Survey on Tribal Implementation of the Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act
U.S. Government Accountability Office
Contents
- Background
- Sex Offender Registration
- SMART Office Evaluation of Tribe's Implementation of SORNA
- Tribe and Territory Sex Offender Registry System (TTSORS)
- Challenges to Implementing SORNA
- Effects of SORNA Implementation
- Federal, State, and Local Assistance to Implement SORNA
- Tribal Access to the National Crime Information Center (NCIC) and the National Sex offe nder Registry (NSOR)
- Changes to SORNA
- Contact Information
- Completion
- Thank You
Background
• In this questionnaire, we use the word Tribe to refer to any federally-recognized Indian Tribe.
• A Tribe's territory refers to any land held by a Tribe in fee or trust, all land within the limits of an Indian reservation, dependent Indian
communities, Indian allotments, any land held in trust by the United States for an Indian Tribe, and any other land over
which a Tribe has civil regulatory jurisdiction.
• We use state to refer to the state or states in which a Tribe has territory.
1. Within which state(s) does your Tribe have territory?
(Check all that apply.)
1. Alabama
2. Alaska
3. Arizona
4. California
5. Colorado
6. Connecticut
7. Florida
8. Idaho
9. Iowa
10. Kansas
11. Louisiana
12. Maine
13. Massachusetts
14. Michigan
15. Minnesota
16. Mississippi
17. Montana
18. Nebraska
19. Nevada
20. New Mexico
21. New York
22. North Carolina
23. North Dakota
24. Oklahoma
25. Oregon
26. Rhode Island
27. South Carolina
28. South Dakota
29. Texas
30. Utah
31. Washington
32. Wisconsin
33. Wyoming
2. Which option(s) describes the entity responsible for the law enforcement services on your Tribe's territory?
(Check all that apply.)
1. Tribal police department
2. Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) police
3. State police department, county sheriff's office, or other local police department
4. Don't know
5. Other
If you answered "Other" above, please describe the entity responsible for law enforcement in the box below.
2a. How many full and part time employees (sworn officers and civilians) does your Tribal police department have?
Enter numeric digits for each category; enter "0" if no employees in a category.
a. Number of Full time sworn officers
Number of employees
Check here if you don't know
1.
b. Number of Part time sworn officers
Number of employees
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1.
c. Number of Full time civilian (i.e., not sworn) employees
Number of employees
Check here if you don't know
1.
d. Number of Part time civilian (i.e., not sworn) employees
Number of employees
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1.
2b. What was the information source(s) for the number of employees reported above?
Sex Offender Registration
3. How many sex offenders are currently registered as living, working, or attending school on your Tribe's territory?
Enter numeric digits; enter "0" if no sex offenders.
Total number of registered sex offenders
Check here if you don't know
1.
4. Of the sex offenders currently registered on your Tribe's territory, how many are enrolled members or citizens of your
Tribe, how many are enrolled members or citizens of other Tribes, and how many are non-Indians who are not enrolled
members or citizens?
Enter numeric digits for each category; enter "0" if no sex offenders in a category.
a. Enrolled members or citizens of your Tribe
Number of registered sex offenders
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1.
b. Enrolled members or citizens of another Tribe
Number of registered sex offenders
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1.
c. Non-Indians who are not enrolled members or citizens of your Tribe
Number of registered sex offenders
Check here if you don't know
1.
5. How many of the sex offenders currently registered as living, working, or attending school on your Tribe's territory
were convicted of committing a sex offense against a minor?
Enter numeric digits; enter "0" if no sex offenders.
Total number of registered sex offenders
Check here if you don't know
1.
6. Of the sex offenders currently registered on your Tribe's territory convicted of committing a sex offense against a minor,
how many are enrolled members or citizens of your Tribe, how many are enrolled members or citizens of other Tribes,
and how many are non-Indians who are not enrolled members or citizens?
Enter numeric digits for each category; enter "0" if no sex offenders in a category.
a. Enrolled members or citizens of your Tribe convicted of offense against minor
Number of registered sex offenders
Check here if you don't know
1.
b. Enrolled members or citizens of another Tribe convicted of offense against minor
Number of registered sex offenders
Check here if you don't know
1.
c. Non-Indians who are not enrolled members or citizens of your Tribe convicted of offense against minor
Number of registered sex offenders
Check here if you don't know
1.
