Moving Texas to NIBRS

1. Moving Texas to NIBRS Uniform Crime Reporting Bureau Texas Department of Public Safety

3. Question #1: What is NIBRS?

4. “NIBRS” stands for the National Incident-Based Reporting System. • Data is reported as incidents, wherein all aspects of the incident (offense, victim, offender, property, etc.) is included in the data. • Developed by the FBI in the 1980’s. • It is a fundamental change from the Summary (SRS) system in that there is no Hierarchy Rule, all offenses in the incident are reported. • Data is converted to Summary format prior to publication. • The conversion to Summary is being phased out.

5. Question #2: Is NIBRS really better than summary?

6. NIBRS reports all incidents. • All data within each incident is interconnected. • The data collected in NIBRS is more detailed than that of its Summary counterpart. Which was developed in 1927.

7. NIBRS Group A Offenses: • Aggravated Assault • All Other Theft • Arson • Assisting or Promoting Prostitution • Betting/Wagering • Bribery • Burglary • Commercial Sex Acts • Counterfeiting/Forgery • Credit Card/ATM Fraud • Destruction/Vandalism • Drug Equipment Violations • Drug/Narcotic Violations • Embezzlement • Extortion/Blackmail • False Pretense/Fraud • Fondling • Gambling Equipment Violations • Impersonation Fraud • Incest • Intimidation • Involuntary Servitude • Justifiable Homicide • Kidnapping/Abduction • Motor Vehicle Theft • Murder • Negligent Manslaughter • Operating/Promoting Gambling • Pocket-picking • Pornography/Obscene Material • Prostitution • Purchasing Prostitution • Purse-snatching • Rape • Robbery • Sex Assault with Object • Shoplifting • Simple Assault • Sodomy • Sports Tampering • Statutory Rape • Stolen Property Offenses • Theft from Building • Theft from Coin-Op Machine • Theft from MV • Theft of MV Parts and Accessories • Weapon Law Violations • Welfare Fraud • Wire Fraud • Animal Cruelty * • Computer Hacking * • Identity Theft *

8. Summary Part I Offenses: • Aggravated Assault • All Other Theft • Arson • Assisting or Promoting Prostitution • Betting/Wagering • Bribery • Burglary • Commercial Sex Acts • Counterfeiting/Forgery • Credit Card/ATM Fraud • Destruction/Vandalism • Drug Equipment Violations • Drug/Narcotic Violations • Embezzlement • Extortion/Blackmail • False Pretense/Fraud • Fondling • Gambling Equipment Violations • Impersonation Fraud • Incest • Intimidation • Involuntary Servitude • Justifiable Homicide • Kidnapping/Abduction • Motor Vehicle Theft • Murder • Negligent Manslaughter • Operating/Promoting Gambling • Pocket-picking • Pornography/Obscene Material • Prostitution • Purchasing Prostitution • Purse-snatching • Rape • Robbery • Sex Assault with Object • Shoplifting • Simple Assault • Sodomy • Sports Tampering • Statutory Rape • Stolen Property Offenses • Theft from Building • Theft from Coin-Op Machine • Theft from MV • Theft of MV Parts and Accessories • Weapon Law Violations • Welfare Fraud • Wire Fraud

9. Locations: • Air/Bus/Train Terminal • Bank/Savings and Loan • Bar/Nightclub • Church/Synagogue/Temple (includes other religious) • Commercial/Office Building • Construction Site • Convenience Store • Department/Discount Store • Drug Store/Doctors Office/ Hospital • Field/Woods • Government/Public Building • Grocery/Supermarket • Highway/Road/Alley (street) • Hotel/Motel/Etc. (temporary lodgings) • Jail/Prison (penitentiary) • Lake/Waterway/Beach • Liquor Store • Parking/Drop Lot/Garage • Rental Storage Facility • Residence/Home • Restaurant • School/College • Service/Gas Station • Specialty Store • Other/Unknown • Abandoned/Condemned • Amusement Park • Arena/Stadium/Fairgrounds • ATM Separate from Bank • Auto Dealership New/Used • Camp/Campground • Daycare Facility • Dock/Wharf/Freight/Modal Terminal • Farm Facility • Gambling Facility/Casino • Industrial Site • Military Installation • Park/Playground • Rest Area • School–College/University • School–Elementary/ Secondary • Shelter–Mission/Homeless • Shopping Mall • Tribal Lands • Community Center

