GlossaryGuide

 

Table of Contents	Page Numbers
Glossary of Acronyms and Terms	2-8
OBTS Events	9-10
Jail Codes	11
Disposition Legend Codes	12-13

 

Acronym or Term                             Definition

A

Arrest – The charging of an individual with the offense or violation or the execution of an arrest warrant. The arrest process may include booking, fingerprinting, but not the identification of the offender by the State Police

AFIS  –  Automated Fingerprint Information System – Department of Public Safety computer system which matches fingerprint images against current criminal and applicant fingerprint datanases; Live-Scan devices electronically submit criminal fingerprints directly to the AFIS

B

Business Event – A Criminal Justice Event is a decision or action that generates

Or Message    “Criminal Justice Enterprise Information” and causes the exchange of that information. The Criminal Justice Enterprise Information is Data about the Connecticut Offender, Offenders being supervised by Connecticut Agencies and Connecticut Cases that is needed by multiple agencies to perform their jobs.

C

CAX  – Charge Parameter – Code values associated with criminal charges, C = Conspiracy, A = Attempt, X = Accessory

CIB – Centralized Infractions Bureau – Judicial Branch information system which manages the cases initiated through the Complaint Ticket process: generally handles only the payment of monies for these cases

CJIS –  Connecticut Justice Information System – Umbrella term for information system activity among the agencies with justice related responsibilities in Connecticut

CJIS Role  – A user’s role or job determines how much access one has to the data in OBTS.

CMIS – Case Management Information System – Judicial Branch information system which tracks bail and probation data. (Future interface)

CMIS Client No. –  Unique Identifier to Represent a Client in the CMIS System

COLLECT –  Connecticut On-Line Law Enforcement Communications and Telecommunications System – Law Enforcement message switching system for arrest, want and warrant data that will be the primary investigative tool within the CJIS environment

Conviction  –   The result of a criminal trial in which the defendant has been found guilty of a crime.

CRMVS  – Criminal Motor Vehicle System – Judicial Branch information court case management system for all criminal and motor vehicle cases in the GA and JD courts

CSSD  – Court Support Services Division – Division of Judicial Branch with adult probation, bail community supervision, Family Relations and juvenile responsibilities

CSP – Connecticut State Police

 D

Data Access  – Refers to the data an OBTS user views on an OBTS Inquiry screen.

Data Dissemination – Refers to the distribution of OBTS data which can only be distributed in conformance with a users job duties

D1DP – Day One Data Population – The process by which OBTS was loaded with historical data from CRMV, MNI/CCH and OBIS legacy source systems.

DCP – Department of Consumer Protection

DEP – Department of Environmental Protection

DMHAS –  Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services

DMV  –  Department of Motor Vehicles

http://www.ct.gov/dmv/site/default.asp

DoB  –  Date of Birth

DOJ – US Department Of Justice

http://www.usdoj.gov/index.html

DoC – Department of Correction – State Agency responsible for supervision (including incarceration) of convicted offenders, individuals who cannot post bond and individuals held on detainers for other jurisdictions; includes Board of Pardons and Paroles

http://www.ct.gov/doc/site/default.asp

Docket – A list of cases scheduled to be heard in court on a specific day or week.

Docket No. – Unique Identifier for a Court Case, assigned by the Superior Court Operations of the Judicial Branch; this number accompanies court data as it is passed from system to system; structure of data is Court (4 chars.), Type of Case (2 chars.), Year of Case (2 chars.), Sequence number (7 chars.) and Suffix (1 char.)

DoIT – Department of Information Technology – State Agency responsible for centralized computer processing, support and operations, including OBTS

DPS – Department of Public Safety – State Agency responsible for statewide law enforcement including State Police and State Police Bureau of Investigation (SPBI) Unit

DRS – Department of Revenue Service.

F

FBI No –  Unique Identifier for an Offender assigned by the Federal Bureau of Investigation.

Felony – An offense for which a person may be sentenced to a term of imprisonment in excess of one year is a felony.

FOIA –  Freedom of Information Act – Legislation governing release of confidential or protected data on behalf of the public’s interest

FTA  – Failure to Appear – Criminal charge associated with failure to appear in court as ordered by the court

G

 Graveyard – Delete a case. “Graveyarding” a case refers to the physical removal of a case from the Criminal Motor Vehicle System.

GJXDM – Global Justice XML Data Model

H

I

Inquiry Logs –  Are permanent records that record each OBTS users’ inquiry Requests and can be reviewed at anytime.

 Inmate #   Assigned by the Department of Corrections when the offender is incarcerated

 K

 L

Local PD’s – Local police departments

 M

MNI/CCH –  Master Name Index / Computerized Criminal History used by the department of Public Saety.

MSC – Misdemeanor Summons and Complaint This is a type of ticket which is used to charge an individual with one or more offenses.  This is typically used for misdemeanor type of offenses and the individual is not fingerprinted when charges are made using this form.

Misdemeanor – A lesser crime punishable by a fine and/or county jail time for up to one year. Misdemeanors are distinguished from felonies, which can be punished by a state prison term. They are tried in the lowest local court such as municipal.

