0820 Department of Justice
Program Descriptions

60 - CALIFORNIA JUSTICE INFORMATION SERVICES

The Division of California Justice Information Services provides criminal justice intelligence, information, and identification services to law enforcement, regulatory agencies, and the public. Four major functional areas carry out these primary services. The Bureau of Criminal Identification and Information maintains and administers the fingerprint identification system and the criminal history record system. The Bureau of Criminal Information and Analysis maintains and administers databases on persons, property, vehicles, and firearms. The Hawkins Data Center operates the Criminal Justice Information System and the California Law Enforcement Telecommunications System (CLETS). The Operation Support Bureau provides business resumption planning, project oversight to information technology projects, and assistance and training to users of criminal offender record information and CLETS, and oversight for the Electronic Recording Delivery Act.