In This Article: See the operational impact of shifting from command-line terminals to a modern, intuitive messaging environment powered by MessengerNow. For decades, law enforcement messaging has asked officers, dispatchers, TACs, and IT teams to do essential work through tools that look and feel older than the mission they support. The old terminal may still […]
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In This Article: A focused breakdown of CJIS Policy Areas 14-20 and the documentation standards agencies must meet under the modernized framework. A CJIS audit used to follow a familiar structure: if you built your compliance program around the 13 legacy policy areas, you likely knew exactly where your documentation stood and how to prepare […]
In This Article: We provide clear guidance for TACs, LASOs, and IT leaders on converting outdated worksheets into a defensible CJIS compliance checklist that’s aligned with the modern 6.0 standard. A successful CJIS audit rarely falls apart because of a firewall setting or a missing patch. It breaks down when an agency walks into the […]
In This Guide: This CJIS 6.0 Plain English Guide translates the FBI Security Policy v6.0 Summary into practical direction for TACs, LASOs, and IT managers. You will see where the policy truly shifted, which new “mountains” matter most, and how to start documenting compliance in a way that stands up during an audit. As you […]
In This Article: We examine how agencies use OpenFox Messenger and Computerized Criminal History (CCH) systems to support continuous accountability. A successful CJIS audit rarely depends on what you assemble the week before auditors arrive; instead, it reflects how consistently your agency has logged, reviewed, and retained criminal justice activity throughout the year. For Terminal […]
CPI OpenFox configured the Nlets Historical Missing Persons Queries for the Arizona Department of Public Safety (AZDPS), enabling the exchange of incident information from AZDPS’s Missing and Exploited Children Repository (MEC) with other law enforcement and criminal justice agencies. CPI was tasked with completing several activities to implement the solution: Created Missing Persons Historical Data […]
In This Article: Learn how CJIS 6.0 compliance reshapes the modern CJIS audit, why on-premises systems expand your audit footprint, and how transitioning to SaaS for law enforcement can reduce physical and technical control complexity while keeping accountability firmly with your agency. A CJIS audit in 2026 carries a different tone than it did just […]
CPI OpenFox has successfully installed the OpenFox® MessengerNow web application for the New Mexico Department of Public Safety (NMDPS). CPI enhanced NMDPS’s existing OpenFox systems to implement the OpenFox MessengerNow application. This work included system configuration, networking, security, database setup, Metadata Agent deployment, Configurator changes, testing, and training. As a result, New Mexico law enforcement […]
Before the auditors even ask the first question, a CJIS audit can fail. CJIS 6.0 reshapes the rules into 20 policy areas and pushes auditors to look for continuous proof, not paperwork. If your incident response plan has never been tested, if vendor risk is handled on trust, or if audit logs are collected without […]