Objetivos y beneficios de un sistema de información de justicia en Washington

Explicación Simple

El estado de Washington quiere hacer que toda la información sobre los delitos y los delincuentes sea más fácil de encontrar y usar. Esto ayudará a las policías y a los jueces a trabajar mejor y más rápido, manteniendo a todos más seguros.

Es como organizar todos los documentos y fotos de tu casa en carpetas digitales. Así, cuando necesitas encontrar algo, no pierdes tiempo buscando entre un montón de papeles desordenados.

Ejemplo Práctico

Imagina que Ana es oficial de policía y necesita saber si un sospechoso tiene un historial delictivo. Gracias a esta ley, Ana puede acceder a toda la información necesaria en su computadora de forma rápida, sin tener que llamar a varias oficinas o esperar por documentos en papel.

Texto Original del Estatuto (Inglés)

(1) The legislature finds that each of the state's justice agencies and the courts have developed independent information systems to address independent management and planning needs, that the state's justice information system is fragmented, and that access to complete, accurate, and timely justice information is difficult and inefficient.(2) The legislature declares that the purpose of chapter 104, Laws of 2003 is to develop and maintain, in a cost-effective manner, a statewide network of criminal justice information that enables sharing and integrated delivery of justice information maintained in the state's independent information systems and that will:(a) Maximize standardization of data and communications technology among law enforcement agencies, jails, prosecuting attorneys, the courts, corrections, and licensing;(b) Reduce redundant data collection and input efforts;(c) Reduce or eliminate paper-based information exchanges;(d) Improve work flow within the criminal justice system;(e) Provide complete, accurate, and timely information to criminal justice agencies and courts in a single computer session; and(f) Maintain security and privacy rights respecting criminal justice information.(3) Statewide coordination of criminal justice information will improve:(a) The safety of the public and the safety of law enforcement officers and other public servants, by making more complete, accurate, and timely information concerning offenders available to all criminal justice agencies and courts;(b) Decision making, by increasing the availability of statistical measures for review, evaluation, and promulgation of public policy; and(c) Access to complete, accurate, and timely information by the public, to the extent permitted pursuant to chapters 10.97 and 42.56 RCW.(4) T