7. What was the information source(s) for the numbers of registered sex offenders reported above?
(Check all that apply.)
1. Your Tribe's sex offender registration and notification system
2. The state's sex offender registration and notification system
3. Documentation obtained from state or local law enforcement
4. Knowledge or memory
5. Other
If you answered "Other" above, please specify the information source.
8. Prior to the enactment of SORNA in 2006, did your Tribe have a sex offender registration and notification system in place?
Please describe the primary differences, if any, between SORNA requirements for registration and notification and the requirements your Tribe previously had in place.
SMART Office Evaluation of Tribe's Implementation of SORNA
9. The Department of Justice's (DOJ) Office of Sex Offender Sentencing, Monitoring, Apprehending, Registering, and
Tracking (SMART Office) is responsible for, among other things, administering the standards for SORNA, which includes
reviewing and advising the efforts of covered jurisdictions to implement the requirements of the law.
Has your Tribe submitted an implementation package to the SMART Office for review?
Please explain why your Tribe has not submitted a package in the box below.
C. When does your Tribe expect to submit or resubmit a complete implementation package to the SMART Office for review?
| By the end of calendar year 2014 |
In calendar year 2015 or later |
Do not expect to submit or resubmit a complete package |
Don't know |
Number of respondents |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 19 |
A. How long did it take for your Tribe to prepare its substantial implementation package and submit it to the SMART Office?
Enter numeric digits for years and months as needed; enter "0" in Years and appropriate number in Months if time was less than a year.
Years
Months
B. What is the current status of the SMART Office's review of your Tribe's implementation package?
| Evaluation complete - SMART Office determined that the Tribe has substantially implemented SORNA | Evaluation complete - SMART Office determined that the Tribe has not substantially implemented SORNA | Implementation package submitted to SMART Office - Tribe working to address problems identified by SMART Office | Implementation package submitted to SMART Office - Tribe is waiting on the SMART Office to complete its review | Don't know | Number of respondents |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 59 | 1 | 20 | 23 | 5 | 108 |
C. When does your Tribe expect to submit or resubmit a complete implementation package to the SMART Office for review?
| By the end of calendar year 2014 |
In calendar year 2015 or later |
Do not expect to submit or resubmit a complete package |
Don't know |
Number of respondents |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 21 |
10. The SMART Office has issued guidance, including its Substantial Implementation Checklist, stipulating the documents that Tribes
must include in their packages to demonstrate that they have substantially implemented SORNA.
In your opinion, how useful, if at all, are the following documents for helping your Tribe to understand SMART Office requirements for substantial implementation?
a. Substantial Implementation Checklist
| Very useful |
Moderately useful | Slightly useful | Not at all useful | Don't know |
Not applicable | Number of respondents |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 91 | 29 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 129 |
b. Model Tribal Sex Offender Registration and Notification Code
| Very useful |
Moderately useful | Slightly useful | Not at all useful | Don't know |
Not applicable | Number of respondents |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 80 | 40 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 129 |
c. Sex Offender Policies and Procedures Guide
| Very useful |
Moderately useful | Slightly useful | Not at all useful | Don't know |
Not applicable | Number of respondents |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 74 | 39 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 128 |
d. Sex offender registration and notification forms (i.e., sex offender acknowledgement form)
| Very useful |
Moderately useful | Slightly useful | Not at all useful | Don't know |
Not applicable | Number of respondents |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 76 | 34 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 128 |
If you answered "Slightly useful" or "Not at all useful" to any of the above, please describe why the guidance was not useful and provide suggestions, if any, for improving the usefulness of the guidance.
11. In your opinion, how clear, if at all, are the requirements that the SMART Office states Tribes must meet for the office to determine the Tribe has substantially implemented SORNA?
| Very clear |
Moderately clear | Slightly clear | Not at all clear | Don't know |
Number of respondents |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 57 | 60 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 129 |
12. How responsive, if at all, has the SMART Office been to your questions regarding substantial implementation requirements?
| Very responsive |
Moderately responsive |
Slightly responsive |
Not at all responsive |
We have not asked the SMART Office questions regarding requirements |
Don't know |
Number of respondents |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 106 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 129 |
13. If you would like to comment further on any of your answers in this section of the questionnaire on the SMART Office's evaluation of SORNA implementation, please do so in the space below.
