who we are

Designated by the FBI's Criminal Justice Information System (CJIS) as Alabama's CJIS System Agency (CSA), the Alabama Criminal Justice Information Center (ACJIC) is responsible for establishing the policy to govern and administer the management of the Information Technology security program for criminal justice agencies accessing NCIC. ACJIC also operates a Command Center 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, to provide and assist criminal justice agencies with authorized access to its information systems.

ACJIC is an innovator in providing information sharing systems designed to help law enforcement agencies make good decisions which result in the safety and security of the citizens of Alabama. State-specific information systems developed and administered by ACJIC include AlaCOP, Alabama's secure web portal for authorized law enforcement and criminal justice officers, and the Alabama Law Enforcement Tactical System (LETS), a secure Internet-based system accessible only to authorized criminal justice agencies to share vital information maintained by Alabama state agencies such as Alabama driver license, boat registration, corrections, and automobile tag registrations.

what we do

The powers and duties of the Alabama Criminal Justice Information Center (ACJIC) are defined in Sections 41-9-590 through 41-9-649 of the Code of Alabama, 1975. These duties include:

• Collecting, storing, retrieving, analyzing, and disseminating criminal justice data on the behalf of the State of Alabama;
• Offering assistance and instruction to criminal justice agencies in establishing an efficient system for information management;
• Compiling and publishing annual statistics on the nature and extent of crime in Alabama to state officials and criminal justice agencies;
• Operating 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, to assist and provide criminal justice agencies with information which will aid them in crime fighting;
• Cooperating with other agencies of the state, the crime information agencies in other states and the Uniform Crime Reports (UCR) and national crime information center systems of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). Note: Prior to 1976, law enforcement agencies participated in the FBI's UCR program on a voluntary basis;
• Providing individuals with the mechanisms and procedures to view and challenge their criminal history records;
• Instituting measures to ensure for the privacy and security of the ACJIC system meeting both state and national standards for the interstate sharing of this information; and
• Employing sworn Alabama peace officers with "full and unlimited police power and jurisdiction to ensure the laws in this state pertaining to the operation and administration of the Alabama criminal justice information system, and the storage, use, and dissemination of the information processed" in its systems.

ACJIC administration

The Alabama Criminal Justice Information Center is governed by the ACJIC Commission, a supervisory board composed of a 13-member voting section and a 7-member advisory section, and is responsible for establishing the policies and rules governing the operation of the agency. Responsibility for the day-to-day operations of the agency is vested in the ACJIC Director, who works under the supervision of the ACJIC Commission. ACJIC is administered through the following divisions:

The Executive Division includes the agency’s administration, fiscal, grant program administration, communications, marketing, and public information functions.

The Field Operations Division is responsible for ACJIC user agency training, data quality, record auditing, technical assistance, investigation of misuse, and general system user liaison. The division also oversees the use of the Alabama Law Enforcement Technology Training Center (ALETTC).

The Information Technology Division is responsible for the agency’s technical operations, technical audits, system analysis/design/programming, maintenance of computer and telecommunication network systems, and associated websites and website applications.

The Crime Statistics and Information Division (CSI) is responsible for entering and matching case disposition data to arrest data in the state and federal Computerized Criminal History (CCH) system databases. The division also works with ACJIC user agencies on collecting and reporting incident-based crime data analyzed and disseminated through the Statistical Analysis Center (SAC), and produces analytical reports and ad-hoc reports related to Uniform Crime Reporting data requested by law enforcement, legislators, etc.