Part 1 (1992/221): Original Collection, 1969-1981
Physical Description: 9.0 c.f. (9 records center cartons) 
Scope and Content Note: Administrative subject files, 1969-1981, including records on the National Crime Information Center (NCIC); the Transaction Information for Management of Enforcement (TIME) system; the Wisconsin Automated Transactions and Criminal Histories (WATCH) system; local law enforcement records, including records of police departments, sheriffs and the state patrol; and administrative and budgetary files.

Domestic violence

Arson issues

Comments to Assembly Criminal Justice Committee

Uniform crime reporting data system survey

Computerized criminal histories

National Crime Information Center (NCIC) programming notices and edits, 1971-1980

Monthly traffic reports, 1972-1980

Police departments

Beloit, 1970-1976

Milwaukee, 1970-1980

State patrol, 1972-1976

Police departments

Eau Claire, 1970-1976

Stevens Point, 1969-1976

Madison, 1971-1977

TIME (Transaction Information for Management of Enforcement) System Control Center (TSCC) and operators, 1972-1981

Project 40 - terminal survey, 1978

Crime Information Bureau (CIB) - master name index project, 1973-1980

Comprehensive Data System/Offender-based transaction statistics - general, 1970-1975

Sheriffs

Dane County, 1971-1977

Milwaukee County, 1971-1980

La Crosse, 1971-1976

TIME system development

Western Union

TIME correspondence - non-categorized, 1971-1979

Request for proposal for message switcher

EMR Computer

Specifications and work statement - TIME

Wisconsin Automated Transactions and Criminal Histories (WATCH)

Summary of proposal for system design and development

General considerations of NCIC specifications and formats

ASR station directory

Communications specifications (handler)

WATCH specifications

Comparative notes

Michigan user manual

Internal memos

WATCH/NCIC minimum security requirements

General estimated cost of WATCH - 12 months

Justification of a total duplex system

Special report

Budget requirements

Special report - monthly operational cost; development cost

Federal grant applications

Discretionary

State Planning Agency, grant number 71-04-01-13

Police records

Police records and statistical inventory

Coding and evaluation

Field procedures and schedule for police records and inventory

Division of Law Enforcement Services, 1970-1979

Wisconsin Council on Criminal Justice

Privacy Advisory Committee, 1975-1976

Wisconsin Council on Criminal Justice, 1969-1977

Biennium - grant number 70-04-02-01, 1969-1971

TIME grant, 1972-1974

Biennial budget, 1976-1977

Biennium - grant number 71-04-03-01, 1971-1973

Biennial budgets

1975-1977

1973-1975

Staff memos, 1971-1980

Staff meetings, 1971-1980

Departmental administrative correspondence, 1971-1979

Bureau of Community Corrections

Jail information system project

Employee handbook, 1970

Department/division policy

Staff information, 1973-1979

Wisconsin State Employees Union agreements, 1977-1979

United States Government Printing Office

Administrative Office of the United States Courts

Legislative files, 1973-1979

Daily activity sheets for CIB

Identification correspondence, 1970-1980

TIME system executive seminars

System agreements (models)

System Science Development Corporation (Public Management Services, Inc.)

Contract file

TIME project

Master name index project

Programming unit, 1971-1977

Wisconsin Association for Identification, 1977-1980

Wisconsin Data Processing Director's Council, 1978-1980

Department of Administration - state data processing planning

TIME advisory committee, 1971-1979

TIME technical committee

1971-1972, 1975

Design documents

TIME operator's manual, 1972

Tobin report

Part 2 (1993/095): Additions, 1971-1982
Physical Description: 4.4 c.f. (4 records center cartons and 1 archives box) 
Scope and Content Note: Records, 1971-1982, including records of the National Law Enforcement Telecommunications Service (NLETS), the Wisconsin Law Enforcement Bulletin, 1971-1977, and the National Crime Information Center (NCIC) Advisory Policy Board; records of regional meetings; and records of various police and sheriff's departments throughout Wisconsin.