Tribe and Territory Sex Offender Registry System (TTSORS)
14. Does your Tribe use the Tribe and Territory Sex Offender Registry System (TTSORS)?
Why doesn't your Tribe use TTSORS?
A. How easy or difficult is it for your Tribe to use TTSORS to register sex offenders?
| Very easy |
Somewhat easy |
Neither easy nor difficult |
Somewhat difficult |
Very difficult |
Don't know |
Number of respondents |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 55 | 25 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 97 |
B. Please explain why TTSORS is easy or difficult to use.
Challenges to Implementing SORNA
15. Listed in the table below are factors that may or may not have affected your Tribe's ability to substantially implement SORNA. For each of the factors, please indicate whether or not it applies to your Tribe, and if so, the extent to which it has been a challenge, if at all, to your Tribe's efforts to substantially implement SORNA.
a. Tribe has territory in a state that has not or does not plan to substantially implement SORNA
Is this factor applicable to your Tribe?
IF YES: To what extent has this factor been a challenge to your Tribe's SORNA implementation efforts?
b. Tribe has territory in more than one state
Is this factor applicable to your Tribe?
IF YES: To what extent has this factor been a challenge to your Tribe's SORNA implementation efforts?
c. Tribe has territory beyond the U.S. border
Is this factor applicable to your Tribe?
IF YES: To what extent has this factor been a challenge to your Tribe's SORNA implementation efforts?
d. Tribe disagrees with certain SORNA provisions
Is this factor applicable to your Tribe?
IF YES: To what extent has this factor been a challenge to your Tribe's SORNA implementation efforts?
e. Tribe has not had sufficient time to implement SORNA
Is this factor applicable to your Tribe?
IF YES: To what extent has this factor been a challenge to your Tribe's SORNA implementation efforts?
f. Tribe has had difficulty developing or updating the Tribal Code and/or Tribal Policies and Procedures Manual to comply with SORNA
Is this factor applicable to your Tribe?
IF YES: To what extent has this factor been a challenge to your Tribe's SORNA implementation efforts?
g. Tribe has had difficulty reconciling SORNA requirements with previous Tribal sex offender registration and notification system
Is this factor applicable to your Tribe?
IF YES: To what extent has this factor been a challenge to your Tribe's SORNA implementation efforts?
h. State or local partners do not consistently share information about registered sex offenders with the Tribe, or the information shared is limited
Is this factor applicable to your Tribe?
IF YES: To what extent has this factor been a challenge to your Tribe's SORNA implementation efforts?
i. Federal partners do not consistently share information about registered sex offenders with the Tribe, or the information shared is limited
Is this factor applicable to your Tribe?
IF YES: To what extent has this factor been a challenge to your Tribe's SORNA implementation efforts?
j. State prisons do not notify the Tribe when they release sex offenders to the Tribe's territory
Is this factor applicable to your Tribe?
IF YES: To what extent has this factor been a challenge to your Tribe's SORNA implementation efforts?
k. Federal prisons do not notify the Tribe when they release sex offenders to the Tribe's territory
Is this factor applicable to your Tribe?
IF YES: To what extent has this factor been a challenge to your Tribe's SORNA implementation efforts?
l. Tribe cannot query the National Crime Information Center (NCIC) or the National Sex Offender Registry (NSOR) for sex offender-related information
Is this factor applicable to your Tribe?
IF YES: To what extent has this factor been a challenge to your Tribe's SORNA implementation efforts?
m. Tribe cannot submit sex offender-related information to NCIC or NSOR
Is this factor applicable to your Tribe?
IF YES: To what extent has this factor been a challenge to your Tribe's SORNA implementation efforts?
n. Tribe has had difficulty covering the costs associated with implementing SORNA
Is this factor applicable to your Tribe?
IF YES: To what extent has this factor been a challenge to your Tribe's SORNA implementation efforts?
o. Tribe has insufficient staff to implement SORNA or maintain the Tribe's sex offender registry
Is this factor applicable to your Tribe?
IF YES: To what extent has this factor been a challenge to your Tribe's SORNA implementation efforts?
p. Tribe does not think the SMART Office guidance is useful
Is this factor applicable to your Tribe?
