Section 28.5101. Definitions.  


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  • Rule 101.  As used in these rules:

    (a)    "Administration of criminal justice" means the performance of any of the following activities:

    (i)            Detection, apprehension, detention, pretrial release, post-trial release, prosecution,  adjudication,  correctional   supervision,   or rehabilitation of accused persons or criminal offenders.

    (ii)   Identification of criminals.

    (iii) Collection, storage, and dissemination of criminal justice information.

    (b)    "AFIS" means the automated fingerprint identification system maintained and operated by the department.

    (c)    "CJIS Information Security Officer" (ISO) means the person designated to administer the LEIN and NCIC information security program. The CJIS ISO is an employee of the CSA. The CJIS ISO serves as the internal and external point of contact for all information security matters and ensures that each agency having access to the LEIN and NCIC system has  a security point of contact.

    (d)    "CJIS System Agency" (CSA) means the criminal justice agency that has overall responsibility for the administration and usage of the NCIC within a district, state, territory or federal agency as designated by the Federal Bureau of Investigation. The CJIS System Agency for this state is the department.

    (e)   "CJIS System Officer" (CSO) means a member of the CJIS System Agency, selected by the head of the CSA, having the responsibility for monitoring system use, enforcing system discipline and security, and ensuring that all users follow operating procedures.

    (f)   "Criminal justice agency" means a court or other governmental agency, or any subunit thereof, that engages in the administration of criminal justice pursuant to a statute or executive order and  that  allocates  a substantial part of its annual budget   for the  administration  of  criminal justice.

    (g)   "Criminal justice information" means data (electronic or hard  copy) collected by criminal justice agencies that is needed for the performance of their functions as authorized or required by law.

    (h)    "Criminal justice information systems" (CJIS) means systems provided by a governmental agency or authorized private entity that store and/or disseminate information used for the administration of criminal  justice  and public safety.

    (i)   "Department" means the Michigan department of state police.

    (j)    "Law Enforcement Information Network" (LEIN) is the communication network that supplies information sharing for Michigan criminal justice agencies, the portal that links to and provides access to various state and national databases and the hot files.

    (k)    "Michigan Criminal Justice Information Network" (MiCJIN) means the web portal that provides a secure infrastructure with data encryption and single user sign-on and authentication to allow access to a variety of applications.

    (l)     "National crime information center" (NCIC) means the  nationwide, computerized information system established as a service to all criminal justice agencies operated by the CJIS  division  of  the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI).

    (m)     "Nonpublic information" means information to which access, use, or dissemination is restricted by a Law or rule of this state or of the United States.

    (n)   "Other information systems" are applications, other than LEIN or AFIS, which are accessed through the MiCJIN portal.

    (o)   "Public safety" means the protection of the general population from all manners of significant danger, injury, damage, or harm.

    (p)   "Public safety agency" means any entity that has a mission of, or assists with, protecting the public from harm and  includes,   but  is  not limited to, police, fire, courts, prosecutors, search and  rescue,  emergency services, and 911 centers.

History: 1981 AACS; 2009 AACS.