Idaho State Police to change practices relating to Criminal History information exchange

Mark Reinhardt- Boise Idaho The Idaho Department of Administration has issued a bulletin announcing a rule change on the subject of Criminal Justice information services. According to the proposed rule, it states, "This rule will include terms defined in Section 67-3001, Idaho Code. This rule will also provide a procedure for the expungement of a person’s criminal history record, for the transmittal of criminal history arrest fingerprints, and for a person to contest to the accuracy and completeness of a criminal history record in the database of the Bureau of Criminal Identification, as allowed pursuant to Section 67-3001, Idaho Code." The proposed rule issued by the Idaho State Police, stated that there would be no fees associated with this rule, however, in terms of Tax Dollar impact, it states, "FISCAL IMPACT: The following is a specific description, if applicable, of any negative fiscal impact on the state general fund greater than ten thousand dollars ($10,000) during the fiscal year resulting from this rulemaking: There is no impact on the general fund." Included in Criminal Histories, are DNA samples in relation to offenders, as this video from the Idaho State Police Forensic Science Services talks about, Written comments in relation to the proposed rule are due by October 23rd.