IF YES: To what extent has this factor been a challenge to your Tribe's SORNA implementation efforts?
q. Tribe does not think the SMART Office requirements for substantial implementation are clear
Is this factor applicable to your Tribe?
IF YES: To what extent has this factor been a challenge to your Tribe's SORNA implementation efforts?
r. Tribe had to revise its substantial implementation package in response to SMART Office changes to substantial implementation requirements
Is this factor applicable to your Tribe?
IF YES: To what extent has this factor been a challenge to your Tribe's SORNA implementation efforts?
s. Tribe had to revise its substantial implementation package in response to SMART Office changes to the documentation Tribes must include in their packages
Is this factor applicable to your Tribe?
IF YES: To what extent has this factor been a challenge to your Tribe's SORNA implementation efforts?
t. Other factor (specify below)
Is this factor applicable to your Tribe?
IF YES: To what extent has this factor been a challenge to your Tribe's SORNA implementation efforts?
If other factors affected your ability to substantially implement SORNA, please describe.
16. For each major or minor challenge identified above, please describe how it affected your Tribe's ability to implement SORNA.
17. For each major or minor challenge identified above, what, if anything, could DOJ, the SMART Office, or BIA do to address it?
18. For each major or minor challenge identified above, what, if anything, is your Tribe doing (or did your Tribe do) to address it?
19. If you would like to comment further on any of your answers in this section of the questionnaire on challenges with SORNA implementation, please do so in the space below.
Effects of SORNA Implementation
20. How much of a change, if any, has your Tribe observed with regard to information sharing with local, state, or federal law enforcement agencies since the enactment of SORNA in 2006 ?
a. Information sharing between the Tribe and state law enforcement
| Greatly increased |
Somewhat increased | Stayed about the same |
Somewhat decreased | Greatly decreased |
Don't know |
Number of respondents |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 41 | 29 | 49 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 129 |
b. Information sharing between the Tribe and local law enforcement
| Greatly increased |
Somewhat increased | Stayed about the same |
Somewhat decreased | Greatly decreased |
Don't know |
Number of respondents |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 39 | 40 | 40 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 129 |
c. Information sharing between the Tribe and BIA law enforcement
| Greatly increased |
Somewhat increased | Stayed about the same |
Somewhat decreased | Greatly decreased |
Don't know |
Number of respondents |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 | 25 | 61 | 2 | 3 | 23 | 129 |
d. Information sharing between the Tribe and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)
| Greatly increased |
Somewhat increased | Stayed about the same |
Somewhat decreased | Greatly decreased |
Don't know |
Number of respondents |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 | 36 | 54 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 129 |
e. Information sharing between the Tribe and the U.S. Marshals Service
| Greatly increased |
Somewhat increased | Stayed about the same |
Somewhat decreased | Greatly decreased |
Don't know |
Number of respondents |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 | 27 | 47 | 0 | 1 | 23 | 129 |
f. Information sharing between the Tribe and the U.S. Attorney's Office
| Greatly increased |
Somewhat increased | Stayed about the same |
Somewhat decreased | Greatly decreased |
Don't know |
Number of respondents |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28 | 29 | 50 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 127 |
21. Please elaborate on how, if at all, the enactment of SORNA has changed information sharing with local, state, or federal law enforcement agencies.
22. What other positive or negative changes, if any, have you observed or expect to observe from implementing SORNA on your Tribe's territory? (This could include changes in law enforcement resources, monitoring and registering sex offenders, etc.)
Federal, State, and Local Assistance to Implement SORNA
23. Has your Tribe received any assistance, other than funding, from the SMART Office to help implement SORNA?
A. What type(s) of assistance, other than funding, did your Tribe receive from the SMART Office to help implement SORNA?
B. How useful, if at all, has this assistance from the SMART Office been to your Tribe's efforts to implement SORNA?
| Very useful |
Moderately useful | Slightly useful | Not at all useful | Don't know |
Number of respondents |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 58 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 69 |
24. What, if any, additional assistance would you like to receive from the SMART Office to help implement SORNA?
25. Has your Tribe received any assistance, other than funding, from BIA to help implement SORNA?
A. What type(s) of assistance, other than funding, did your Tribe receive from BIA to help implement SORNA?
B. How useful, if at all, has this assistance from BIA been to your Tribe's efforts to implement SORNA?
| Very useful |
Moderately useful | Slightly useful | Not at all useful | Don't know |
Number of respondents |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
26. What, if any, additional assistance would you like to receive from BIA to help implement SORNA?
27. Has your Tribe received any assistance, funding or otherwise, from the U.S. Marshals Service to help implement and enforce SORNA (e.g., to investigate failure to register cases)?
