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NC Gen Stat § 143B-972.1 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 143B - Executive Organization Act of 1973|Article 13 - Department of Public Safety.|§ 143B-972.1 - (Effective January 1, 2023) Criminal record checks for North Carolina Criminal Justice Education and Training Standards Commission and North Carolina Sheriffs' Education and Training Standards Commission; fingerprints sent to Federal Bureau of Investigation.

 143B-972.1. (Effective January 1, 2023) Criminal record checks for North Carolina Criminal Justice Education and Training Standards Commission and North Carolina Sheriffs' Education and Training Standards Commission; fingerprints sent to Federal Bureau of Investigation.(a) The State Bureau of Investigation (SBI) shall provide to the North Carolina Criminal Justice Education and Training Standards Commission and the North Carolina Sheriffs' Education and Training Standards Commission the criminal history of any person who applies for certification or is certified, as a criminal justice officer or justice officer, from the State and National Repositories of Criminal Histories. Each agency employing certified criminal justice officers or justice officers shall provide to the SBI, the fingerprints of any person who applies for certification and certified officers, other identifying information required by the State and National Repositories, and any additional information required by the SBI.(b) The SBI shall conduct a criminal history records check using the fingerprints of the applicants and certified officers, in accordance with 12 NCAC 09B. 0103 and 12 NCAC 10B. 0302, and enroll the fingerprints in the Statewide Automated Fingerprint Identification System (SAFIS).(c) In addition to searching the State's criminal history record file, the SBI shall forward a set of fingerprints to the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) for a national criminal history record check. The SBI shall enroll each individual whose fingerprints are received under this section in the Federal Bureau of Investigation's Next Generation Identification (NGI) System and Criminal Justice Record of Arrest and Prosecution Background (Rap Back) Service. The SBI will also notify the certifying Commission of any subsequent arrest of an individual identified through the Rap Back Service.(d) Within 15 business days of receiving notification by either Commission that the individual whose fingerprints have been stored in the State Automated Fingerprint Identification System (SAFIS) pursuant to subsection (b) of this section has withdrawn the application or separated from employment and an Affidavit of Separation has been filed with either Commission, the SBI shall remove the individual's fingerprints from SAFIS and forward a request to the FBI to remove the fingerprints from the NGI System and the Criminal Justice Rap Back Service.(e) The Commissions shall keep all information obtained pursuant to this section confidential.  (2021-138, s. 2(a).)
NC Gen Stat § 143B-973 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 143B - Executive Organization Act of 1973|Article 13 - Department of Public Safety.|§ 143B-973 - Criminal record checks for the Legislative Services Commission.

 143B-973. Criminal record checks for the Legislative Services Commission.The Department of Public Safety may provide to the Legislative Services Officer from the State and National Repositories of Criminal Histories the criminal history of any prospective employee, volunteer, or contractor of the General Assembly. The Legislative Services Officer shall provide to the Department of Public Safety, along with the request, the fingerprints of the prospective employee, volunteer, or contractor, a form signed by the prospective employee, volunteer, or contractor consenting to the criminal record check and use of fingerprints and other identifying information required by the State and National Repositories and any additional information required by the Department of Public Safety. The fingerprints of the prospective employee, volunteer, or contractor shall be forwarded to the State Bureau of Investigation for a search of the State's criminal history record file, and the State Bureau of Investigation shall forward a set of fingerprints to the Federal Bureau of Investigation for a national criminal history record check. The Legislative Services Officer shall keep all information obtained pursuant to this section confidential. The Department of Public Safety may charge a fee to offset the cost incurred by it to conduct a criminal record check under this section. The fee shall not exceed the actual cost of locating, editing, researching, and retrieving the information.  (2020-29, s. 12(a).)
NC Gen Stat § 143B-974 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 143B - Executive Organization Act of 1973|Article 13 - Department of Public Safety.|§ 143B-974 - Criminal record checks for sheriffs.

