Inside the FBI/CJIS: Equipping Officers with Critical Information

The FBI's National Crime Information Center

In the summer of 2022, a man shot and killed a police officer during a traffic encounter. The subject’s criminal history included violent crimes such as endangering police officers, assaults, and stealing service weapons, and he had made previous threats to shoot law enforcement.

Regardless of the extensive criminal history and threats to law enforcement, a record for the individual was not available in the FBI’s National Crime Information Center (NCIC) system at the time of the encounter.