§ 114-10.1. Police Information Network.
§ 114‑10.1. Police Information Network.
(a) The Division of Criminal Statistics is authorized toestablish, devise, maintain and operate, under the control and supervision ofthe Attorney General, a system for receiving and disseminating to participatingagencies information collected, maintained and correlated under authority ofG.S. 114‑10 of this Article. The system shall be known as the PoliceInformation Network.
(b) The Attorney General is authorized to cooperate with theDivision of Motor Vehicles, Department of Administration, Department ofCorrection and other State, local and federal agencies and organizations incarrying out the purpose and intent of this section, and to utilize, incooperation with other State agencies and to the extent as may be practical,computers and related equipment as may be operated by other State agencies.
(c) The Attorney General, after consultation with participatingagencies, shall adopt rules and regulations governing the organization andadministration of the Police Information Network, including rules andregulations governing the types of information relating to the administrationof criminal justice to be entered into the system, and who shall have access tosuch information. The rules and regulations governing access to the PoliceInformation Network shall not prohibit an attorney who has entered a criminalproceeding in accordance with G.S. 15A‑141 from obtaining informationrelevant to that criminal proceeding. The rules and regulations governingaccess to the Police Information Network shall not prohibit an attorney whorepresents a person in adjudicatory or dispositional proceedings for aninfraction from obtaining the person's driving record or criminal history.
(d) The Attorney General may impose an initial set up fee of twothousand six hundred fifty dollars ($2,650) for agencies to participate in thePolice Information Network. This one‑time fee shall be used to offset thecost of the router and data circuit needed to access the Network.
The Attorney General may also impose monthly fees on participatingagencies. The monthly fees collected under this subsection shall be used tooffset the cost of operating and maintaining the Police Information Network
(1) The Attorney General may impose a monthly circuit fee onagencies that access the Police Information Network through a circuitmaintained and operated by the Department of Justice. The amount of the monthlyfee is three hundred dollars ($300.00) plus an additional fee amount for eachdevice linked to the Network. The additional fee amount varies depending uponthe type of device. For a desktop device after the first seven desktop devices,the additional monthly fee is twenty‑five dollars ($25.00) per device.For a mobile device, the additional monthly fee is twelve dollars ($12.00) perdevice.
(2) The Attorney General may impose a monthly device fee onagencies that access the Police Information Network through some other approvedmeans. The amount of the monthly device fee varies depending upon the type ofdevice. For a desktop device, the monthly fee is twenty‑five dollars($25.00) per device. For a mobile device, the fee is twelve dollars ($12.00)per device. (1969, c. 1267, s. 2;1975, c. 716, s. 5; 1977, c. 836; 1993, c. 39, s. 1; 2005‑276, ss.43.4(a), 43.4(b).)