• Repository follows NIBRS Technical Specification 2019v2.1 (June 15, 2020) (see attached 2019.2.1 NIBRS Technical Specification_20200615.pdf) This document defines the FBI standard for NIBRS.

Addendum of Differences

  • An exception to this is that repository has options to allow agencies to follow older specs.  e.g. in some states, the Repository still accepts shorter segment lengths that are missing Cargo Theft, LEOKA fields, extra biases, and offender ethnicity.  
  • Repository also continues to accept deprecated codes, such location 22 and offenses like 90A and 90I, until a state asks us not to.
  • In some states, the software still supports single-segment updates (such as adding an arrestee or recovered property to an existing incident).  This has been removed from the FBI specification, and the full incident is submitted to the FBI when these updates are applied.
  • Offenses created for reporting federal and tribal LEAs are not supported.