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INSURANCE NOT REQUIRED <br />WORK MAY PROCEED <br />CITY CLERK <br />DATE, <br />J, Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) <br />Between <br />The <br />` <br />Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) <br />3 c� <br />And <br />The <br />Santa Ana Police Department <br />Hereinafter referred to as NIBIN Partner Site (MPS) <br />PURPOSE <br />N-2023-274 <br />This serves as an agreement between ATF and NPS: Santa Ana Police Department <br />This agreement allows for ATF to perform correlation review(s) for the NPS ballistic evidence <br />which is entered into the NIBIN database. These correlation reviews will be conducted by ATF <br />through the NIBIN National Correlation and Training Center (NNCTC) and will be disseminated <br />back to the affected parties as documented in this MOU. <br />II. ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF ATF <br />The NNCTC, on the basis of a request for assistance by the appropriate ATF Field Division <br />Special Agent in Charge (or their Designee), will perform correlation reviews on all ballistic <br />evidence entered into NIBIN by the NPS and issue documentation of the NIBIN Leads or <br />Negative results to all affected parties within 24-48 hours. The NNCTC will not perform <br />correlation reviews on evidence entered or received by the NPS prior to the NNCTC start date <br />that is scheduled at the time of onboarding. <br />The ATF Special Agent in Charge initiating the request will assign a field division liaison to act <br />as an intermediary between the NNCTC and the NPS and ensure that the protocols established <br />by this MOU as well as MROS are followed in order to establish effective processes for the <br />utilization of NIBIN in the field. <br />The services of the NNCTC will be handled by highly trained IBIS technicians. In addition, all <br />of the technician's work will be peer reviewed and finally reviewed by a senior firearms and tool <br />mark examiner assigned to the NNCTC prior to dissemination to the field. <br />The NNCTC will review any results with a Unified Score over 12 for every case. This standard <br />was established based upon research and discussion within the NIBIN community as well as <br />published articles on the subject. If necessary and justified by the circumstances of a particular <br />investigation, the NNCTC will increase this threshold as warranted. A site may request a more <br />