FDLE Updatepresented to:

Florida Court Clerks & Comptrollers

2015 Summer Conference

Florida Department of Law Enforcement

Criminal Justice Information Services

Crime Information Bureau

This Session

• Overview of the Criminal History Process

• Disposition Updates through LOGAN

• Manual Disposition Updates

• MECOM Update

Criminal Histories

What are criminal history reports

used for?

Firearm background checks

Concealed weapon permit checks

Licensing

Employment

Adoption

Volunteering

Criminal Histories

Criminal Histories have two main components

1) Arrest• When an individual is arrested, they are taken to a booking facility and

fingerprinted

• This arrest and related fingerprints establish a criminal history for the

individual

• At this time, the individual is charged with one or more offenses and

these are listed in the arrest segment of the criminal history

Criminal Histories

Criminal Histories have two main components

2) Disposition• After the individual is arrested, they begin their process through the

court system

• Action taken by the prosecutor or court is recorded in the individual’s

criminal history

• This may include

• Offenses

• Plea

• Final outcome

• Sentencing provisions, fines, fees

• Probation or supervision

Criminal Histories

Criminal Histories

Arrest charges may be modified in the court process. They may be added, reduced or amended.

Entities using criminal histories for decision making now have the “whole story”

For example: A person arrested for a felony offense may have their charge reduced to a misdemeanor. This may mean the difference between the approval or denial of employment, housing or a firearm.

Why is the disposition important?

Dispositions

The Clerks of Court submit disposition data to FDLE on a monthly basis

These data files are submitted to LOGAN, an application maintained by FDLE and the Disposition staff

How does FDLE receive dispositions?

Dispositions

All 67 Clerks of Court submit data from their case management systems to FDLE through LOGAN

LOGAN uses a complex set of “edits” or rules to determine if the data is submitted in the proper format.

LOGANand the

Data Element Dictionary and Data Standards

LOGAN Upgrades

• The first official changes to the Data Element Dictionary (or “Pink Book”) since 1997

• The changes were authored by the OBTS Committee comprised of Clerks, FCCC, OSCA, FDLE, DC and DJJ

• FDLE is ready to accept files in the new format• We will continue to accept records in

the older format

Civil DispositionsEffective October 2014, and in conjunction with changes to the Criminal Justice Data Element Dictionary, the FDLE now displays civil outcomes to criminal charges on the Florida Rap Sheet. These civil outcome codes are now available for submission by the Clerks of Court and for manual entry by FDLE members.

New Civil Outcome Dispositions:

Transferred to Civil Court – The charge is reassigned to a civil court for processing.Civil/Not Criminal – This outcome can be used when the original charge was criminal but the final charge is not supported by a state criminal statute and not transferred to a civil court.

Both Transferred to Civil Court and Civil/Not Criminal actions can occur at the Prosecutor or Court phase.

Offense numerics:

7500 Municipal Ordinance Violation8500 County Ordinance Violation

LOGAN

Records received from Clerks of Court

2,191,600 in 2015

7,663,782 in 2014

13,487,860 in 2013

11,064,888 in 2012

LOGAN Historic Resubmission Project

Pending/Not yet participating (32)

Data submission complete (25)

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Ro

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Ok

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Wa

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Holmes

Wash-

ington

Bay

Jackson

Gulf

Liberty

Franklin

Wakulla

Gadsden

Leon

Wakulla

Madison

Taylor

Hamilton

Manatee

Desoto

HardeeHigh

lands

Okee-chobee St.

Lucie

Marion

Levy

Seminole

Hendry

Collier

Lee

Dade

Broward

Palm Beach

Monroe

Charlotte Glades

Martin

Orange

Polk

Osceola

IndianRiver

Pasco

Citrus Lake

Su

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HernandoOrange

Duval

DixieGil-christ

Alachua

St.

Jo

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Putnam

La-

fayette

Baker

Suwanee

Clay

Seminole25 Participating Counties to Date

1.8 million added dispositions

6.4 million modified dispositions

Dispositions

Manual Updates

22,998 Requests in 2014

120,850 Updates in CCH

71% Firearms Background Check

Dispositions

Manual Updates(as of May 2015)

9,719 Requests in 2015(7,554 FPP Requests)

5 Month Average10,726 Manual Entries

53,629 Updates in CCH

77% Firearms Background Check

Four Step Process

ResearchAnalysis

Entry Verification

Dispositions

ResearchOnline Case/Arrest Research

CCIS WebsiteCounty / SAO / Agency DOC / DJJ

Manual Case/Arrest ResearchFax/Call

Dispositions

Dispositions

AnalysisDo we have what we need to update the disposition?

Do we have what we need to complete the request for our customer?

Prosecutor / Court ORI / Case #Rearrest / Multiple Counts Disposition / DateStatute / Charge Level Sentence / DatePlea / Confinement Concurrent / ConsecutiveFines / Court Costs Court / Sentence ProvisionsProb length/ term date PTI term dateLiteral Field

Dispositions

EntryUpdate CCH Repository

Create scan packet with all research

Verify100% Verification for CCH entries

Respond back to customerScan packet

Florida Dispositions

Current Disposition Rate

Adult Felony 82.41%

Juvenile Felony 46.67%

Combined Felony 80.54%

This is due in large part to the strong cooperative

relationships with 67 Clerks of Court, the Florida Court

Clerks and Comptrollers, State Attorneys, Department of

Corrections and OSCA.

Contacts

Bureau Chief Chris Eaton

Supervisor Denita Lamar

Research & Training Specialist Amy Willis

LOGAN Analyst Kayleen Tinoco

CJISDisposition@fdle.state.fl.us

(850) 410-7850

Disposition Section

FDLE