Agenda Date: 07/02/2019
Subject:
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Resolution 33-2019: Approving a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between the Littleton Police Department (LPD), Denver Police Department, and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (BATF&E), for the evaluation and entry of firearm evidence into the BrassTrax System for correlation on the National Integrated Ballistic Information Network (NIBIN)
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Prepared by:
Doug Stephens, Chief of Police
PURPOSE:
The MOU defines roles and responsibilities regarding the scheduling and submission of evidence for entry into the NIBIN database and any associated follow-up. The MOU will allow the LPD to submit all shell casing evidence recovered in the City of Littleton for examination in the national database. This will help link gun crimes across jurisdictional boundaries increasing identification, investigation, and prosecution of dangerous offenders committing multiple gun crimes throughout the region.
PRESENTATIONS:
Staff Presenter(s): Doug Stephens, Chief of Police
Additional Presenter(s): N/A
SUMMARY:
NIBIN is a national database of digital images of spent bullets and cartridge cases found at crime scenes or test-fired from confiscated weapons. Law enforcement agencies throughout the country have historically submitted this type of evidence on a case-by-case basis depending on the severity of the crime involved.
In recent years, the BATF&E has partnered with large metropolitan police agencies, including Denver, to form Crime Gun Intelligence Centers (CGICs). The CGIC's mission is to collect and analyze all ballistic evidence, regardless of severity of crime type, in an effort to identify firearms, and ultimately those using them, in multiple gun-related crimes which often occur across different jurisdictions. For example, a shots fired call in Littleton may result in no victim but a suspect arrested for a minor firearms violation. Normally, shell casings recovered in this example would not be submit...
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