National Law Enforcement Telecommunications Service (NLETS)

1977-1982

Operational Procedures Committee, 1976-1981

Request for proposal for lease or purchase of computer systems and services, 1979

Security and Privacy Committee, 1978-1980

Board of Directors meeting minutes, 1976-1980

Region E correspondence, 1976-1979

Programming change notices, 1976-1977

Traffic statistics, 1974-1982

Terminal acquisition sealed bid

Racal-Melgo information systems proposal, 1978

Wisconsin Telephone bid, 1978

Message switcher request for proposal, 1977

Department of Administration justification/approval

Final request for proposal and mail list

Responses

Evaluations and Department of Administration correspondence/Approval

Wisconsin Council on Criminal Justice/Statistical Analysis Center, general correspondence, 1980-1982

Wisconsin Law Enforcement Bulletin, 1971-1977

North central regional meetings/correspondence, 1980-1982

Northeast, southern, western regions, 1977-1979

Election, local representation, 1978-1979

National Crime Information Center (NCIC) Advisory Policy Board

1971-1978

1979-1982

Wisconsin Association for Identification, 1970-1976

Central States Corrections Association, 1973

Wisconsin Data Processing Director's Council, 1981-1982

Division of State Patrol, 1977-1982

Police departments

Appleton, 1970-1981

Whitewater, 1971-1982

Sheriff's departments

Winnebago County, 1971-1981

Jefferson County, 1971-1981

Juneau County, 1971-1982

Racine County, 1971-1981

Walworth County, 1971-1982

Grant County, 1972-1982

Part 3 (1994/075): Additions, 1971-1984
Physical Description: 2.0 c.f. (2 records center cartons) 
Scope and Content Note: Administrative subject files, 1971-1984, including divisional files; records on data processing and the Transaction Information for Management of Enforcement (TIME) system; the Wisconsin Law Enforcement Bulletin, 1978-1983; records on security and privacy; and by-laws and meeting agendas and correspondence.

Divisional files

Division of Administrative Services, 1979-1983

Division of Legal Services, 1974-1982

Division of Criminal Investigation, 1973-1982

Data processing

Transaction Information for Management of Enforcement (TIME) System - data processing capabilities analysis, 1977 March

Data processing report to legislature

Data processing failure reports

Department of Administration (DOA) TIME system down reports

Crime Information Bureau (CIB)/DOA system

Communications office (Dick Vogt)

State data processing planning

State-wide data telecommunications report on the feasibility of shared data telecommunications facilities, 1977 November

DOA - miscellaneous, 1971-1982

Wisconsin Law Enforcement Bulletin, 1978-1983

Security and privacy

SEARCH (National Consortium for Justice Information and Statistics) - correspondence and miscellaneous, 1981-1984

National Crime Information Center (NCIC) participant meetings, 1978-1979

Computerized Criminal History participant's special meeting

By-laws, 1976-1979

Advisory Policy Board election materials, 1978

Regional meetings - correspondence, 1976-1979

Part 4 (1996/049): Additions, 1962-1985
Physical Description: 3.0 c.f. (3 records center cartons) 
Scope and Content Note: Records, 1962-1985, including director's files, 1962-1984, on the relocation of a regional crime lab to New Berlin, Wisconsin; and administrative subject files, 1980-1985, including records on identification records, the Wisconsin Law Enforcement Teletype System (LETS) and the Prosecutor's Management Information System (PROMIS), and National Crime Information Center (NCIC) quality control notices.

Director's files - regional crime lab, 1962-1984

Regional (north) crime lab - justification, 1962-1976

Other state lab development (Michigan, Illinois, Ohio, Alabama, Virginia) and Milwaukee Health drug lab, 1970-1976

Relocation regional, 1977-1981

Regional (north) exploration, 1974-1975

Notes, 1979 April 2

Relocation project files, 1980-1982

Regional crime lab meeting minutes and correspondence, 1982-1984

Regional crime lab employment, 1974-1978

Regional crime lab grant

Application, 1974

Phase 1, 1975 June

Phase 2, 1975 July 1-1976 January 31

Phase 3, 1976 February 1-1977 January 31

Phase 4, 1977 February 1-June 30

Division of Criminal Investigation evidence, 1977-1981

Safety, 1981-1982

Space renovation, 1981

Lease agreement, 1975 January 1-1979 December 31

Arson grant request, 1978 March

Administrative subject files, 1980-1985

Identification records

Legislative file, 1981-1983

Correspondence, 1981-1983

Evaluation proposals

Wisconsin Law Enforcement Teletype System (LETS)

