ASCLD & FTCoE Webinar on the National Integrated Ballistic Information Network

A webinar will be held Jan. 24, 2019 from 2 p.m. to 3 p.m. ET on the challenges and opportunities regarding the implementation of the National Integrated Ballistic Information Network (NIBIN) program. The NIBIN program has the potential to find links in cases involving firearms that can quickly assist in an investigation. Crime Gun Intelligence utilizes evidence-based technology to provide law enforcement a unique tool to develop information on crime guns and shootings to identify and disrupt the shooting cycle. The program has the potential to quickly find links between shooting cases, links across jurisdictional boundaries, and has the potential of increased communication and problem solving between agencies. One of the foundations of this intelligence is the use of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives' NIBIN. In 2018, the National Crime Gun Intelligence Governing Board established Minimum Required Operating Standards for NIBIN. The webinar will include a brief discussion on NIBIN and the new standards, presentations from a state laboratory (Utah Bureau of Forensic Science) and a local laboratory (Phoenix Police Laboratory Services Bureau) on the challenges of implementation, and how they are working to meet the new standards.

For information and to register, go to https://forensiccoe.org/webinar/nibin-ascld-directors-series/.