BJS FY 2026 National Incident-Based Reporting System Estimation Program
Funds improving the technical systems BJS uses to estimate national crime and arrest counts from incomplete police reporting.
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Not every police department reports crime data the same way or on the same schedule, so the national picture has to be estimated, not just tallied. This program pays for the system that does that estimating.
The money funds enhancing the technical capacity and efficiency of the NIBRS Estimation System itself, improving how quickly crime and arrest estimates come out, refining the measurement meth…
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