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Current as of January 01, 2023 | Updated by FindLaw Staff
In addition to its other duties, it shall be the duty of the Department of Public Safety to do all of the following:
(1) To collect and correlate information in criminal law administration, including crimes committed, arrests made, dispositions on preliminary hearings, prosecutions, convictions, acquittals, punishment, appeals, together with the age, race, and sex of the offender, the necessary data to make a trace regarding all firearms seized, forfeited, found, or otherwise coming into the possession of any State or local law enforcement agency of the State that are believed to have been used in the commission of a crime, and such other information concerning crime and criminals as may appear significant or helpful. To correlate such information with the operations of agencies and institutions charged with the supervision of offenders on probation, in penal and correctional institutions, on parole and pardon, so as to show the volume, variety and tendencies of crime and criminals and the workings of successive links in the machinery set up for the administration of the criminal law in connection with the arrests, trial, punishment, probation, prison parole and pardon of all criminals in North Carolina.
(2) To collect, correlate, and maintain access to information that will assist in the performance of duties required in the administration of criminal justice throughout the State. This information may include, but is not limited to, motor vehicle registration, drivers' licenses, wanted and missing persons, stolen property, warrants, stolen vehicles, firearms registration, sexual offender registration as provided under Article 27A of Chapter 14 of the General Statutes, drugs, drug users and parole and probation histories. In performing this function, the Division may arrange to use information available in other agencies and units of State, local and federal government, but shall provide security measures to insure that such information shall be made available only to those whose duties, relating to the administration of justice, require such information.
(3) To make scientific study, analysis and comparison from the information so collected and correlated with similar information gathered by federal agencies, and to provide the Governor and the General Assembly with the information so collected biennially, or more often if required by the Governor.
(4) To perform all the duties heretofore imposed by law upon the Attorney General with respect to criminal statistics.
(5) Repealed by S.L. 2014-100, § 17.1(ss), eff. July 1, 2014.
(6) To promulgate rules and regulations for the administration of this Article.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - North Carolina General Statutes Chapter 143B. Executive Organization Act of 1973 § 143B-902. Powers and duties of the Department of Public Safety with respect to criminal information - last updated January 01, 2023 | https://codes.findlaw.com/nc/chapter-143b-executive-organization-act-of-1973/nc-gen-st-sect-143b-902/
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