A. What type(s) of assistance, funding or otherwise, did your Tribe receive from the U.S. Marshals Service to help implement SORNA?
B. How useful, if at all, has this assistance from the U.S. Marshals Service been to your Tribe's efforts to implement SORNA?
| Very useful |
Moderately useful | Slightly useful | Not at all useful | Don't know |
Number of respondents |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 31 |
28. What, if any, additional assistance would you like to receive from the U.S. Marshals Service to help implement and enforce SORNA?
29. Has your Tribe received any assistance, funding or otherwise, from a state or local law enforcement agency to help implement SORNA?
A. What type(s) of assistance, funding or otherwise, did your Tribe receive from a state or local law enforcement agency to help implement SORNA?
B. How useful, if at all, has this assistance from a state or local law enforcement agency been to your Tribe's efforts to implement SORNA?
| Very useful |
Moderately useful | Slightly useful | Not at all useful | Don't know |
Number of respondents |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 32 |
30. Does your Tribe have an agreement with a state or local law enforcement agency regarding how, if at all, that agency will assist your Tribe with implementing SORNA?
Please provide the name of each state or local law enforcement agency with which your Tribe has an agreement, as well as the contact information - preferably name, email address, and phone number, if available - for a representative from the agency.
31. What, if any, additional assistance would you like to receive from a state or local law enforcement agency to help implement SORNA?
Tribal Access to the National Crime Information Center (NCIC) and the National Sex offender Registry (NSOR)
32. To implement SORNA, jurisdictions need to submit information on sex offenders to the National Sex Offender Registry
(NSOR), which is a subfile of the National Crime Information Center (NCIC). NSOR, unlike the national sex
offender public website, is generally available only to law enforcement agencies and is maintained by the FBI. The questions in this survey section ask
about whether your Tribe can query and submit sex offender-related information to NSOR and how your Tribe queries
and submits information, in general, to NCIC. We are particularly interested in whether your Tribe has
direct access to NCIC or indirect access, in which case the Tribe must rely on the assistance of another law enforcement
agency.
Does your Tribe, either on its own or with the assistance of another law enforcement agency, query or search the
National Sex Offender Registry (NSOR) for sex offender information?
A. Why does your Tribe not query, or search, NSOR for sex offender information?
B. How, if at all, has not querying, or searching, NSOR for sex offender information affected your Tribe's ability to implement SORNA?
33. Does your Tribe, either on its own or with the assistance of another law enforcement agency, submit information about sex offenders who are registered with your Tribe to the National Sex Offender Registry (NSOR)?
| Yes |
No |
Don't know |
Not applicable, my Tribe does not have any registered sex offenders |
Number of respondents |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 79 | 15 | 16 | 18 | 128 |
A. Why does your Tribe not submit sex offender information to NSOR?
B. How, if at all, has not submitting sex offender information to NSOR affected your Tribe's ability to implement SORNA?
34. Law enforcement agencies may search the National Crime Information Center (NCIC) to determine if a
particular individual has a criminal history, such as whether the individual was convicted of committing
a crime, or if the individual is missing, wanted, or has a warrant out for his or her arrest. In addition,
agencies may search NCIC for information on stolen property.
Can your Tribe currently query, or search, the National Crime Information Center (NCIC)
without the assistance of federal, state, local, or other Tribal law enforcement agencies?
A. How does your Tribe currently query, or search, NCIC?
| Tribal officers use the Tribe's terminal to query NCIC (access provided by the state) | Tribal officers use the Tribe's terminal to query NCIC (access provided through DOJ's JUSTNET) | Tribal officers use BIA's terminal to query NCIC | Tribal officers use a county Sheriff or other local police department terminal to query NCIC | Other | Don't know | Number of respondents |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 56 | 6 | 3 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 86 |
What other way does your Tribe query, or search, NCIC?
