GAC Highlight: Sharing Criminal Record Information Among New Mexico Tribes and State Kelly Harris, SEARCH Deputy Executive Director

 2004 SEARCH, The National Consortium for Justice Information and Statistics | 1 Sharing Criminal Record Information Among New Mexico Tribes and State Players: State of New Mexico and three Indian Nations: Pueblos of Acoma, Laguna and Zuni Goal: Improve criminal record information sharing across tribal, state and federal jurisdictions Complexity: philosophical, policy and technical data sharing issues Traditional justice systems and tribal sovereignty Catalyst: criminal activity knows no boundaries high profile tragedy results in legislation

 2004 SEARCH, The National Consortium for Justice Information and Statistics | 2 Strategies 1.Governance. Establish a project advisory committee (PAC) comprised of tribal, state and federal representatives that will provide leadership, direction, input and assessment for the successful completion of projects related to this initiative. 2.Assessment and Development. Develop tribal capacity to share crime data inter-tribally and with the State of New Mexico. 3.Analyze Information Exchanges. Define the exchanges that can and should occur among and between tribes and the state and federal government. 4.Implement Standards. Establish minimum data collection and reporting standards that meet the needs of various agencies and also provides sufficient information for meaningful crime data analysis. 5.Conform with GJXDM. Define exchange transactions and documents that conform with this important standard. 6.Provide Access. Establish tribal access to NCIC and other state and national crime databases.

 2004 SEARCH, The National Consortium for Justice Information and Statistics | 3 Priority Data of the New Mexico Pueblo Crime Data Project Establish DWI information exchanges between courts and law enforcement and within the tribes. Expand those exchanges to include state and federal agencies. Continue with domestic violence, juvenile justice and criminal history information.

 2004 SEARCH, The National Consortium for Justice Information and Statistics | 4 Tribal Structures

 2004 SEARCH, The National Consortium for Justice Information and Statistics | 5 Success Factors Strong commitment on the part of the participants. Tribes State Collaborative support from partners: US DOJ OJP/BJA/BJS Global Information Sharing Initiative LEISP Tribal Justice Statistics Center Justice Research and Statistics Association National Center for Rural Law Enforcement IACP SEARCH Others

 2004 SEARCH, The National Consortium for Justice Information and Statistics | 6 Outcomes of Success Better decisionmaking and justice administration for the tribes and state. Increased information sharing in support of improved public safety safety. Use existing information sharing models and develop models where needed to be shared and leveraged by others. Additional development in support of the GJXDM.