DEPARTMENT: Police
DEPARTMENT HEAD: William P. McManus, Chief of Police
COUNCIL DISTRICTS IMPACTED: City wide
SUBJECT:
An Ordinance authorizing the acceptance of a grant in an amount $208,715.00 from the U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs, for the implementation of technology related to, and to participate in, the National Integrated Ballistic Information Network (NIBIN).
SUMMARY:
On January 30, 2017, the San Antonio Police Department (SAPD) submitted a Special Category Grant Opportunity Submission Authorization Request to apply for a U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), Office of Justice Programs (OJP), Technology Innovation for Public Safety (TIPS) grant for the implementation of technology related to, and to participate in, the National Integrated Ballistic Information Network (NIBIN).
BACKGROUND INFORMATION:
The grant application was submitted to the DOJ/OJP on February 7, 2017, requesting $416,430.00 to purchase and install two complete NIBIN systems consisting of two workstations with all related equipment. The SAPD was notified on September 26, 2017, that it had been awarded $208,715.00 for the program which will allow for the purchase and installation of one complete NIBIN system/station.
The SAPD currently has access to one NIBIN system, which is on temporary loan from the ATF (Bureau for Alcohol, Drug, Firearms, and Explosives), and an MOU is in place with the ATF which provided the SAPD with the hardware and training to begin the implementation of a NIBIN program within the Department.
The NIBIN Program automates ballistics evaluations and provides actionable investigative leads in a timely manner. NIBIN is the only interstate automated ballistic imaging network in operation in the United States and is available to most major population centers in the United States.
Prior to the NIBIN Program, firearms examiners performed this process manually which was extremely labor intensive. To use NIBIN, firearms examiners or technic...
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