Indiana § 5-2-4-1 - Definitions
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§ 5-2-4-1. Definitions
Sec. 1. As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires:
(1) "Criminal history information" means information collected by criminal justice agencies or individuals consisting of identifiable descriptions and notations of arrests, detentions, indictments, informations, or other formal criminal charges, and any disposition arising therefrom, sentencing, correctional supervision, and release.
(2) "Criminal intelligence information" means information on identifiable individuals compiled in an effort to anticipate, prevent, or monitor possible criminal activity, including terrorist activity. "Criminal intelligence information" does not include criminal investigative information, which is information on identifiable individuals compiled in the course of the investigation of specific criminal acts.
(3) "Criminal justice agency" means any agency or department of any level of government which performs as its principal function the apprehension, prosecution, adjudication, incarceration, or rehabilitation of criminal offenders, or location of parents with child support obligations under 42 U.S.C. 653. The term includes:
(A) a nongovernmental entity that performs as its principal function the:
(i) apprehension, prosecution, adjudication, incarceration, or rehabilitation of criminal offenders; or
(ii) location of parents with child support obligations under 42 U.S.C. 653;
under a contract with an agency or department of any level of government;
(B) the department of homeland security; and
(C) the Indiana intelligence fusion center established by IC 10-11-9-2.
As added by Acts 1977, P.L.50, SEC.1. Amended by P.L.45-1993, SEC.1; P.L.56-1998, SEC.1; P.L.101-2006, SEC.2; P.L.1-2007, SEC.22; P.L.27-2010, SEC.1.
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