National Law Enforcement and Corrections Technology Center
Encyclopedia
The National Law Enforcement and Corrections Technology Center (NLECTC) System recently completed a reorganization that will better enable the system to carry out its critical mission to assist state, major city and county, rural, tribal and border, as well as federal law enforcement, corrections
and other criminal justice agencies in addressing their technology
needs and challenges. Originally created in 1994 as a program of the National Institute of Justice
’s (NIJ’s) Office of Science and Technology, the NLECTC System has realigned its outreach efforts into three new centers serving different demographic regions of the public safety community: the States, Major Cities and Counties Regional Center; the Small, Rural, Tribal and Border Regional Center; and the Alaska Regional Center.
The States, Major Cities and Counties Regional Center offers a resource and outreach mechanism for state, major city and county criminal justice system partners, with a mission of ensuring that larger criminal justice agencies (those having 50 or more sworn personnel) have unbiased access to a full range of relevant scientific and technology-related information. The Small, Rural, Tribal and Border Regional Center publicizes its programs and services to small, rural, tribal and border agencies across the country. The Alaska Regional Center serves as conduit for agencies in Alaska.
The efforts of these centers complement those of NLECTC-National, which coordinates NIJ’s Compliance Testing program and standards development efforts for a variety of equipment used in the public safety arena, and the Centers of Excellence (CoEs), which support NIJ’s research, development, testing and evaluation (RDT&E) efforts in specific portfolio areas. The CoEs focus on the following topic areas: Communications Technologies, Electronic Crime Technology, Forensic Science, Sensors, Surveillance
and Biometric Technologies, and Weapons and Protective Systems. The National Institute of Standards and Technology’s Office of Law Enforcement Standards provides scientific and research support to these efforts.
As a whole, the NLECTC System provides:
TechBeat
TechBeat is the award-winning news-magazine of the National Law Enforcement and Corrections Technology Center (NLECTC) system. Our goal is to keep you up to date with technologies currently being developed by the NLECTC system, as well as other research and development efforts within the federal government
and private industry. TechBeat is published four times a year. TechBeat is available at no cost.
JUSTNETNews
The National Law Enforcement and Corrections Technology Center (NLECTC) provides the Law Enforcement & Corrections Technology News Summary as a service to law enforcement, corrections, and forensic science practitioners. The Summary includes abstracts of articles from major national newspapers, business magazines, Web sites, national and international wire services, and periodicals focusing on law enforcement and corrections technology.
Corrections
In criminal justice, particularly in North America, correction, corrections, and correctional, are umbrella terms describing a variety of functions typically carried out by government agencies and involving the punishment, treatment, and supervision of persons who have been convicted of crimes....
and other criminal justice agencies in addressing their technology
Technology
Technology is the making, usage, and knowledge of tools, machines, techniques, crafts, systems or methods of organization in order to solve a problem or perform a specific function. It can also refer to the collection of such tools, machinery, and procedures. The word technology comes ;...
needs and challenges. Originally created in 1994 as a program of the National Institute of Justice
National Institute of Justice
The National Institute of Justice is the research, development and evaluation agency of the United States Department of Justice. NIJ, along with the Bureau of Justice Statistics , Bureau of Justice Assistance , Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention , Office for Victims of Crime ,...
’s (NIJ’s) Office of Science and Technology, the NLECTC System has realigned its outreach efforts into three new centers serving different demographic regions of the public safety community: the States, Major Cities and Counties Regional Center; the Small, Rural, Tribal and Border Regional Center; and the Alaska Regional Center.
The States, Major Cities and Counties Regional Center offers a resource and outreach mechanism for state, major city and county criminal justice system partners, with a mission of ensuring that larger criminal justice agencies (those having 50 or more sworn personnel) have unbiased access to a full range of relevant scientific and technology-related information. The Small, Rural, Tribal and Border Regional Center publicizes its programs and services to small, rural, tribal and border agencies across the country. The Alaska Regional Center serves as conduit for agencies in Alaska.
The efforts of these centers complement those of NLECTC-National, which coordinates NIJ’s Compliance Testing program and standards development efforts for a variety of equipment used in the public safety arena, and the Centers of Excellence (CoEs), which support NIJ’s research, development, testing and evaluation (RDT&E) efforts in specific portfolio areas. The CoEs focus on the following topic areas: Communications Technologies, Electronic Crime Technology, Forensic Science, Sensors, Surveillance
Surveillance
Surveillance is the monitoring of the behavior, activities, or other changing information, usually of people. It is sometimes done in a surreptitious manner...
and Biometric Technologies, and Weapons and Protective Systems. The National Institute of Standards and Technology’s Office of Law Enforcement Standards provides scientific and research support to these efforts.
As a whole, the NLECTC System provides:
- • Scientific and technical support to NIJ’s RDT&E projects.
- • Support for the transfer and adoption of technology into practice by law enforcement and corrections agencies, courts and crime laboratories.
- • Assistance in developing and disseminating equipment performance standards and technology guides.
- • Assistance in the demonstration, testing and evaluation of criminal justice tools and technologies.
- • Technology information and general and specialized technology assistance.
- • Assistance in setting NIJ’s research agenda by convening practitioner-based advisory groups to help identify criminal justice technology needs and gaps.
TechBeat
TechBeat is the award-winning news-magazine of the National Law Enforcement and Corrections Technology Center (NLECTC) system. Our goal is to keep you up to date with technologies currently being developed by the NLECTC system, as well as other research and development efforts within the federal government
Federal government of the United States
The federal government of the United States is the national government of the constitutional republic of fifty states that is the United States of America. The federal government comprises three distinct branches of government: a legislative, an executive and a judiciary. These branches and...
and private industry. TechBeat is published four times a year. TechBeat is available at no cost.
JUSTNETNews
The National Law Enforcement and Corrections Technology Center (NLECTC) provides the Law Enforcement & Corrections Technology News Summary as a service to law enforcement, corrections, and forensic science practitioners. The Summary includes abstracts of articles from major national newspapers, business magazines, Web sites, national and international wire services, and periodicals focusing on law enforcement and corrections technology.
NLECTC Regional Centers and Centers of Excellence
- NLECTC-National
- States, Major Cities and Counties Regional Center
- Small, Rural, Tribal and Border Regional Center
- Alaska Regional Center
- Corrections Technology Center of Excellence
- Communications Technologies Center of Excellence
- Criminal Justice Electronic Crime Technology Center of Excellence
- Forensic Science Center of Excellence
- Weapons and Protective Systems Technologies Center of Excellence
- Sensor, Surveillance, and Biometrics Technologies Center of Excellence
- Information and Geospatial Technologies Center of Excellence
Standards and Testing
- NIJ Compliant Products Lists for Ballistic and Stab-resistant Armor
- Results of Comparative Evaluation of Protective Gloves for Law Enforcement and Corrections Applications
- Autoloading Pistols Consumer Products List
- Metallic Handcuff Consumer Product List
- Winter Tire Testing
- 2011 Model Year Police Vehicle Evaluation