Prosecutor's Management Information System (PROMIS)

Cost-benefit analysis

Crime Information Bureau (CIB) file policy violation notices

National Crime Information Center (NCIC) quality control notices, 1980-1985

Part 5 (1998/068): Additions, 1982-1988
Physical Description: 4.4 c.f. (4 records center cartons and 1 archives box) 
Scope and Content Note: Correspondence, 1982-1988, with various state and federal agencies. Correspondence relates to justice statistics, missing children, law enforcement, missing persons, the National Crime Information Center (NCIC), and law enforcement telecommunications.

Division of Administrative Services, 1984-1988

Bureau of Community Corrections, 1982-1988

Department of Administration (DOA) miscellaneous, 1983-1987

Department of Transportation, 1983-1987

National Automobile Theft Bureau (NATB), 1981-1987

I-SEARCH (Interstate Enforcement Agencies to Recover Children), 1985-1987

Requests for information, 1981-1987

Wisconsin Council on Criminal Justice (WCCJ)/Statistical Analysis Center (SAC) general correspondence, 1983-1988

Wisconsin Law Enforcement Bulletin, 1984-1987

Missing persons/unidentified deceased, 1982-1984

Field activities, 1988

PRINTRAK (Computerized Fingerprint Identification System)

Criminal history search fee, 1987-1988

FBI identification meetings, through 1988

TIME (Transaction Information for Management of Enforcement) Advisory Committee, 1982-1987

Crime Information Bureau (CIB) file policy violation notices, 1984-1988

National Crime Information Center (NCIC) quality control notices, 1988

TIME survey: computerization and implemented/planned computerized applications, 1986 January

NCIC general correspondence, 1986-1988

Field activities, 1986-1987

Gambling information - lottery, 1987

Gambling information - lottery, 1987 (continued)

NCIC general correspondence, 1982-1985

IBM, 1982-1987

Participants letter, 1982

NCIC

Technical/operational updates, 1983-1985

ORI audit, 1988

Audits and validations, 1983-1988

Validation certifications, 1982-1988

National Law Enforcement Telecommunications Systems (NLETS), 1983-1988

Board of Directors meeting minutes, 1982-1988

Law enforcement officers killed, 1984-1988

FBI officers killed reports, 1982-1988

SEARCH (National Consortium for Justice Information and Statistics) correspondence and miscellaneous, 1985-1987

National Law Enforcement Telecommunications System (NLETS)

Newsletters, 1982-1988

Region E correspondence, 1982-1988

Traffic statistics, 1983-1988

Teletype corporation, 1982-1985

Information Services Section, 1983-1988

NCIC identifiers, 1982-1988

Wisconsin/NCIC audit, 1984-1986

NCIC ORI audit, 1985-1988

Unidentified person report (NCIC), 1986-1988

Facsimile/image transmission surveys

North Central Regional meetings/correspondence, 1983-1988

Part 6 (2015/104): Additions, 1985-1992
Physical Description: 3.0 c.f. (3 records center cartons) 
Scope and Content Note: Subject files, 1985-1992, of Robert McGrath, head of the Crime Information Bureau, primarily consisting of exchanges with the Division of Law Enforcement Services, the Division of Corrections (DOC), and other state agencies and with the National Crime Information Center (NCIC) and the National Law Enforcement Telecommunications System (NLETS) regarding criminal histories and missing persons data.

