Overview
The federal government has recognized that summary-based crime and arrest statistics do not provide the level of detail, accuracy, and timeliness needed by law enforcement authorities. The National Incident-Based Reporting System (NIBRS) was developed by the FBI to overcome the shortfalls of the Uniform Crime Report (UCR) summary-based system.
Prior to 2001, Missouri had neither a summary-based nor an incident-based state reporting system. The State took action in 2000 and enacted RSMO 43.505 that mandated all Missouri law enforcement agencies report to a single, state-maintained UCR repository. In addition to mandating a summary-based UCR repository, the State developed a strategic plan to implement the Missouri Incident-Based Reporting System (MIBRS), which requires development of a state-maintained repository to store detailed Missouri crime incident information including offense, victim, offender, arrestee, property, vehicle, and person data. As part of the MIBRS strategic plan, a multi-jurisdictional project committee was formed to identify system and data requirements rich enough with tactical information to be used to proactively and reactively combat crime in local jurisdictions as well as throughout the State.
The state repository includes all federal data elements described in National Incident-Based Reporting System (NIBRS) Volume 1: Data Collection Guidelines, all domestic violence elements required by Missouri statute, and a significant number of elements to describe crime incidents, offenders, arrestees, vehicles, and property in detail.
MIBRS data specifications are published and available to law enforcement agencies to utilize for development of their electronic interfaces to the state repository. Development of a client-based MIBRS collection tool has been completed and this application will be available soon as a web-enabled application.