Form 70-003 SECURE COMMUNITIES INITIATIVE SURVEY - STATE

DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement

OMB Number: 1653-0040
Expiration Date: 04/30/2012

SECURE COMMUNITIES INITIATIVE SURVEY - STATE
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS), U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is improving community
safety by transforming the way the federal government cooperates with state and local law enforcement agencies to
identify, detain, and remove all criminal aliens held in custody. The ICE Secure Communities (SC) initiative will
revolutionize immigration enforcement by using technology to share information between law enforcement agencies and
by applying risk-based methodologies to focus resources on assisting all local communities to remove high-risk criminal
aliens.
Your answers to the following questions will help ICE implement the Secure Communities initiative. Please ensure your
responses to the survey are approved by the appropriate authorities. This survey is to be completed by the State Law
Enforcement Agency responsible for IDENT/IAFIS Interoperability. The survey will take about 20 minutes to complete.
Your responses will be kept anonymous and will not be disclosed to anyone but the individuals conducting this survey,
except as otherwise required by law. Your participation is completely voluntary and you may choose to leave blank
questions you do not wish to answer. If there are questions about how to complete one or more sections please e-mail
[email protected].
INSTRUCTIONS: Please complete and return the survey within two weeks of receipt.

IDENT/IAFIS Interoperability State Agency Survey
Contact Information
Name

Title

State ID Bureau

Address

Telephone

FAX

E-mail

Section I - Booking Facility Information
1. Do all booking facilities in your state submit criminal arrest fingerprints to your state identification bureau or some
other centralized system?
Yes
No - If "No" where are they required to be sent?
2. What percentage of booking facilities in your state has the ability to submit criminal arrest fingerprints electronically to
the state identification bureau?
3. What percentage of your state's criminal arrest fingerprints are reported electronically to the FBI?

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Section II - Fingerprinting
4. Does the state ID bureau maintain its own fingerprint repository?
Yes
No
If yes to question 4, please provide the state point of contact for the fingerprint repository.
Name

Telephone Number

5. Can a list be provided of those booking facilities that do and do not submit criminal arrest fingerprints electronically?
Yes
No
Please list the counties within your state that do not have live scan devices.

6. Are all criminal arrest fingerprints received at the state identification bureau forwarded to the FBI?
Yes
No
If No to question 6:
A. When are criminal arrest fingerprints submitted to FBI?
Criminal Offense Threshold Reached (i.e., FBI Part I offense, misdemeanor, etc.) [If checked, what is the
]
threshold?
First-time arrest Only
Identity Unknown
Never Submitted
B. For what categories of arrestees are fingerprints not forwarded to the FBI?

C. Of all criminal arrest fingerprints received by the state identification bureau, what actual or estimated
percentage isn't forwarded to the FBI?
7. How long does it take for the state identification bureau to respond to local criminal arrest fingerprint submissions?
Less than 1 hour
1 to 4 hours
4 to 6 hours
More than 6 hours
8. Do all criminal arrest fingerprint submissions include a breakdown of criminal charges and/or convictions?
Yes
No
9. If criminal charges are numerically coded, are NCIC numeric codes used?
Yes
No
If no, please identify what alternative codes are used.
10. Are state correctional facilities required to submit criminal arrest fingerprints to the state identification bureau?
Yes
No
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OMB Number: 1653-0040
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Privacy Act Statement
AUTHORITY: Authority for Maintenance of the system is given in 8 U.S.C. Sec. 1103; 8 U.S.C. Sec. 1324(b)(3); 8 U.S.C.
Sec. 1360(b); 5 U.S.C. Sec. 552a(b); 5 U.S.C. Sec. 301; Section 504 of the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1990 (Public
Law 101-649).
PURPOSE: The purpose of this form is to gather the necessary information to determine if information sharing between ICE
and the State and local authorities is feasible and compatible.
ROUTINE USES: The information is used for the purpose set forth above and it may be:
- Forwarded to Federal, State, or local law enforcement agencies for their use;
- Used as a basis for summaries, briefings, or responses to Members of Congress or other agencies in the Executive
Branch of the Federal Government;
- Provided to Congress or other Federal, State, and local agencies, when determined necessary.
VOLUNTARY DISCLOSURE AND EFFECT ON INDIVIDUAL NOT PROVIDING INFORMATION:
Compliance with this survey is completely voluntary, however, failure to provide the information may result in an inability to
participate in the Secure Communities information sharing initiative.
Public Reporting Burden.
The U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement is collecting this information as a part of its agency mission under the
Department of Homeland Security. The estimated average time to review the instructions, search existing data sources,
gather and maintain the data needed and completing and reviewing this collection of information is 20 minutes per
response. An agency may not conduct or sponsor, and a person is not required to respond to, an information collection
unless it displays a currently valid OMB Control Number. Send comments regarding this burden estimate or any other
aspect of this collection of information, including suggestions for reducing this burden to the Department of Homeland
Security, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, 500 12th Street, S.W., Room 3138, Washington, D.C. 20536 (Do
not mail your completed application to this address.)

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