Crime Information Section, through 1991

Division of Administrative Services, 1989-1991

Department of Health and Social Services, 1985-1992

Division of Corrections (DOC)

Bureau of Institutions, 1985-1989

Division of Probation and Parole, 1990-1991

Bureau of Community Corrections, 1989

Division of Criminal Investigation

Department of Administration (DOA), 1988-1992

Information Technology (DOA), 1989

Department of Transportation, 1991-1992

Highway safety coordination office, 1990

Training and Standards Bureau, 1985-1992

Law Enforcement Services Division, 1991-1992

Law Enforcement Services Division, 1990-1991

Biennial budget, 1985-1991

Fiscal notes, 1989

Eau Claire Technical Institute, through 1992

Milwaukee Area Technical College

Staff memos, 1985-1992

Staff information system, 1989-1991

FBI identification services, 1989-1991

Identification correspondence, 1990-1993

Gambling information - pari-mutuel, 1987-1988

Criminal history search fee, 1991-1992

Code 2-03-15

National Crime Information Center (NCIC) general correspondence

1992

1989-1991

National Law Enforcement Telecommunications Systems, 1989-1991

Bureau of Management Information Services, 1989-1992

National Crime Information Center identifiers, 1989-1991

National Crime Information Center monthly missing person reports for Wisconsin, 1989-1992

Wisconsin Council on Criminal Justice (WCCJ)/Statistical Analysis Center (SAC), 1989-1991

Requests for proposal

Transaction information for management of enforcement, 1989

Part 7 (2005/050): Additions, 1989-1994
Physical Description: 1.0 c.f. (1 record center carton) 
Scope and Content Note: Files, 1989-1994, of bureau director Robert L. McGrath, primarily consisting of contact reports, memoranda, and correspondence exchanged with various local police departments about implementation of the TIME crime information system. Other files contain information on the North Central Regional Working Group of the FBI’s National Crime Information Center (NCIC).

Part 8 (2006/052): Additions, 1984-1996
Physical Description: 0.8 c.f. (2 archives boxes) 
Scope and Content Note: Administrative subject files, 1984-1996, of bureau head Robert McGrath, mainly concerning federal agency contacts and missing children, the firearms hotline, the TIME Advisory Committee, and NCIC audits, 1989-1994.

Biennial budget, 1993-1995

Internal Revenue Service - federal, through 1993

Americans with Disabilities Act - training/meeting sites

Work rule violations, 1984

Merit Award suggestions

United States Secret Service, through 1993

Federal Bureau of Investigation, through 1993

National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, 1986-1996

Handgun hotline, 1993

Handgun hotline, 1994

Transaction Information for Management of Enforcement (TIME) Advisory Committee, 1988-1992

National Crime Information Center (NCIC) audits, 1989, 1992, 1994

Part 9 (2008/042): Additions, 1990-1998
Physical Description: 1.2 c.f. (1 record center carton and 1 archives box) 
Scope and Content Note: Correspondence, 1990-1998, of Robert McGrath, head of the Crime Information Bureau, primarily concerning the application of technology to the bureau’s functions such as improvements to TIME, the bureau's statewide computerized message center. Notable are correspondence, grant applications, meeting materials, and reports on participation in the federal government's “5% solution,” a provision of the Brady Handgun Act, which required the states to devote five percent of its block grants to putting its criminal history records online. Also of interest are files, 1990-1992, on the Firearms Hotline.

Automated fingerprint identification system, 1988-1992

Bureau of Justice Systems Criminal History Record Information (CHRI) discretionary funds, 1991

Criminal justice information system, 1994

Criminal history records report, 1993

Criminal history records grant, 1992

Department of Natural Resources, 1990-1993

Firearms hotline

1990-1992

Reports

Five Percent grant, 1993-1998

Law Enforcement Services

Marathon County sheriff, 1990-1993

Mobile data communication system request for proposals and Advisory Committee, 1993-1994

Motorola

National Crime Information Center (NCIC) audits, validations, and identifier numbers, 1993-1996

National law Enforcement Telecommunications Systems, 1991-1992

North Central Regional meetings (NCIC), 1993-1998

TIME (Transaction Information for Management of Enforcement)

2000 computer message system upgrade, 1996-1997

Sheboygan County, 1990-1994

Wood County sheriff, 1990-1995

Part 10 (2010/084): Additions, 1997-1999
Physical Description: 0.2 c.f. (1 archives box) 
Scope and Content Note: Correspondence and reports, 1997-1999. Contents include correspondence from the public to the Crime Information Bureau regarding data and access to criminal records. Also included is National Crime Information Center (NCIC) correspondence and reports on audits conducted in 1997 and 1999.