In addition to the definitions in A.R.S. §§
41-1750
and 41-2201 and the incorporated by
reference materials, the following definitions apply to this Chapter:
1. "ABIS" means the Arizona Biometrics
Information System maintained by the Department that stores state-level arrest
fingerprints and related biometric and criminal history information.
2. "ABIS Image Scanner" means the electronic
scanning system that produces a digital image of a paper ink and roll arrest
fingerprint record and transmits the image electronically.
3. "ABIS Livescan" means the electronic
system that captures and transmits arrest information and
fingerprints.
2.4. "ACJIS" means the
Arizona Criminal Justice Information System, a statewide network housing
various databases on persons and property in this state. The ACJIS network is
maintained by the Department and is available to authorized local, state, and
federal criminal justice agencies.
3.5. "ADRS" means the
Arizona Disposition Reporting System, which is maintained by the Department and
supports electronic submission of disposition information to the central state
repository.
4. "ALETS" means the Arizona Law
Enforcement Telecommunications System.
5.6.
"Arizona Computerized Criminal History" means a criminal history record kept by
the Department in a database of offenders arrested in this state.
6.7.
"Arresting agency case number" means a unique combination of 15 numbers and
letters used to identify a criminal justice agency's case number such as the
Department case number, Department report number, or case report number. The
first three characters are the ABIS-assigned alpha characters that identify the
arresting agency.
7. "AZAFIS" means the Arizona
Automated Fingerprint Identification System maintained by the Department that
stores state-level arrest fingerprints and related information.
8. "AZAFIS Image Scanner" means
the scanning system that scans and transmits ink and roll arrest fingerprint
records.
9. "AZAFIS Livescan" means the
electronic system that captures and transmits arrest information and
fingerprints.
10.8. "CHRI" means
Criminal History Record Information.
11.9. "Classifiable
Fingerprints" means fingerprint impressions that meet the criteria of the FBI
as contained in Form FD-258 dated 11-1-2020, U.S. Government Printing Office:
1110-0046, 10:20:56, incorporated by reference, available from the Department
and the FBI (Attn: Logistical Support Unit (LSU), CJIS Division, 1000 Custer
Hollow Road, Clarksburg, WV 26306). This incorporation contains no future
editions or amendments.
12.10. "Date of arrest"
means the date a person is taken into custody using the format as indicated in
Exhibit A.
13.11. "Date of birth"
means the subject's date of birth using the format as indicated in Exhibit
A.
14.12. "Department" means
the Arizona Department of Public Safety.
15.13.
"Disposition date" is the date of final disposition of a charge.
16.14.
"FBI" means the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
17. "Hot files" means records
entered into ACJIS. These records include those regarding wanted persons and
stolen vehicles.
18.15. "Juvenile
fingerprinted" means identification signifying an individual is a juvenile
under the age of 18 on an arrest fingerprint card if the juvenile is being
remanded as an adult.
19.16. "Law Enforcement
Agency" means a federal, tribal, municipal, county, or state agency with powers
of arrest.
20.17. "LSI" means local
subject identifier, a unique combination of 15 numbers and letters used by
local law enforcement agencies to identify an individual. It is the local
equivalent of a State Identification (SID) number. The first three characters
are the ABIS-assigned alpha characters that identify the agency.
21.18.
"NCIC" means the National Crime Information Center maintained by the FBI, a
national repository of files on persons and property relating to a crime.
22. "NLETS" means the National Law
Enforcement Telecommunications System, a message switching system for the
interstate exchange of criminal justice information.
23. "Offender-based Tracking
System" means a computer system database that indexes information from selected
Arizona Criminal Justice Information System data files.
24.19. "Offense" means an
offense listed in Arizona Revised Statutes or a municipal or county ordinance
that is used to arrest an offender.
25.20. "Offense type"
means a designation that indicates whether an offense is a felony or a
misdemeanor.
26.21. "ORI" means a
unique identifier assigned by the FBI to an agency.
27.22. "PCN" means Process
Control Number.
28.23. "Personal
identifiers" means a subject's sex, race, height, weight, hair color, and eye
color.
29.24. "Place of birth"
means the state or country in which a subject of record was born.
30.25.
"State Identification Number (SID)" means an identification number that is
assigned by the Department to an individual whose set of arrest fingerprints
has been submitted to ABIS.
