Web Site:

www.mass.gov\cjis

Organization Chart

Mission:

The mission of the Department of Criminal Justice Information Services (DCJIS) is to enhance public safety through information exchange. DCJIS carries out this duty by providing timely and accurate criminal justice information and services to authorized law enforcement and non-criminal justice agencies and individuals in support of promoting the public safety and security of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

The DCJIS recognizes and preserves the separate mission, priorities, constitutional objectives, governing laws, and rules and regulations of the participating agencies responsible for criminal justice administration within the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. The DCJIS innovatively and collaboratively works to integrate, to the most reasonable extent possible, the functionality and interoperability of criminal justice information systems, focuses on enhancing the efficiency, effectiveness, and accuracy of our criminal justice information, promotes enterprise information technology architecture for an integrated criminal justice information sharing environment, and collaborates with stakeholders to develop, establish, and maintain a governance structure.

Governing Laws:

Statutes

MGL C. 6 S. 167-178B

MA Department of Criminal Justice Information Services and CORI Law

MGL C. 140 S. 121-131P

Firearms Licensing

Regulations

501 CMR 8

Electronic Weapons

501 CMR 9

Replacement Firearms Licenses

501 CMR 13

Standards for Retired Officers Law Enforcement Safety Act

501 CMR 6

Bona Fide Collector of Firearms

501 CMR 7

Approved Firearms Roster

515 CMR 3

Basic Firearms Safety Course and Instructors

515 CMR 6

Law Enforcement Safety Act Training and Qualification

803 CMR 10.

Gun transaction recording regulations

803 CMR 11

Consumer Reporting Agency

803 CMR 2

DCJIS CORI Regulations

803 CMR 5.0

CORI and Housing

803 CMR 7.0

CJIS regulations

803 CMR 8.0

Research regulations

803 CMR 9.0

Victim Notification Registry Regulations