Criminal Investigative Center
The Criminal Information Center (CIC) is responsible for the communication of vital information relating to crimes, criminals, and criminal activity. It is the state’s criminal records repository and provides fingerprint-based identification services to law enforcement and other criminal justice entities in the State of Mississippi and throughout the United States.
Mission
The Criminal Information Center (CIC) was established in March of 1998 in accordance with Miss. Code Ann. ’45-27-5. The CIC is responsible for the communication of vital information relating to crimes, criminals, and criminal activity. The mission of the Center is to maintain a state-of-the-art records repository and to perform the duties and functions as set forth in Miss. Code Ann. ’45-27-7, which includes maintaining the state’s criminal records repository and providing fingerprint-based identification services to law enforcement and other criminal justice entities in the State of Mississippi and throughout the United States.
CIC is comprised of the following units, each of which performs specific functions:
- Automated Fingerprint Identification System (AFIS) Section
- Special Processing Section
- Applicant Fingerprint Processing Section
- Administrative Operations Manuals
- Sex Offender Registry Section
- Document Review and Entry Section