Validations

The monthly validation cycle, off paper.

The first browser-based NCIC validation system. Automate the imports, the parsing, and the categorization — and stop printing, mailing, and rekeying records every single month.

The change

What does automating validations actually replace?

A monthly paper process. Records printed, mailed to agencies, marked up by hand, mailed back, and typed in again — replaced by an import and a batch.

The paper process
Print records for every agency
Mail the packets out
Wait for them to come back
Re-key the responses by hand
No reliable record of who validated what
With Validations
Automated import of NCIC records
Parsing and categorization handled for you
Batch processing, no paper records
Agencies validate in the browser
Built-in audit trail of who validated what records
Coverage

Which records does it validate?

NCIC record categories, plus the state-specific record types your state maintains on its own. Which categories are active is configured per state rather than fixed.

Articles
Boat
Extreme Risk Protection Order Persons
Group Member Persons
Guns
Identity Theft
License Plate
Missing Persons
Part Validation
Protection Order Persons
Protective Interest
Securities
Sex Offender Persons
Supervised Release
Unidentified Persons
Vehicle
Violent Person
Wanted Persons

Where a state validates record types that are not NCIC, those are handled in the same monthly cycle. Which categories are active is configured per state.

For each record, an agency confirms it as accurate or marks it for removal, and the cycle runs every month.

From the people doing it

What do agencies say about it?

“The validations program has greatly increased the speed and efficiency with which we deal with our monthly validation process.”

Police Department · Oklahoma

“It creates a permanent record of who completed the validations, and can be done at my convenience right from my desktop. Totally awesome and very user friendly.”

Police Department · Oklahoma

“It's convenient and it doesn't require a lot of paperwork. It's also a time saver for us!”

Department of Corrections · Oklahoma

At state scale

How does a state run validations across every agency?

Validation data is prepared at the state level for all local agencies at once, rather than each agency assembling its own. The state sets the cycle running; agencies validate in the browser.

Prepare validation data across all local agencies at the state level
Automated import and batch processing
No printing, mailing, or manual data entry
Audit trail showing who validated which records

See Validations for your monthly cycle

Tell us how your state handles NCIC record validation today and how much of it is still on paper.