 143B-974. Criminal record checks for sheriffs.(a) The Department of Public Safety may provide to the North Carolina Sheriffs' Education and Training Standards Commission a criminal history from the State and National Repositories of Criminal Histories for any person filing a notice of candidacy, or any potential appointee to fill a vacancy, to the office of sheriff. The North Carolina Sheriffs' Education and Training Standards Commission shall provide to the Department of Public Safety, along with the request, the fingerprints of the person filing a notice of candidacy, or any potential appointee to fill a vacancy, to the office of sheriff; a form signed by the individual consenting to the criminal record check and use of fingerprints and other identifying information required by the State and National Repositories; and any additional information required by the Department of Public Safety. The fingerprints of the individual shall be forwarded to the State Bureau of Investigation for a search of the State's criminal history record file, and the State Bureau of Investigation shall forward a set of fingerprints to the Federal Bureau of Investigation for a national criminal history record check.(b) The criminal history report shall be provided to the North Carolina Sheriffs' Education and Training Standards Commission, who shall keep all information obtained pursuant to this section confidential to the North Carolina Sheriffs' Education and Training Standards Commission. A criminal history report obtained as provided in this section is not a public record under Chapter 132 of the General Statutes.  (2021-107, s. 9.)
NC Gen Stat § 143B-986 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 143B - Executive Organization Act of 1973|Article 13 - Department of Public Safety.|§ 143B-986 - Authority to provide protection to certain public officials.

 143B-986. Authority to provide protection to certain public officials.The North Carolina State Bureau of Investigation is authorized to provide protection to public officials who request it, and who, in the discretion of the Director of the Bureau demonstrate a need for such protection. The Director of the Bureau shall notify the Governor whenever the State Bureau of Investigation provides protection to public officials pursuant to this section. The bureau shall not provide protection for any individual other than the Governor for a period greater than 30 days without review and approval by the Governor. This review and reapproval shall be required at the end of each 30-day period.  (1977, c. 571; 2003-214, s. 1(3); 2011-145, s. 19.1(q1); 2011-391, s. 43(g); 2014-100, ss. 17.1(n), (bbb).)
NC Gen Stat § 143B-987 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 143B - Executive Organization Act of 1973|Article 13 - Department of Public Safety.|§ 143B-987 - Authority to designate areas for protection of public officials.

 143B-987. Authority to designate areas for protection of public officials.(a) The Director of the State Bureau of Investigation is authorized to designate buildings and grounds which constitute temporary residences or temporary offices of any public official being protected under authority of G.S. 143B-986, or any area that will be visited by any such official, a public building or facility during the time of such use.(b) The Director of the State Bureau of Investigation may, with the consent of the official to be protected, make rules governing ingress to or egress from such buildings, grounds or areas designated under this section.  (1981, c. 499, s. 1; 2003-214, s. 1(3); 2011-145, s. 19.1(q1); 2011-391, s. 43(g); 2014-100, ss. 17.1(n), (ccc).)
NC Gen Stat § 143B-990 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 143B - Executive Organization Act of 1973|Article 13 - Department of Public Safety.|§ 143B-990 - Creation of Alcohol Law Enforcement Division of the Department of Public Safety.

 143B-990. Creation of Alcohol Law Enforcement Division of the Department of Public Safety.There is created and established a division to be known as the Alcohol Law Enforcement Division of the Department of Public Safety with the organization, powers, and duties defined in Article 1 of this Chapter and G.S. 18B-500, except as modified in this Part.  (2019-203, s. 2.)
NC Gen Stat § 143B-1000 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 143B - Executive Organization Act of 1973|Article 13 - Department of Public Safety.|§ 143B-1000 - Division of Emergency Management of the Department of Public Safety.

