J 3: JUSTICE TECHNOLOGY
Utilize data sharing, technology, and cooperative communication to enhance public safety and improve the Justice System' s
response.
Other Information:
• Nearly three-quarters of Utah' s population is covered by a law enforcement agency reporting National Incident Based Reporting
Data (NIBRS). This data reporting format provides rich detail about crimes that occur and allows law enforcement to be more
tactical in their approach to policing. • Utah is a leader in reporting felony dispositions on our Criminal History File.
Since the early 1990s, Utah consistently has over 90% of the dispositions for felony arrests posted on the Criminal History
File. • Utah is in the process of automating the state's justice courts. These municipal courts adjudicate nearly all of the
state' s lower level offenses. Before now, the outcomes for cases processed by Utah' s justice courts were unknown. As the
courts become automated, dispositions on arrests for crimes such as simple assaults and driving under the influence will be
known to law enforcement, prosecutors, and judges. ADDRESSING THE ISSUE There are many state-of-the-art records management
systems now in place in Utah's justice agencies. These include CORIS (Adult Courts), O-TRACK (Utah Department of Corrections),
and CARE (shared between the Utah Juvenile Court and the Division of Youth Corrections). In addition, in a cooperative effort,
the Utah Criminal Justice Information System (UCJIS) provides an Internet based information system that pulls critical information
from databases at the Department of Public Safety, the Utah Courts, and the Utah Department of Corrections. UCJIS provides
important information to law enforcement officers and other justice system professionals.
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