10. Property: • Heavy Construction Industrial Equipment • Household Goods • Jewelry, Precious Metals • Livestock • Merchandise • Money • Negotiable Instruments • Nonnegotiable Instruments • Office-type Equipment • Other Motor Vehicles • Purses, Handbags, Wallets • Radios, TVs, VCRs, DVD • Recordings – Audio, Visual • Recreational Vehicles • Structures – Single Occupancy Dwellings • Structures – Other Dwellings • Structures – Other Commercial/Business • Structures – Industrial, Manufacturing • Structures – Public/ Community • Structures – Storage • Structures – Other • Tools • Trucks • Vehicle Parts, Accessories • Watercraft • Aircraft Parts, Accessories • Artistic Supplies, Accessories • Building Materials • Camping, Hunting, Fishing Equipment, Supplies • Chemicals • Collections, Collectibles • Crops • Documents, Personal or Business • Explosives • Firearm Accessories • Fuel • Identity Documents • Identity – Intangible • Law Enforcement Equip • Lawn, Yard, Garden Equipment • Logging Equipment • Medical, Medical Lab Equipment • Metals, Non-Precious • Musical Instruments • Pets • Photographic, Optical Equipment • Portable Electronic Communications • Recreational, Sports Equipment • Other • Trailers • Watercraft Equipment, Parts, Accessories • Weapons – Other • Pending Inventory

11. Summary NIBRS Homicide Homicide Rape Robbery

12. Question #3: How do I report NIBRS data?

13. Agency Generates Electronic File From RMS DPS & FBI Publish Data Agency Sends File to DPS The Circle of Life for a NIBRS file Files Are Exported to the FBI Errors Identified Agency Resolves Error-Free File is Moved to Repository

14. Current System: • Data is extracted (flat file) directly from a NIBRS-capable Records Management System. • Extracted file is emailed to DPS for upload into the state Repository. • Data errors are visible within the state Repository. Correction by agency must be made prior to moving to the FBI. • When data is correct, it is then forwarded to the FBI.

15. New System (online June 2017): DPS is building a new repository system. This system will allow agencies to have total control over their data during all steps of the process. • Agencies will upload their NIBRS data directly into the system. • Edits will validate the data during upload. • All data passing the validations will continue into the repository.

16. New System • Data found in error will not continue and a detailed error report will be returned via email to the uploader. • Agencies will be required to make corrections within their RMS to the data that is in error. • Once corrections have been made, a new flat file will need to be generated and uploaded.

17. New System IMPORTANT ITEMS TO REMEMBER • Minimum Windows 7 with Internet Explorer 11, Microsoft Edge or Google Chrome internet browsers. • E-mail must be a governmental, university, or ISD. • Applies to both NIBRS and Summary Reporting. • Training through Webex sessions • January 1, 2018- Paperless

18. Question #4: What data is reported in NIBRS?

19. Segments Data segments are like chapters in a book, each segment holds a specific part of the incident: Level 1 – Administrative Segment Level 2 – Offense Segment Level 3 – Property Segment Level 4 – Victim Segment Level 5 – Offender Segment Level 6 – Arrestee Segment Level 7 – Group B Arrest Segment Level 0 – Zero Report Segment Level 8 – Texas-Centric Segment

20. Elements Within each segment are data elements. These are the “building blocks” within the segment that comprise all data in the incident. Data elements within each segment provide needed information to allow the fullest picture of the incident for statistical purposes. Each segment level has specific data elements that pertain to the data contained in that segment. There are also mandatory data elements, that are required by the state of Texas to be submitted with your NIBRS report each month.

