To: Board of Supervisors
From: David O. Livingston, Sheriff-Coroner
Report Title: Memorandum of Understanding with the California Department of Justice
?Recommendation of the County Administrator ? Recommendation of Board Committee
RECOMMENDATIONS:
APPROVE and AUTHORIZE the Sheriff-Coroner, or designee, to execute a 2024 Memorandum of Understanding with the California Department of Justice for the use of the Mobile Identification System, beginning September 1, 2024.
FISCAL IMPACT:
No fiscal impact.
BACKGROUND:
The Department of Justice Mobile Identification System was developed to provide a rapid identification service to participating California law enforcement agencies (LEA) utilizing a Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) certified mobile fingerprint capture device in the field. This process employs a National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) record formatted to the California Technical Finger Search (TFS) and Technical Finger Response (TFR) type of transaction via a web service protocol.
The Memorandum of Understanding for the Mobile Identification System is to allow the County to utilize the system. The Mobile Identification System is essential for officers to use while on patrol so they can identify a subject within seconds. Once the fingerprints are sent to the Department of Justice, they will have instant responses to a subject's criminal history, including outstanding warrants.
CONSEQUENCE OF NEGATIVE ACTION:
If the Board does not approve the California Department of Justice Memorandum of Understanding for Mobile Identification, the Office of the Sheriff and outside agencies will not be allowed to utilize the system. Officers on patrol would not have access to receive California Law Enforcement Telecom System (CLETS) responses from the DOJ or the FBI and warrant information would not be accessible. Officers would only have access to the current local system. The current local system only informs officers if the subject has been arre...
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