MS HB1040

All law enforcement agencies in Mississippi must implement an incident-based reporting system that meets the National Incident-Based Reporting System (NIBRS) standards of the Federal Bureau of Investigation's Uniform Crime Reporting Program.

Law enforcement agencies must use the NIBRS system to submit information and statistics about criminal offenses to the state center as soon as practicable after crimes are ascertained, once the state-level NIBRS Repository is available.

The PEER committee may conduct random reviews of agency records to ensure timely fulfillment of criminal justice data submission duties and shall recommend measures for more effective compliance.

Criminal justice departments or agencies spending over $5,000 annually on computerized records management or jail management system upgrades must ensure the system uses Department of Justice-approved XML format with no impediments to data sharing between agencies.

By July 1, 2019, the department must submit a report to the Legislature identifying how many local law enforcement agencies have implemented the NIBRS system, with the act taking effect July 1, 2018.