Current through Register Vol. XLI, No. 50, December 13, 2024
Section 81-11-2 - DefinitionsAs used in this rule, unless in a context that clearly requires a different meaning, the term:
2.1. Approved -- software that meets the specifications listed in the FBI=s Uniform Crime Reporting National Incident-Based Reporting Systems, Volumes: 1 - Data Collection Guidelines, 2 - Data Submission Specifications, 4 - Error Message Manual, and the specifications listed in the West Virginia NIBRS implementation data fields and the West Virginia file document layout. For a vendors= software to be approved, the software must produce zero percent errors when utilizing test data. Another method of a vendor achieving approval status is when a UCR contributing agency employing the software becomes certified.2.2. Certified -- a contributing agency that is submitting IBR data on computer disk whose data complies with the specifications listed in the FBI=s Uniform Crime Reporting National Incident-Based Reporting Systems, Volumes: 1 - Data Collection Guidelines, 2 - Data Submission Specifications, 4 - Error Message Manual, and the specifications listed in the West Virginia NIBRS implementation data fields and the West Virginia file document layout. The agency must submit 3 months in succession of actual crime incident data with zero percent errors to achieve certification.2.3. Contributing Agency -- a West Virginia law enforcement agency that has been assigned an Originating Identifier (ORI) by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and is mandated by W. Va. Code '15-2-24(i) and (j) to submit uniform crime reports in the form, content, time and manner prescribed by the Criminal Identification Bureau of the West Virginia State Police.2.4. Incident Based Reporting (IBR) -- an enhanced crime reporting system in which law enforcement agencies collect detailed data regarding individual crime incidents and arrests and submits them in separate "reports". In West Virginia the prescribed data elements and data values utilize the NIBRS standards, plus other elements and values qualified in the West Virginia NIBRS implementation data fields and the West Virginia file document layout. These West Virginia fields and values also include the information required for collection by the WV Family Violence Prevention Act W. Va. Code '48-2A-9.2.5. National Incident Based Reporting System (NIBRS) -- the IBR system developed for reporting crime figures to the FBI. Prescribed data elements and data values to describe each incident and arrest are to be found in the publications, Uniform Crime Reporting National Incident-Based Reporting Systems (Volumes 1, 2 and 4).2.6. Summary Based Reporting -- the traditional system of crime reporting where law enforcement agencies tally the number of occurrences of Part I Offenses as well as arrest data for both Part I and Part II offenses and submit aggregate counts of the collected data in monthly summarized reports indirectly to the FBI through the State UCR Program. The guidelines for summary reporting are found in the FBI publication Uniform Crime Reporting Handbook.2.7. Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) -- is a city, county and state law enforcement program which provides a nationwide view of crime based on submission of statistics by law enforcement agencies throughout the country. The crime data is submitted to the State UCR program which forwards the data to the national UCR program which is administered by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). The authorization for the state UCR program in West Virginia is found in W. Va. Code '15-2-24(i) and (j).