 143B-1000. Division of Emergency Management of the Department of Public Safety.(a) There is established, within the Department of Public Safety, the Division of Emergency Management, which shall be organized and staffed in accordance with applicable laws and regulations and within the limits of authorized appropriations.(b) The Division of Emergency Management shall have the following powers and duties:(1) Repealed by Session Laws 2011-145, s. 19.1(aa), effective January 1, 2012.(2) To exercise the powers and duties conferred on it by Chapter 166A of the General Statutes.(3) To exercise any other powers vested by law.  (2009-397, s. 3; 2011-145, s. 19.1(g), (w), (aa).)
NC Gen Stat § 143B-1010 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 143B - Executive Organization Act of 1973|Article 13 - Department of Public Safety.|§ 143B-1010 - North Carolina Center for Missing Persons established.

 143B-1010. North Carolina Center for Missing Persons established.There is established within the Department of Public Safety the North Carolina Center for Missing Persons, which shall be organized and staffed in accordance with applicable laws. The purpose of the Center is to serve as a central repository for information regarding missing persons and missing children, with special emphasis on missing children. The Center may utilize the Federal Bureau of Investigation/National Crime Information Center's missing person computerized file (hereinafter referred to as FBI/NCIC) through the use of the Police Information Network in the North Carolina Department of Justice.  (1985, c. 765, s. 1; 1985 (Reg. Sess., 1986), c. 1000, s. 1; 2011-145, s. 19.1(g), (w).)
NC Gen Stat § 143B-1011 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 143B - Executive Organization Act of 1973|Article 13 - Department of Public Safety.|§ 143B-1011 - Definitions.

 143B-1011. Definitions.For the purpose of this Part:(1) Missing child. - A juvenile as defined in G.S. 7B-101 whose location has not been determined, who has been reported as missing to a law-enforcement agency, and whose parent's, spouse's, guardian's or legal custodian's temporary or permanent residence is in North Carolina or is believed to be in North Carolina.(2) Missing person. - Any individual who is 18 years of age or older, whose temporary or permanent residence is in North Carolina, or is believed to be in North Carolina, whose location has not been determined, and who has been reported as missing to a law-enforcement agency.(3) Missing person report. - A report prepared on a prescribed form for transmitting information about a missing person or a missing child to an appropriate law-enforcement agency.(4) NamUs. - The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System created by the United States Department of Justice's National Institute of Justice.  (1985 (Reg. Sess., 1986), c. 1000, s. 1; 1998-202, s. 13(mm); 2011-145, s. 19.1(w); 2019-90, s. 1.)
NC Gen Stat § 143B-1012 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 143B - Executive Organization Act of 1973|Article 13 - Department of Public Safety.|§ 143B-1012 - Control of the Center.

 143B-1012. Control of the Center.The Center is under the direction of the Secretary of the Department of Public Safety and may be organized and structured in a manner as the Secretary deems appropriate to ensure that the objectives of the Center are achieved. The Secretary may employ those Center personnel as the General Assembly may authorize and provide funding for.  (1985 (Reg. Sess., 1986), c. 1000, s. 1; 2011-145, s. 19.1(g), (w).)
NC Gen Stat § 143B-1013 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 143B - Executive Organization Act of 1973|Article 13 - Department of Public Safety.|§ 143B-1013 - Secretary to adopt rules.

 143B-1013. Secretary to adopt rules.The Secretary shall adopt rules prescribing all of the following:(1) Procedures for accepting and disseminating information maintained at the Center.(2) The confidentiality of the data and information, including the missing person report, maintained by the Center.(3) The proper disposition of all obsolete data, including the missing person report; provided, data for an individual who has reached the age of 18 and remains missing must be preserved.(4) Procedures allowing a communication link with the Police Information Network and the FBI/NCIC's missing person file to ensure compliance with FBI/NCIC policies.(5) Forms, including but not limited to a missing person report, considered necessary for the efficient and proper operation of the Center.  (1985 (Reg. Sess., 1986), c. 1000, s. 1; 2011-145, s. 19.1(w); 2019-90, s. 1.)
NC Gen Stat § 143B-1014 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 143B - Executive Organization Act of 1973|Article 13 - Department of Public Safety.|§ 143B-1014 - Submission of missing person reports to the Center.

