Rhode Island § 12-24-3 - Uniform Crime Reporting System
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§ 12-24-3. Uniform Crime Reporting System
R.I. Gen. Laws § 12-24-3
§ 12-24-3. Compilation of reports.
Upon receipt of the quarterly uniform crime reports from the reporting agencies, the division of state police shall prepare a statewide compilation of the statistics contained in the reports, and the resulting statistical compilation shall be available to any governmental law enforcement agency in the state, the judiciary committees of the senate and the house of representatives, and the Federal Bureau of Investigation, upon request. The statistics made available through the uniform crime report shall be used for the purpose of studying the causes, trends, and effects of crime in this state and for intelligence upon which to base a sounder program of crime detection and prevention and the apprehension of criminals.
History of Section.
P.L. 1969, ch. 39, § 1.
Source: official Rhode Island text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 12-24-3 ("Uniform Crime Reporting System") is part of the Rhode Island General Laws, the codified statutory law of Rhode Island. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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