Well Warranted Changes
Under a grant from the Department of Justice, the national office continued its partnership with the National Consortium for Justice Information and Statistics (SEARCH) and the Interstate Commission for Juveniles (ICJ). Partners proceeded with the development of an automated service that triggers a notification for subscribers when a warrant is issued through the NCIC Wanted Persons File or a state warrant system. Notification also occurs when an individual on a compact transfer triggers a wants and warrants check by a law enforcement official.
Improving warrant procedures, the Commission adopted Rule amendments to standardize warrant timeframes at 15 business days. This standardization was intended to improve stakeholder training efforts while ensuring timeframes support public safety and efficient case management. In conjunction with the Rule modifications, new ICOTS enhancements included a special status indicator for warrants, email notifications, and warrant status data fields. Members also approved a new compact action request specialization and a new violation report addendum.
Additional Rule changes amended is the process for determination of residency. These changes addressed situations involving individuals who reside in a receiving state for an extended period of time between the commission of an offense and their placement on supervision, and they relieved the sending state of the burden of providing proof of residency. Further, a change to Rule 5.108 simplified waivers to probable cause hearings, clarifying that the offense committed justified revocation.