 143B-1014. Submission of missing person reports to the Center.Any parent, spouse, guardian, legal custodian, or person responsible for the supervision of the missing individual may submit a missing person report to the Center of any missing child or missing person, regardless of the circumstances, after having first submitted a missing person report on the individual to the law-enforcement agency having jurisdiction of the area in which the individual became or is believed to have become missing, regardless of the circumstances.  (1985 (Reg. Sess., 1986), c. 1000, s. 1; 2007-469, s. 1; 2011-145, s. 19.1(w).)
NC Gen Stat § 143B-1015 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 143B - Executive Organization Act of 1973|Article 13 - Department of Public Safety.|§ 143B-1015 - Dissemination of missing persons data by law-enforcement agencies.

 143B-1015. Dissemination of missing persons data by law-enforcement agencies.(a) A law-enforcement agency, upon receipt of a missing person report by a parent, spouse, guardian, legal custodian, or person responsible for the supervision of the missing individual shall immediately make arrangements for the entry of data about the missing person or missing child into the national missing persons file in accordance with criteria set forth by the FBI/NCIC, immediately inform all of its on-duty law-enforcement officers of the missing person report, initiate a statewide broadcast to all appropriate law-enforcement agencies to be on the lookout for the individual, and transmit a copy of the report to the Center. No law enforcement agency shall establish or maintain any policy which requires the observance of any waiting period before accepting a missing person report.If the report involves a missing child and the report meets the criteria established in G.S. 143B-1021(b), as soon as practicable after receipt of the report, the law enforcement agency shall notify the Center and the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children of the relevant data about the missing child.(b) A law-enforcement agency may enter information from a missing person report or about an unidentified person into NamUs at any time.(c) A law-enforcement agency shall enter information from a missing person report or about an unidentified person into NamUs in any of the following circumstances:(1) A missing person has been missing for more than 30 days.(2) An unidentified person has not been identified for more than 30 days following the person's death.(3) A missing child has been missing for more than 30 days.(d) If a law-enforcement agency enters information into NamUs pursuant to subsection (b) or (c) of this section, the law-enforcement agency shall do all of the following:(1) Include all information regarding the missing child or person, or unidentified person, including medical records, DNA records, and dental records.(2) Enter into NamUs the fact that (i) a missing child or person has been found or (ii) an unidentified person has been identified, if either of these circumstances occurs following the original entry of the person's information into NamUs.  (1985 (Reg. Sess., 1986), c. 1000, s. 1; 2002-126, s. 18.7(a); 2003-191, s. 1; 2007-469, s. 2; 2011-145, s. 19.1(w), (yy); 2019-90, s. 1.)
NC Gen Stat § 143B-1016 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 143B - Executive Organization Act of 1973|Article 13 - Department of Public Safety.|§ 143B-1016 - Responsibilities of Center.

