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Transaction Information for the Management of Enforcement (TIME)

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MISSION

The mission of the Transaction Information for Management of Enforcement (TIME) System is to implement the rapid and efficient exchange of factual information between law enforcement agencies.

OVERVIEW

The nucleus of the TIME System is a computer-based data communications control center managed by the Wisconsin Crime Information Bureau (CIB). The control center computer interfaces TIME terminals to data files, provides the capability to send administrative messages terminal-to-terminal and statewide broadcasts. The control center computer is interfaced to the FBI's National Crime Information Center (NCIC), the National Law Enforcement Telecommunications Network System (NLETS), the Wisconsin Department of Transportation (DOT), the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR), and the Wisconsin Department of Corrections (DOC).

The TIME System implements over 400 different transactions, with the capability to maintain and inquire into the content of hundreds of data files at the national, state, and local levels. The most commonly accessed files are wanted and missing persons, stolen vehicles, persons on probation/parole, criminal history records, driver and vehicle registration records, persons subject to injunctions and restraining orders, and sex offender registrants. Lesser used data files include hunter citations, boat and snowmobile registration records, insurance crime files, stolen property, boats, guns, and securities.

Approximately 17,000 law enforcement agencies participate in the national network. Data services include driver and vehicle registration systems in every state. Foreign participants include Canada, Mexico, and Interpol. At the turn of the century, the Wisconsin TIME system had participation from nearly 300 Wisconsin criminal justice agencies, had approximately 7,600 connected terminals, and was processing over 150,000 transactions per day.

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