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NIBIN Partner. Should the installation of the NIBIN system require physical <br />construction at the site, the NIBIN Partner will be responsible for such construction and <br />any associated costs. If a system is to be moved to allow additional access outside of a <br />laboratory, ATF will work with our Partner to ensure the appropriate protocols are put <br />into place to ensure the integrity of crime gun evidence along with maximum use of the <br />equipment. <br />ATF- DEPLOYED SYSTEM MAINTENANCE <br />ATF will maintain all ATF - deployed NIBIN systems furnished to the NIBIN Partner and <br />repair or replace inoperable or outdated systems in an expeditious manner, subject to <br />availability and funding. However, maintenance and repairs required as the result of <br />unauthorized movement, alteration, damage, or destruction will not be assumed by ATF. <br />The NIBIN Partner agrees not to make or cause to be made any repairs, alterations, <br />movements, additions, improvements, or replacements to the NIBIN systems not <br />expressly authorized in writing by ATF in advance, and further agrees to exercise due <br />care in every respect to prevent system movement, damage, destruction, or misuse. <br />ATF- DEPLOYED SYSTEM USAGE <br />Because the NIBIN Program focuses on the reduction of firearms- related violent crimes <br />the NIBIN Partner shall enter all eligible ballistic evidence recovered from crime scenes <br />as timely as possible. In addition, the NIBIN Partner shall enter into NIBIN test -fire <br />cartridge casings from eligible firearms talcen into Law Enforcement custody as timely as <br />possible. All NIBIN Partner owned NIBIN equipment will be held to same standards as <br />ATF — deployed systems. NIBIN Partners may not charge other law enforcement agencies <br />for the entry of evidence into ATF -owned or ATF- maintained automated ballistics <br />technology used in the NIBIN Program. <br />ATF — DEPLOYED SYSTEM REMOVAL <br />ATF retains the right to remove a NIBIN system upon: (1) a determination that the <br />equipment is being neglected or misused; (2) is not being effectively used to combat <br />violent crime; (3) receipt of written notification of the termination of the participation of <br />the NIBIN Partner in the NIBIN Program; (4) termination of the NIBIN Program by <br />ATF; (5) the cancellation of this MOU by ATF; or (6) failure to comply with any <br />obligations or requirements set forth in this MOU. <br />If ATF intends to remove a NIBIN system from the NIBIN Partner, ATF will provide <br />written notice. <br />SYSTEM MOVEMENT <br />ATF authorizes NIBIN system moves only with ATF written approval to our Partner. <br />Any movement of the NIBIN system after the initial installation will be accomplished at <br />the expense of the NIBIN Partner and only after receipt of authorization by, and <br />coordination, with FTI. In order to realize maximum use of the equipment, it should be <br />placed where trained personnel can expeditiously enter evidence. ATF will work with <br />