Iowa is a national leader in criminal justice information sharing. Since 2007, Iowa Integrated Justice (formerly CJIS) has served as a “system of systems” that integrates and shares criminal justice information among Iowa’s justice agencies in a seamless, real-time, and secure manner. IIJ makes Iowa’s justice system more efficient and effective by allowing agencies to share or receive critical information immediately and automatically, eliminating outdated methods and unnecessary manual entry.
Historically, criminal justice information systems have been developed in isolation, resulting in independent systems that are unable to effectively communicate with each other. IIJ was created to allow these separate systems to share information with each other using a centralized computer system that exceeds all federal and state security requirements.
In a typical month, IIJ sends over 950,000 separate secure data exchanges. The system has grown to include data exchanges between the Judicial Branch, Department of Corrections, Department of Transportation, Department of Public Safety, Department of Natural Resources, Department of Health and Human Services, Secretary of State, Attorney General, State Public Defender, and County Attorneys in sixty-seven (67) Iowa counties.
In addition, IIJ serves the Iowa State Patrol, all 99 county sheriffs’ offices, 259 local police departments, three university police departments, the State Fair Police, one airport police unit, the Meskwaki Nation Police Department, the BNSF Railway Police, the Canadian National Railway Police, and the Canadian Pacific Railway Police.
Advisory Committee Members:
| Barb Nelson | Chief Justice Appointee | JBIT |
|---|---|---|
| Judge Crystal Cronk | Chief Justice Appointee | Judge, 8th District |
| Kellee Cortez | Chief Justice Appointee | District Court Administrator, 6th |
| Curtis Hamstra | Chief Justice Appointee | Chief Juvenile Court Officer, 4th |
| Tina Thomason | Chief Justice Appointee | Clerk of Court: Hamilton, Hardin, Webster, Wright |
| Rusty Ringler | Governor’s Appointee | DPS, Program Services Bureau Chief |
| Sarah Fineran * | Governor’s Appointee | DOC, Research Director |
| Jacob Mason | Governor’s Appointee | State Public Defender |
| Susan Krisko | Governor’s Appointee | Assistant Attorney General |
| Mike Devenney | Governor’s Appointee | DOT, Information Technology Specialist |
| John Asmussen | Sheriff’s & Deputies Association | Jail Administrator, Story Co. |
| Glenn Goode | Association of Chiefs of Police and Peace Officers | DOT, Hazardous Materials Unit, Specialist |
| Steven Johns | Iowa League of Cities | Deputy City Clerk & Finance Director, Pleasant Hill |
| Vacant | Iowa County Attorney’s Association | |
| Vacant | Iowa State Association of County Supervisors | |
| Senator Janice Weiner | Ex-Officio, Senate Democrats | Iowa Senate District 45 |
| Rep. Chris Cournoyer | Ex-Officio, Senate Republicans | Iowa Senate District 35 |
| Vacant | Ex-Officio, House Democrats | |
| Rep. Steven Holt | Ex-Officio, House Republicans | Iowa House District 12 |