CJIS Training, Manuals & Reference

Training

• The WASPC CJIS Department, in collaboration with LEIRA, is offering a six-hour training on NIBRS on April 28, 2026, 10am to 4pm. Please click here for the training flyer and registration link.

• On-Line NIBRS Training: Please contact [email protected] if you are interested in on-line training.

Repository Manuals 

• 2024 Washington State NIBRS Specifications
• Washington State Repository Manual
• Handbook for Acquiring a NIBRS-Compatible RMS
  
  

Reference Material

Great Questions, 2016-2019
NIBRS Participation Options for Tribal Law Enforcement 

Quick Reference Guides

• Batch File Upload
• Data Quality Overview
• Executive Summary
• Homicide Offense Coding Grid  
• Individual Incident Entry
• Marijuana Edibles Weight Estimates
• Offense Look-Up Table (With RCWs) | Updated September 2025
• Segment Level Formats
• Sex Offense Coding Grid    
• Summary of Offenses Report
• NIBRS versus Summary Reporting Overview

NIBRS Tip of the Month

• June 2024 - Subject: Burglary Hotel Rule
• May 2024 - Subject: Road Rage
• April 2024 - Subject: Group B Offenses
• March 2024 - Subject: Clearances
• February 2024 - Subject: Hate Crime Guidelines
• January 2024 – Subject: Health Insurance Cards
• December 2023 – Subject: Electric Bicycle Theft
• September 2023 – Subject: Wire Fraud
• June 2023 – Subject: Stolen Property Offenses
• March 2023 – Subject: Extortion Type of Weapon
• December 2022 – Subject: Attempted or Completed Robbery
• September 2022 – Subject: Drive-By Shooting
• June 2022 – Subject: Electric Charging Stations

Click here to visit the NIBRS Tip of the Month Archive Folder

Use of Force Reference Material

• How to Participate in the FBI Use of Force (UoF) Data Collection
• National UoF Data Collection Quick Start Guide
• National UoF Data Preparation Worksheet
• Create-Review-Submit an Incident Report

Links

• FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Publications
• Includes publications of Crime in the United States, Law Enforcement Officers Killed and Assaulted and Hate Crime Statistics
• FBI UCR Manuals, Specifications, and Forms
  
• Includes NIBRS, Summary Reporting, LEOKA, Hate Crime Statistics, and Cargo Theft
• FBI UCR Drug List 
• FBI UCR Data Tool: Build Tables Using FBI Crime Statistic Data
• International Association of Chiefs of Police: IBR Tools/Resources
• Justice Research and Statistics Association Incident-Based Reporting Resource Center