State of Connecticut Office of Policy and Management

NIBRS TRAINING - AGENDA
July 21 and July 22, 2008
for the National Incident Based Reporting System (NIBRS)
This training will be held at the Connecticut Police Training Academy located at 285 Preston Street,  Meriden CT 06450.  Sessions will begin at 8:00 am, and are scheduled to end by 4:30 pm.

This training will ensure your agency’s records staff are properly collecting NIBRS data that define the level of crime in your jurisdiction.  We have found through informal reviews that some agencies do not classify their crime correctly, affecting the total picture of crime in the community.  It will ensure that your staff has a clear understanding of classifying crimes in the National Incident Based Reporting System.

NIBRS TRAINING - DAY ONE:
Historical background of the NIBRS program
Jurisdictional guidelines
Definition of an incident
Definitions of the offenses captured by NIBRS
Scoring procedures

NIBRS TRAINING - DAY TWO:
Details of the various segments, data elements and data values
Training activities focusing on error messages
Reporting hate crimes
Completing incident-based reports

UCR TRAINING - AGENDA
July 23 and July 24, 2008
for the Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program’s System
This training will be held at the Connecticut Police Training Academy located at 285 Preston Street,  Meriden CT 06450.  Sessions will begin at 8:00 am, and are scheduled to end by 4:30 pm.

This training will ensure your agency’s records staff are properly collecting UCR summary data that define your jurisdiction’s level of crime.  We have found through informal reviews that some agencies do not classify their crime correctly, affecting the total picture of crime in the community.  It will ensure that your staff has a clear understanding of classifying crimes in the Uniform Crime Reporting System.

UCR TRAINING - DAY THREE:
Historical background of the UCR Summary program
Hierarchy rule
Offense definitions
Classifying & scoring procedures
Forms preparation
The UCR Summary training program provided useful information, below are copies of FBI Agent, Darrin Moor’s FOUR PART presentation, a valuable reference tool.
  1. Background
  2. Preparing Return A
  3. Classifying
  4. Definition of Offenses

UCR TRAINING - DAY FOUR:
Form accuracy
Focus on the Supplement to Return A & establishing property value
Interactive scenarios on capturing specific details
The analytical value of comprehensive Summary reporting

In addition, there will an opportunity to review Family Violence, Bias and LEOKA Offense Reports.