The Virginia Criminal Information Network (VCIN) functions as a service facility under the management control of the Virginia Department of State Police, providing operational support to the entire criminal justice community. The primary mission of VCIN is to provide a means of rapid communications for criminal justice agencies throughout Virginia. It is a statewide data communications network incorporating computerized links to regional and national law enforcement systems:
Membership in the VCIN system is regulated by law, Title 52, Chapter 2 of the Code of Virginia. (http://leg1.state.va.us/000/src.htm)
VCIN is available to any department or division of state government meeting the definition of a criminal justice agency as contained in §9.1-101, Code of Virginia, any county, city, town, railroad, or college campus police department, special police departments maintained by corporations in Virginia, and to federal criminal justice agencies, subject to the approval of the Superintendent, Department of State Police.
| CJIS/Program Administrator: First Sergeant K. Scott Downs Mailing Address: |
Phone: (804) 674-2630 Fax: (804) 674-6704 |
IT/Engineering Administrator: Mailing Address: |
Phone: (804) 674-2067 Fax: (804) 674-2672 E-mail: greg.ryan@vsp.virginia.gov |