Mittimus – A warrant of commitment to prison

MV – Motor Vehicles – Separate classification of criminal offenses

N

NIEM  –  National Information Exchange Model

www.niem.gov

 NCIC – National Crime Information Center associated with the FBI; contains warrants stolen vehicle, stolen property, supervised persons, terrorists/gangs and interstate identification data

http://www.fas.org/irp/agency/doj/fbi/is/ncic.htm

NCHIP – National Criminal History Improvement Program (NCHIP)

http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/nchip.htm#nchipsum

NLETS  – National Law Enforcement Telecommunications System

Nolle  – Discretionary determination by a prosecutor not to proceed with a criminal matter.  The matter/case may be re-opened and prosecuted within thirteen (13) months as determined by the prosecutor.

 

NSOR – National Sex Offender Registry

O

 OBIS (OBS/CIS) –  Offender Based Information System – Department of Correction information system which tracks individuals and offenders who are being supervised in the State’s penal system

OBTS  –  Offender Based Tracking System – Information system which provides a repository of offender, case and arrest data from existing Agency criminal justice information systems.

OCSA  – Office of the Chief States Attorney

Offense – Any crime or violation which constitutes a breach of any law of this state or any other state, federal law or local law or ordinance of a political subdivision of this state, for which a sentence to a term of imprisonment or to a fine, or both, may be imposed, except one that defines a motor vehicle violation or is deemed to be an infraction. The term “crime” comprises felonies and misdemeanors. Every offense which is not a “crime” is a “violation”. Conviction of a violation shall not give rise to any disability or legal disadvantage based on conviction of a criminal offense.

OLBS/PICS – On-Line Booking System/Photo Image Collection System – Future information system for municipal law enforcement booking and mug shot data.

OPM – Office of Policy and Management – State Agency responsible for Planning, Financial Control and Budgeting; OBTS Business Sponsor

P

POR – Protection Order Registry – Judicial Branch information system which tracks individual protective orders, standing criminal restraining orders, no contact orders and restraining orders

PRAWN – Paperless Re-Arrest Warrant Network

PSI – Pre-Sentence Investigation

PSRB  – Pre-Sentence Release Bond

S

SA – States Attorney

Sealing – Process that prevents case from being viewed in most cases; exceptions are governed by very stringent business rules

Severed Case –  Process whereby the Courts treat one case as two separate cases; driven by CRMVS limitations; there are court ordered severs and administrative severs

SID –  State Identifier (SPBI number) When a person gets fingerprinted, they get a SPBI or SID number. The Department of Public Safety SPBI unit associates that SPBI / SID number to a docket number from the court. This link is the CORE principle of offender linking within OBTS. Once the SID number and docket number association is established, all information about the offender or case that belongs to the docket number is linked with the same “person” within OBTS.

SOR – Sex Offender Registry

SPBI – State Police Bureau of Identification. Any offender who has been arrested and fingerprinted is assigned a State ID (SID) number. An SPBI Identification number and a SID number are synonymous. here.   Another example of DPS data is Pardons.

SSN  –  Social Security Number

Surety – A guarantor of payment or performance if another fails to pay or perform, such as a bonding company which posts a bond for a guardian, an administrator or a building contractor.

T

TKT – Ticket

U

UAR – Uniform Arrest Report; refers to a paper form that is completed by a law enforcement officer or generated by a Live-Scan device when an individual is arrested, taken into custody and fingerprinted

X

XML –   eXtensible Markup Language – an internet interface standard

www.xml.com

www.w3.org/XML/

Y

YO  – Youthful Offender; refers to Court decision to treat an Offender as a Youth for purposes of adjudication; specialized business rules are applied to processing of the information in OBTS.

OBTS Events

Event Number	Event Name	Source System
1	UAR Arrest	CRMVS
2	SPBI Identification	MNICCH
3	Misdemeanor, MV Summons, Complaint Arrest	CRMVS
4	Complaint Ticket	CRMVS/ CIB
5	CSSD Client Identification	CMIS
7	Pre-Trial Incarceration	OBIS
9	CSSD Bail Supervision Cases	CMIS
10	Superior Court Bail Decision	CRMVS
11	Post-Conviction Incarceration	OBIS
12	Board of Parole Discharge	BOP Case Notes
13	DOC Release	OBIS
14	Adult Probation Release	CMIS
16	Charging	CRMVS
17	CIB Disposition	CIB
18	Post-Judgment	CRMVS
19	Transfer Juvenile Matters to Superior Court	CRMVS
20	Transfer Case to Juvenile Matters	CRMVS
21	Public Defender Eligibility	CRMVS
22	Public Defender Termination	CRMVS
23	DOC Community Supervision	OBIS
24	CSSD Probation Supervision	CMIS
25	CSSD Bail Supervision	CMIS
26	Board of Parole Supervision	BOP Case Notes
27	Disposition	CRMVS
28	Graveyard and Severed	CRMVS
29	Adult Probation Violation	CRMVS
30	Inter-Court Case Transfer	CRMVS
31	Continuance	CRMVS
32	DOC Offender Transfer	OBIS
33	CIB Case Transfer	CIB
34	Pardon	CRMVS/ MNICCH
35	Granting of Parole	OBIS/ BOP Case Notes
37	Erasure	CRMVS
38	Re-Arrest	CRMVS & PRAWN
39	DOC Offender Escape	OBIS
40	Extradition	OBIS
41	Warrant	COLLECT
42	Appeal	CRMVS
43	Death	OBIS/ MNICCH
44	Sex Offender Registration	SOR
46	Protective, Restraining, No Contact Order	POR
52	Physical Destruction	CRMVS
53	Absconded	BOP Case Notes
54	Continuance Mittimus	CRMVS
55	Judicial Mittimus	OBIS
56	CSSD Probation Supervision Cases	CMIS
57	Other Jurisdiction Felony Conviction	CSG
58	Limit of Prosecution	CSG
59	Manual Case Status Update	CSG
61	Sentence Time Calculation	STC

