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Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR)
Redevelopment Project (UCRRP)
Leslie Underwood and Paul D. Barsalou
Crime Statistics Management Unit (CSMU)
Federal Bureau of Investigation
CJIS Division
304-625-4018 and 304-625-4662
leslie.underwood@ic.fbi.gov and paul.barsalou@leo.gov
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Overview
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Current UCRRP Status and Program Impacts
Defining the New UCR System
A Day In the Life of FBI’s UCR Program…
Questions?
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Current UCRRP Status and Program Impacts
• UCRRP Status:
– The system that was delivered to FBI was incomplete and did not meet
expectations.
– Specifically, data ingestion processes for the new UCR System tested
slower than anticipated – this has led to an architecture change for the
new system.
• Program Impacts:
– The FBI has put in place a number of preprocessing work-arounds.
– XML interfaces will still require testing with states.
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Defining the New UCR System
• The system was designed to:
– Automate and apply business rules and quality checks for data ingestion to
improve FBI responsiveness to data submitters.
– Provide more effective and efficient reporting of errors, missing data and
status of ingested data.
– Present web forms for entry of monthly Summary Reporting System (SRS) data
submissions for agencies with limited to no record management system (RMS)
capability that required them to submit using a paper-based process.
– Enhance processes to both speed up and improve timeliness of data
dissemination through FBI publications.
– Deliver the ability to present information to public users and stakeholders
through the UCR Crime Data Explorer (CDE).
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Defining the New UCR System (Cont.)
• What the system is not:
– A replacement RMS for data submitters – direct contributors can
submit their monthly SRS statistics using a web form
– A data submission portal to the FBI – data submissions will still need to
be e-mailed
– A new state-level UCR processing system – FBI still focusing on
improving its ability to respond to data submitters and publication
timeliness
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Defining the New UCR System (Cont.)
• Shared Management and UCR:
– A shared management solution for State UCR Programs to allow data
submitters to manage their submissions by using the FBI’s system, was
envisioned as a follow-on capability.
– Because of system delivery delays and architecture challenges, this
concept had to be shelved for the time being.
– Although the FBI understands there is strong State UCR Program
stakeholder support for this concept, it may be awhile before this can
be achieved.
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A Day In the Life of FBI’s UCR Program…
• As an introduction to some of the New UCR System’s
capability, let’s follow an FBI Data Management Specialist
while they process submissions and prepare our annual
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Reviewing the daily workflow queue…
Managing errors and warnings...
Reviewing a record card...
Preparing for publication and meeting deadlines...
Viewing Crime In the United States (CIUS) via the UCRCDE…
CIUS table drilldown…
Displaying the next level…
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Reviewing the Daily Workflow Queue…
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Managing Errors and Warnings…
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Reviewing a Record Card (Part I)…
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Reviewing a Record Card (Part II)…
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Preparing for Publication…
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Viewing CIUS on the UCRCDE…
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CIUS Table Drilldown…
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Displaying the Next Level…
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Questions?
• Thank You!
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Leslie Underwood and Paul D. Barsalou
CSMU
Federal Bureau of Investigation
CJIS Division
304-625-4018 and 304-625-4662
leslie.underwood@ic.fbi.gov and paul.barsalou@leo.gov
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