

725.00

725.00

Crime Analysis

8.00

8.00

Crime Scene Specialists

4,134.00

4,134.00

All figures above represent Sworn Investigative Hours

Total Seizures

$1,077,560.50

$1,077,560.50

* Background Investigations conducted by Special Investigators who are former/retired agents working as contractors.

264.00

264.00

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Investigative Hours Expended YTD FY2022
7

8

Crime Lab
Medical Examiners (includes all laboratories)

July 2021 FY2022 YTD

Autopsies Consultations Total ME Cases Managed

318

318

156

156

474

474

Clayton County Death Certificates

6

6

Percentage of Cases Released in 90 days: 83.8%

Medical Examiner Activity, FY2022

Consultations 33%

Autopsies 67%

Confirmed CODIS Hits for July 2021

State Offender Hits

16

State Forensic Hits

3

National Offender Hits

13

National Forensic Hits

1

Total

33

Samples entered CODIS for July 2021 1,805

Profiles in CODIS

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

9

25,993 389,892
10 574
416,469

Laboratory Production

Report Turnaround for July 2021

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

# Released in 45 Days
2,603 9
447 273 1,936 34 38

Total % Released in Released 45 Days

4,375

60%

195

5%

846

53%

456

60%

2,084

93%

143

24%

202

19%

System-wide Totals

5,340

8,301

64%

Note: 75.5% Casework Reports were released within 90 days.

Report Turnaround for Year-to-Date, FY2022

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

# Released in 45 Days
2,603 9
447 273 1,936 34 38

Total % Released in Released 45 Days

4,375

60%

195

5%

846

53%

456

60%

2,084

93%

143

24%

202

19%

System-wide Totals

5,340

8,301

64%

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Crime Lab Reports Processed for July 2021

Department

Requested

Total Released

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

3,500 424
2,647 1
154 543
0 3,037
125

2,371 178
2,560 3
158 546
0 2,915
116

Total

10,431

8,847

Crime Lab Reports Processed FY2022

Department

Requested

Total Released

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

3,500 424
2,647 1
154 543
0 3,037
125

2,371 178
2,560 3
158 546
0 2,915
116

Total

10,431

8,847

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Georgia Crime Information Center

CJIS Network Statistics System Uptime: Messages Processed:

July 2021 NCIC SERVICES
100% 75,784,841

CJIS Operations 1. Sex Offender Registry
Records Added

Month 114

FY2022 114

Database Totals 35,222

2. Protection Order Registry Records Added

Month 2,495

FY2022 2,495

Database Totals 167,213

3. Off-Line Search Requests
Type of Request
Administrative (Criminal Justice Agency) Open Records Subpoena Media Possible CJIS Security Violations
CJIS Audits GCIC conducted 35 CJIS Audits this month.

Month
12 1 0 0 2

FY2022
12 1 0 0 2

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INFORMATION SERVICES

1. Criminal Fingerprint Transactions Received

Month

Submissions

34,456

Submission's w/Palms

15,984

Submission's w/Photos

11,193

Transactions processed within 2 hours of receipt:

93%

2. Applicant Fingerprint Transactions Received

Month

Submissions

53,636

Transactions processed with 24 hours of receipt: 100%

3. Final Disposition Received
Local Agency GCIC TOTAL

Month 48,578
218 48,796

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

Month 2,368 69% 51% 14%

5. Non-Criminal Justice Audits, Visits and Trainings

Month

In Compliance

22

Out of Compliance

28

TOTAL AUDITS

50

Advisement Memos

-

Agency Visits

3

Attendees

34

Trainings

6

6. Disposition Recovery Project
Submitted to Vendor Dispositions Processed

Month 0 0

FY2022 34,456 15,984 11,193
FY2022 53,636
FY2022 48,578
218 48,796
FY2022 2,368 69% 51% 14%
FY2022 22 28 50 3 34 6
Project to Date 136,092 132,595

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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 requested additional reporting capabilities. Monthly Update - The project is closed.
CUSTOMER RELATIONSHIP MANAGEMENT (CRM) Project Description - The CRM Application Project will provide a single source of historical interaction with external customers and will provide GCIC end users the ability to search, track and report customer interactions throughout business units. Monthly Update - There are no updates this month.
CUSTOMER SUPPORT & TRAINING Project Description - The Customer Support Training group provides training in GCIC programs, GCIC applications, and 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 eLearning environment. Monthly Update - The Training Staff handled 62 phone calls, 1,091 emails, 15 crystal reports and managed LMS user account additions. Multiple webinars and one-on-one trainings are being completed to meet State of Georgia training needs.
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GEORGIA APPLICANT PROCESSING SERVICE (GAPS) PROJECT Project Description - The Information Services section of GCIC 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). The selected vendor shall also handle receiving fingerprint search results and disseminating results to the requestor. Monthly Update The vendor (Thales) has been working on updating the applicant print site location map. A demo was provided to the NCJ Team for their review.
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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 team meets weekly for project review and continues to work with NCIC and Nlets to establish a connection. Once completed, the vendor can complete the interface setup and GBI can resume testing. Discovery meetings have been held to discuss the work required to connect to AIX, SOR, GDC, DDS/DOR and CCH interfaces.
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 developing the parental leave and employee signature business rules for the application.
NATIONAL INCIDENT-BASED REPORTING SYSTEM (NIBRS) PROJECT
Project Description - The National Incident Based Reporting System (NIBRS) collects law enforcement data on each single incident and arrest for each offense for which specific facts are collected. GBI is in the process of replacing the current UCR summary-based system with this system.
Monthly Update - The Bias Crime implementation is nearly finished; development is complete, and testing is in progress for the Bias Crime Report. Optimum completed and delivered the flatfile and XML technical specifications task/functionality, the implementation task/functionality in GATEST UI, and deployed XML upload task/functionality in GATEST FF. The 2019 Publication is pending; Optimum will publish the publication in the public portal in the next two weeks. Once Optimum has finished the 2019 Publication, they will start work on the 2020 Publication.
RAP BACK PROJECT
Project Description - The Rap Back (RB) 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 - The AFIS vendor successfully performed system end to end testing and assisted with troubleshooting issues in Thales UAT with GBI. Thales successfully performed user acceptance testing and system end to end with NEC and GBI. The GCIC Team performed UAT and system end to end testing with Thales and NEC for Thales acceptance. GCIC created a user training manual and began training on the RB system. Final review of the RB Design
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Requirements Specification (DRS) is pending approval to Thales. Roll-out is expected on August 30, 2021. SERVER REFRESH Project Description - GBI is working in collaboration with GTA with the replacement, installation and configuration of several server hardware replacements and software installs. Monthly Update - Weekly meetings are held to determine work that GBI must complete for the server refresh project. Tickets are being entered to request the opening of communication ports, firewall access and database transitions. Migration to the new SORT servers was completed July 30 and the team is working on the remaining servers.
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