VEHICLE THEFT PREVENTION COUNCIL

Chair Bishop L Robinson, Secretary
of Public Safety & Correctional Services
W Ray Presley, Executive Director
(301)729-5274
1 800-96-THEFT

The Vehicle Theft Prevention Council started in
1994 (Chapter 459, Acts of 1994) The Council
raises funds for deposit in the Vehicle Theft Preven
tion Fund from which the Council makes awards
and grants for motor vehicle theft intervention
programs 1 he Council also sets priorities for strate
gics to prevent vehicle theft and recommends leg
islative action for the same purpose
The Council has thirteen members Nine are ap
pomted to three year terms by the Governor Four
serve ex officio The Governor names the chair (Code
1957, Art 41, sees 4 1601 through 4 1605)

DIVISION OF DATA SERVICES
Paul E Leuba, Director
(410) 764-4200

The Division of Data Services was created in
1970 The Division is responsible for Administra
tion, the Criminal Justice Information System,
Management Information Systems, and the Public
Safety Data Center

CRIMINAL JUSTICE INFORMATION SYSTEM
Earl L Gillespie, Director
(410) 764 5665

The Criminal Justice Information System began m
1976 (Chapter 239, Acts of 1976) It develops and
manages statewide information systems for the Mary
land criminal justice community, including the courts,
local. State and federal law enforcement personnel,
local detention centers. State prisons, State's attorneys,
and parole and probation officers The System also is
responsible for system administration and documenta
tion, network administration, data security, and user
training In addition, the System administers the Mary
land Automated Fingerprint Identification System

CRIMINAL JUSTICE INFORMATION SYSTEM
CENTRAL REPOSITORY

Millicent Dangerfield, Director
(410) 653-4463

The Criminal Justice Information System Central
Repository originated as the Criminal Records Cen-
tral Repository in 1977 The Repository received its
present name in 1989 It collects, stores, and dissemi
nates criminal history record information The Re
pository is the only source m Maryland that provides
conviction and criminal history record information to
the nonLnminal justice community
The Repository identifies persons through fin-
gerprints Law enforcement, regulatory agencies,
and private employers submit fingerprint cards for

both criminals and law abiding citizens who work
in jobs requiring screening The Repository then
classifies and electronically searches and/ or verifies
against previously submitted fingerprints main
tamed within a master file of over 1 4 million
fingerprint cards

MANAG£M£NT INFORMATION SYST£MS
Barbara C King, Director
(410) 764 4208

Management Information Systems was organized
in Fiscal Year 1987 to provide information processing
services throughout the Department The unit de
signs, implements, and maintains all Department in
formation systems used by the criminal Justice and
noncnrmnal justice communities It provides systems
administration support, computer programming
services, and user training to Department staff

PUBLIC SAFETY DATA CENTER
Ronald L Kennedy, Director
(410) 653 4520

The Department administers the Public Safety
Data Center for public safety, law enforcement and
correctional agencies -within the State Created in
1970, the Center provides computer processing serv
ices to the Department of State Police, the Division
of Correction, the Division of Parole and Probation,
Patuxent Institution, the State Fire Marshal, and
several federal and local criminal )ustice agencies The
Center provides computer terminal and computer to
computer data transmission between these agencies
and the Motor Vehicle Administration, the Federal
Bureau of Investigation, and the National Law Ln
forcement Telecommunications System

OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL
Henry R Lesansky, Ph D , Inspector General

6776 Reisterstown Road, Suite 314
Baltimore, MD 21215—2341 (410) 764 4029

The Office of Inspector General began in May
1987 as the Division of Audits and Compliance, an
independent unit within the Office of the Secretary
The Division was established by the Secretary in
compliance with the Standards for the Professional
Practice of Internal Auditing (SPPIA), which re
quire every internal audit unit to have a written
charter (Code 1957, Art 41, sec 4 104) In 1993,
the Division was reorganized as the Office of In
spector General with units for audits, investigations
and management services
The Office ensures objective review of agency
facilities, property, equipment, personnel, admmi
straaon, and operations To assist the Secretary in
evaluating each unit's management, the Office con
ducts financial, performance, program and grant
audits or inspections within the Department