1. Bonnie Locke Cathy Plummer
CPI and Nlets
Bonnie Locke
Cathy Plummer

2. CPI and Nlets
CPI works with Nlets to support major grants and projects
CHIEF
NISP
NCIEN
SRFERS
ASAP

3. Grant Funders

4. Grant Process Proposal Approval and Award
Nlets explains the use-case and the benefits of the project to the criminal justice and law enforcement field
Approval and Award
Readiness Assessment for potential participants
Contract with vendors
Phase Completion
Progress of the project is tracked, recorded and presented to users and funders
Renewal
Based on the completion of the previous phase, and new proposal is written for further progress and expantion of the project

5. Criminal History Information Exchange Format (CHIEF)
Criminal history record information exchanged from state and federal agencies
Allows for instant responses over Nlets network
Standardized “Rap Sheet” conformant with National Information Exchange Model (NIEM)
Sponsored by BJS

7. Nlets Interstate Sharing of Photos Project (NISP)
Interstate sharing of electronic images across Nlets network
Began with driver license images
Sponsored by BJS

8. Nationwide Corrections Image and Information Exchange over Nlets (NCIEN)
Correction photos available over Nlets network
Pictures of inmates, scars, marks and tattoos
Sponsored by BJS

10. State Regional and Federal Enterprise Retrieval System (SRFERS)
West Coast-based pilot
Allows Automated Regional Justice Information Sharing (ARJIS) to share booking photos and LPR information
Implemented in: Arizona, California, Idaho, Oregon, and Washington
Allows queries of vehicles through LPR data along California/Mexico border
Allows Nlets message archive log to show search histories of individuals

11. Automated Secure Alarm Protocol
Provides a standard data exchange for electronically transmitting information between an Alarm Monitoring Company and a Public Safety Answering Point (PSAP)
Alarm company consolidator to be housed at Nlets, maintained by CSAA
ALQ/ALR transactions utilize the APCO/CSAA ANSI-NIST XML specification.
Virginia and Texas in production

12. LPR Prototype DHA BAA funded initiative
State, Regional, and Local LPR systems will contribute to national pointer index to be housed at Nlets
LPQ transaction to “NL” will search the National Index.
LPR transaction will include a hit list including the ORI of the record owner.
A second LPQ directly to the ORI will return the full record with a copy of the image.
Prototype to be in production by EOY 2011.

13. Other Projects at Nlets
Bulk Cash Smuggling
FMCSA CDLIS and PRISM
ICE LEISI Initiative
Interpol
Training & Education Program

14. Get Involved
To get involved in a project, contact Bonnie at or the project manager of the grant

15. Questions or Ideas?
If you have questions about Nlets or Nlets projects and grants, contact Bonnie at or
Nlets is always looking for new ideas of how we can all work together
If you have ideas, send them to