 143B-1016. Responsibilities of Center.The Center shall do all of the following:(1) Assist local law-enforcement agencies with entering data about missing persons or missing children into the national missing persons file, ensure that proper entry criteria have been met as set forth by the FBI/NCIC, and confirm entry of the data about the missing persons or missing children.(2) Gather and distribute information and data on missing children and missing persons.(3) Encourage research and study of missing children and missing persons, including the prevention of child abduction and the prevention of the exploitation of missing children.(4) Serve as a statewide resource center to assist local communities in programs and initiatives to prevent child abduction and the exploitation of missing children.(5) Continue increasing public awareness of the reasons why children are missing and vulnerability of missing children.(6) Achieve maximum cooperation with other agencies of the State, with agencies of other states and the federal government and with the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children in rendering assistance to missing children and missing persons and their parents, guardians, spouses, or legal custodians.(6a) Cooperate with interstate and federal efforts to identify deceased individuals.(7) Develop and maintain the AMBER Alert System as created by G.S. 143B-1021.(8) Forward the appropriate information to the Police Information Network to assist it in maintaining and publishing a bulletin of currently missing children and missing persons.(9) Maintain a directory of existing public and private agencies, groups, and individuals that provide effective assistance to families in the areas of prevention of child abduction, location of missing children and missing persons, and follow-up services to the child or person and family, as determined by the Secretary of Public Safety.(10) Annually compile and publish reports on the actual number of children and persons missing each year, listing the categories and causes, when known, for the disappearances.(11) Provide follow-up referrals for services to missing children or persons and their families.(12) Maintain a toll-free 1-800 telephone service that will be in service at all times.(13) Perform such other activities that the Secretary of Public Safety considers necessary to carry out the intent of its mandate.  (1985 (Reg. Sess., 1986), c. 1000, s. 1; 2002-126, s. 18.7(b); 2003-191, s. 2; 2011-145, s. 19.1(g), (w), (zz); 2019-90, s. 1.)
NC Gen Stat § 143B-1017 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 143B - Executive Organization Act of 1973|Article 13 - Department of Public Safety.|§ 143B-1017 - Duty of individuals to notify Center and law-enforcement agency when missing person has been located.

 143B-1017. Duty of individuals to notify Center and law-enforcement agency when missing person has been located.Any parent, spouse, guardian, legal custodian, or person responsible for the supervision of the missing individual who submits a missing person report to a law-enforcement agency or to the Center, shall immediately notify the law-enforcement agency and the Center of any individual whose location has been determined. The Center shall confirm the deletion of the individual's records from the FBI/NCIC's missing person file, as long as there are no grounds for criminal prosecution, and follow up with the local law-enforcement agency having jurisdiction of the records.  (1985 (Reg. Sess., 1986), c. 1000, s. 1; 2007-469, s. 3; 2011-145, s. 19.1(w).)
NC Gen Stat § 143B-1018 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 143B - Executive Organization Act of 1973|Article 13 - Department of Public Safety.|§ 143B-1018 - Release of information by Center.

 143B-1018. Release of information by Center.The following may make inquiries of, and receive data or information from, the Center:(1) Any police, law-enforcement, or criminal justice agency investigating a report of a missing or unidentified person or child, whether living or deceased.(2) A court, upon a finding by the court that access to the data, information, or records of the Center may be necessary for the determination of an issue before the court.(3) Any district attorney of a prosecutorial district as defined in G.S. 7A-60 in this State or the district attorney's designee or representative.(4) Any person engaged in bona fide research when approved by the Secretary; provided, no names or addresses may be supplied to this person.(5) Any other person authorized by the Secretary of the Department of Public Safety pursuant to G.S. 143B-1013.  (1985 (Reg. Sess., 1986), c. 1000, s. 1; 1987, c. 282, s. 28; 1987 (Reg. Sess., 1988), c. 1037, s. 119; 2011-145, s. 19.1(g), (w), (aaa).)
NC Gen Stat § 143B-1019 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 143B - Executive Organization Act of 1973|Article 13 - Department of Public Safety.|§ 143B-1019 - Provision of toll-free service; instructions to callers; communication with law-enforcement agencies.

 143B-1019. Provision of toll-free service; instructions to callers; communication with law-enforcement agencies.The Center shall provide a toll-free telephone line for anyone to report the disappearance of any individual or the sighting of any missing child or missing person. The Center personnel shall instruct the caller, in the case of a report concerning the disappearance of an individual, of the requirements contained in G.S. 143B-1014 of first having to submit a missing person report on the individual to the law-enforcement agency having jurisdiction of the area in which the individual became or is believed to have become missing. Any law-enforcement agency may retrieve information imparted to the Center by means of this phone line. The Center shall directly communicate any report of a sighting of a missing person or a missing child to the law-enforcement agency having jurisdiction in the area of disappearance or sighting.  (1985 (Reg. Sess., 1986), c. 1000, s. 1; 2007-469, s. 4; 2011-145, s. 19.1(w), (bbb).)