National Crime Information Center Rundown

NCIC: A Quick Rundown of the FBI's National Crime Information Center.

• Initially created in 1967 to help find fugitives and stolen property.
• Over the years, additional capabilities and categories added (i.e., missing/unidentified persons, violent gangs/terrorist organizations, identity theft victims, immigration violators).
• Over the years, additional capabilities and categories added (i.e., missing/unidentified persons, violent gangs/terrorist organizations, identity theft victims, immigration violators).
• 11.7 million records currently in NCIC
• Records come from FBI, other federal agencies, state/local law enforcement, authorized courts.
• Accessed by more than 18,000 law enforcement agencies from squad cars, squad rooms, and increasingly, PDAs.
• First year of operation, handled 2 million transactions
• Fiscal Year 2009, handled almost 2.5 billion.
• Averages 6.7 million transactions a day.
• Average response time is 0.06 seconds.