21. Data Values A data value is a characteristic of an object (such as sex of a person) or a parameter of a data element.

22. Segments Level 1 – Administrative Segment Level 2 – Offense Segment Level 3 – Property Segment Level 4 – Victim Segment Level 5 – Offender Segment Level 6 – Arrestee Segment Level 7 – Group B Arrest Segment Level 0 – Zero Report Segment Level 8 – Texas-Centric Segment

23. Level 2 – Offense Segment • ORI: The nine digit agency identifier. • TX0571100 • Incident Number: Up to 12 characters. • UCR Offense Code: All offenses within the incident from the list of 52 specific reportable Group A crimes. • Offense Attempted/Completed: “A” or “C”. • Offender Suspected of Using: Offender under the influence of drugs, alcohol or using computer equipment. • Bias Motivation: If the offense was motivated by the offender’s bias, what was the bias type?

24. Level 2 – Offense Segment (Con’t) • Location Type: 58 location types. • Number of Premises Entered: Up to 99 separate premises. • Method of Entry: Either Force or No Force. • Type Criminal Activity/Gang Info: Specific crimes (drugs, pornography, gambling) with activities like: possessing, buying/receiving, cultivating, transporting, etc. • Type Weapon/Force Involved: 16 types available. • Automatic Weapon Indicator: Add “A” to weapon.

25. Question #5: Will NIBRS increase my crime numbers?

26. The short answer: Maybe, but probably not. If so, not by very much. • Since there is no Hierarchy Rule in NIBRS, all crimes committed in the incident are reportable in NIBRS. NIBRS does require you to document more crime than Summary. • NIBRS data is converted to the Summary format (applying the Hierarchy Rule and other edits) prior to publishing by the FBI. The FBI has begun a program to also publish NIBRS data for CIUS.

27. Numbers in red represent the breakout of premises entered during burglaries of self-storage facilities, and individual motor vehicles stolen in an incident.

28. Question #6: Is NIBRS difficult to learn?

29. Actually there are less moving parts to NIBRS than Summary: • With NIBRS there is no need for any paper forms (Tally Book, Return A, Supplement to the Return A, etc.) which means less time spent hand-compiling data. • Depending on how it is constructed, the RMS may assign the NIBRS offense code automatically, or may require assignment of offense codes manually. • The RMS will take care of all scoring and other data compiling.

30. Summary is already incorporated into NIBRS. • NIBRS has more crimes to choose from. • NIBRS has more weapons, locations and property types available than Summary. • NIBRS has only a few variations from SRS.

31. Question #7: What do I need to report NIBRS?

32. A Records Management System (RMS) that is capable of producing NIBRS data. • Vendor training. • NIBRS training. • Certification process. • Preparation for changes in your long range trends that might appear after you begin reporting NIBRS.

33. Question #8: What benefit will NIBRS be to my agency?

34. NIBRS participation may tie into new grant funding streams. • Better transparency. • Paperless reporting. • Immediate feedback on errors produced during report submission. • Immediate retrieval of data for statistical purposes.

35. Question #9: Will NIBRS Become The Standard?

36. Yes! • Texas House Bill sets a goal of all-NIBRS reporting for Texas LEAs by 2019. • The FBI has announced that it will cease accepting Summary data in 2021. • NIBRS will become the only UCR reporting method.

37. Question #10: How Can I Learn More About NIBRS?

38. To learn more about how to transition to Incident-Based Reporting, please contact the Department of Public Safety Uniform Crime Reporting Bureau: By email: nibrs@dps.texas.gov By phone: 512-424-2091 …or, contact your UCR field rep! By email: UCR@dps.texas.gov

39. Where to Find More Information about NIBRS: • www.dps.texas.gov/ucr/indexnibrs.htm (NIBRS / TIBRS)

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