B. Does another law enforcement agency currently query, or search, NCIC on behalf of your Tribe?
| Yes - BIA queries NCIC on behalf of the Tribe | Yes - county Sheriff or other local police officers query NCIC on behalf of the Tribe | No | Other | Don't know | Number of respondents |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | 17 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 42 |
What other law enforcement agency queries NCIC on behalf of your Tribe?
C. Which of the following are reasons why your Tribe cannot query NCIC without the assistance of federal,
state, local, or Tribal law enforcement agencies?
(Check all that apply.)
1. Tribe does not have Tribal (non-BIA) officers or a Tribal law enforcement entity
2. State statutes, laws, or policies do not permit Tribal officers to query NCIC through state criminal database(s)
3. Tribe does not meet Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) requirements for direct access (e.g., Tribe does not have a recognized law enforcement or criminal justice agency) or for an originating agency identification (ORI) number
4. Associated costs, such as installing a T1 line (a type of copper or fiber optic telephone line) are too high
5. Tribe has not requested access
6. Other
Please identify the specific FBI requirements your Tribe does not meet.
What are other reasons your Tribe cannot query NCIC?
D. How, if at all, has your Tribe's inability to query NCIC without the assistance of federal, state, local, or other Tribal agencies affected your Tribe's ability to implement and enforce SORNA?
35. Can your Tribe currently submit information to NCIC without the assistance of federal, state, local or other Tribal law enforcement agencies?
A. How does your Tribe currently submit information to NCIC?
| Tribal officers use the Tribe's terminal to submit information to NCIC (access provided by the state) | Tribal officers use the Tribe's terminal to submit information to NCIC (access provided through DOJ's JUSTNET) | Tribal officers use BIA's terminal to submit information to NCIC | Tribal officers use a county Sheriff or other local police department terminal to submit information to NCIC | Other | Don't know | Number of respondents |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 43 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 57 |
What other way does your Tribe submit information to NCIC?
B. Does another law enforcement agency currently submit information to NCIC on behalf of your Tribe?
| Yes - BIA submits information to NCIC on behalf of the Tribe | Yes - county Sheriff or other local police officers submit information to NCIC on behalf of the Tribe | No | Other | Don't know | Number of respondents |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | 28 | 20 | 5 | 10 | 70 |
What other law enforcement agency submits information to NCIC on behalf of your Tribe?
C. Which of the following are reasons why your Tribe cannot submit information to NCIC without the assistance of federal, state or local law enforcement officers or agencies?
(Check all that apply.)
1. Tribe does not have Tribal (non-BIA) officers or a Tribal law enforcement entity
2. State statutes, laws, or policies do not permit Tribal officers to submit information to NCIC through state criminal database(s)
3. Tribe does not meet Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) requirements for direct access (e.g., Tribe does not have a recognized law enforcement or criminal justice agency) or for an originating agency identification (ORI) number
4. Associated costs, such as installing a T1 line (a type of copper or fiber optic telephone line) are too high
5. Tribe has not requested access
6. Other
Please identify the specific FBI requirements your Tribe does not meet.
What are other reasons your Tribe cannot submit information to NCIC?
D. How, if at all, has your Tribe's inability to submit information to NCIC without the assistance of federal, state, local, or other Tribal agencies affected your Tribe's ability to implement and enforce SORNA?
36. In addition to an ORI number, in April 2013 the FBI created a code for over 100 federally-recognized Tribes such that when these Tribes submit sex offender-related information to NCIC, they could enter a Tribal code in the "state" field. To your knowledge, is there a Tribal code for your Tribe in NCIC?
A. How often does your Tribe use the Tribal code when entering sex offender information into NCIC?
| Not applicable - Tribe's police officers do not enter, or have not yet entered, sex offender information into NCIC | All or almost all of the time | Most of the time | About half the time | Some of the time | Never or almost never | Don't know | Number of respondents |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 26 |
Why do you not use the NCIC Tribal code all or almost all of the time when entering information about registered sex offenders?
37. If you would like to comment further on any of your answers in this section of the questionnaire on Tribal access to NCIC and NSOR, please do so in the space below.
Changes to SORNA
38. What aspects, if any, of the SORNA provisions would you suggest changing?
Contact Information
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a. Name
b. Title/Tribe
c. Phone
d. E-mail
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