JAIL CODES

 BPT  –  Bridgeport Correctional Center

BRC – Bridgeport Reg. Com. Serv.

BRO – Brooklyn Correctional Center

CHE – Cheshire Correctional Institute

CMH – Camp Hartell

COR – Corrigan Correctional Institute

CRI     Carl Robinson Correctional Institute

CVH – Connecticut Valley Hospital

CYB – Cybulski Correctional Institute

CYI  – Cheshire Youth Institute

EDY – Eddy DWI Unit

ENF – Enfield Correctional Institute

FFD  – Fairfield Hills Hospital

GCI – Gates Correctional Unit

GRC    Garner Correctional Institute

HRC – Hartford Reg. Com. Serv.

HTD  – Hartford Correctional Center

INT – Interstate at Walker RSMU

JRD – Jennings Road Detention Center

LIT  – Litchfield Correctional Center

MAL –  Maloney Correctional Institute

MFT  –  Mansfield Training School

MCI – McDougal Correctional Institute

MNT  – Montville Correctional Center

MSD – Morgan St. Detention Center

MYI  – Manson Youth Institute

NCC – Northeast Correctional Center

NHA – New Haven Correctional Center

NHR – New Haven Reg. Com. Serv.

NIA –  Niantic Correctional Institute

NOR – Norwich Hospital

NRT –  Northern Correctional Institute

OSB – Osborn Correctional Institute

SOM – Somers Correctional Institute

SBT  –  Southbury Training School

SRC  – Stanley J. Radgowski Community Correctional Ctr

UAD – Union Avenue Detention Center

WEB – Webster Correctional Institute

WSA – Western Substance Abuse Treatment Unit

WFO – Whiting Forensic

WIL – Willard Correctional Institute

WRC – Walker Reception Center

FED – Federal Prison

LLU – Local Lock Up

OTH- Out of State

DISPOSITION LEGEND CODES

UNCODIS – Guilty, unconditional discharge

CONDDIS – Guilty, conditional discharge

PROBGC –  Community Service with Labor Program/Conditional Discharge

PROBOR  – Guilty, jail sentence suspended, probation

PROBSP – Probation with Special Programs (CADAC, Alternate                                         Incarceration & Labor Program)

PROBSC – Probation with Special Conditions

PROBSPC – Probation with Special Programs & Conditions

PROTERM – Probation terminated

PROBCON  – Probation continued

PROBEXT  – Probation extended

SENTMOD  – Sentence Modified

CCC    –  Guilty, jail time only – no probation

CCCAP  – Guilty, jail time to be followed by probation

CRTIME –  Guilty, time served

EXSUSPA  –  Guilty, committed to corrections, execution suspended after time served

CCHESH  –  Guilty, committed to Cheshire reformatory

 

PAYIB  =  Infraction Bureau payment

FINEPD  –  Guilty, fine paid

FNDGFS  – Guilty, fine suspended

IMPFINE  –  Guilty, imprisoned in lieu of fine

BNDPAID  – Bond forfeiture

BNDPAYS  – Bond forfeiture after stay

EXTRAD  – Extradited

TRANSA  – Transferred to Part A

TRANSH  – Transferred to Housing

TRANSJ –  Transferred to Juvenile

FNDNG – Found NG on all charges

NGINS  – Found NG by reason of insanity

53a-47  – Committed to Commissioner of Mental Health under 53a-47

CCMH  – Committed to Commissioner of Mental Health

CMHEXS  – Committed to Comm. of Mental Health, Execution Suspended, Drug Dependency

CMHUNAB  – Committed to Comm. of Mental Health, unable to understand own defense

AEDISP – Dismissal after AE program completion

ADDISP  – Dismissal from CADAC Alcohol/Drug Program

ARDISP – Dismissal after AR program completion

FVDISP – Dismissal after Family Violence Program

LPDISP – Dismissal from Labor Program

YODISP  –  Youthful Offender Disposition

NOLLE  – All charges nolled

CHGNP – All charges not prosecuted

DSCHRGD – All charges discharged

DISMISS –  All charges dismissed

LIFESEN  – Life sentence

LIFENOP  –  Life sentence, no parole

EXECUTE  –  Death sentence

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