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MN Stat § 299A.79 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 299A - 299N — Public Safety|Chapter 299A — Department Of Public Safety|Section 299A.79 — Trafficking Study; Analysis And Use Of Data.

299A.79 TRAFFICKING STUDY; ANALYSIS AND USE OF DATA. Subdivision 1. Data analysis.  The commissioner shall analyze the data collected in section 299A.785 to develop a plan to address current trafficking and prevent future trafficking in this state. The commissioner may evaluate various approaches used by other state and local governments to address trafficking. The plan must include, but not be limited to: (1) ways to train agencies, organizations, and officials involved in law enforcement, prosecution, and social services; (2) ways to increase public awareness of trafficking; and (3) procedures to enable the state government to work with nongovernmental organizations to prevent trafficking. Subd. 2. Training plan.  The training plan required in subdivision 1 must include: (1) methods used in identifying trafficking victims, including preliminary interview techniques and appropriate interrogation methods; (2) methods for prosecuting traffickers; (3) methods for protecting the rights of trafficking victims, taking into account the need to consider human rights and special needs of women and children trafficking victims; and (4) methods for promoting the safety of trafficking victims. Subd. 3. Public awareness initiative.  The public awareness initiative required in subdivision 1 must address, at a minimum, the following subjects: (1) the risks of becoming a trafficking victim; (2) common recruitment techniques; use of debt bondage, blackmail, forced labor and services, prostitution, and other coercive tactics; and risks of assault, criminal sexual conduct, exposure to sexually transmitted diseases, and psychological harm; (3) crime victims' rights; and (4) reporting recruitment activities involved in trafficking. Subd. 4. Report to legislature. The commissioner shall report the plan to the chairs and ranking minority members of the senate and house of representatives committees and divisions having jurisdiction over criminal justice policy and funding by December 15, 2006. History:   2006 c 282 art 13 s 9
MN Stat § 299A.795 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 299A - 299N — Public Safety|Chapter 299A — Department Of Public Safety|Section 299A.795 — Trafficking Victim Assistance.

299A.795 TRAFFICKING VICTIM ASSISTANCE. The commissioner may review the existing services and facilities to meet trafficking victims' needs and recommend a plan that would coordinate the services including, but not limited to: (1) medical and mental health services; (2) housing; (3) education and job training; (4) English as a second language; (5) interpreting services; (6) legal and immigration services; and (7) victim compensation. History:   2006 c 282 art 13 s 10
MN Stat § 299A.7957 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 299A - 299N — Public Safety|Chapter 299A — Department Of Public Safety|Section 299A.7957 — Toll-free Hotline For Trafficking Victims.

299A.7957 TOLL-FREE HOTLINE FOR TRAFFICKING VICTIMS. (a) As used in this section, "trafficking victim" has the meaning given in section 299A.78, subdivision 1. (b) The commissioner of public safety shall contract with a nonprofit organization that provides legal services to domestic and international trafficking victims to maintain a toll-free telephone hotline for trafficking victims. The hotline must be in place by January 1, 2007, and must be operated 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. The hotline must offer language interpreters for languages commonly spoken in Minnesota, including, but not limited to, Spanish, Vietnamese, Hmong, and Somali. At a minimum, the hotline must screen trafficking victims, both domestic and international, and provide appropriate referrals to attorneys and victims' services organizations. History:   2006 c 282 art 13 s 12
MN Stat § 299A.81 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 299A - 299N — Public Safety|Chapter 299A — Department Of Public Safety|Section 299A.81 — Death Scene Investigations.

299A.81 DEATH SCENE INVESTIGATIONS. (a) The Department of Public Safety shall provide information to local law enforcement agencies about best practices for handling death scene investigations. (b) The Department of Public Safety shall identify any publications or training opportunities that may be available to local law enforcement agencies or law enforcement officers concerning the handling of death scene investigations. History:   2006 c 260 art 3 s 12
MN Stat § 299C.01 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 299A - 299N — Public Safety|Chapter 299C — Bureau Of Criminal Apprehension|Section 299C.01 — Criminal Bureau.

299C.01 CRIMINAL BUREAU. Subdivision 1.  [Repealed, 2014 c 212 art 4 s 3] Subd. 2. Division of Department of Public Safety. A division in the Department of Public Safety to be known as the Bureau of Criminal Apprehension is hereby created, under the supervision and control of the superintendent of criminal apprehension, who shall be appointed by the commissioner and serve at the commissioner's pleasure in the unclassified service of the state civil service, to whom shall be assigned the duties and responsibilities described in this section. Subd. 3.  [Repealed, 1984 c 649 s 6] Subd. 4. Duties generally. The Division of the Bureau of Criminal Apprehension shall perform such functions and duties as relate to statewide and nationwide crime information systems as the commissioner may direct. History:  1969 c 1129 art 1 s 3; 1986 c 444
MN Stat § 299C.03 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 299A - 299N — Public Safety|Chapter 299C — Bureau Of Criminal Apprehension|Section 299C.03 — Superintendent; Rules.

299C.03 SUPERINTENDENT; RULES. The superintendent, with the approval of the commissioner of public safety, from time to time, shall make such rules and adopt such measures as the superintendent deems necessary, within the provisions and limitations of sections 299C.03 to 299C.08, 299C.10, 299C.105, 299C.11, 299C.17, 299C.18, and 299C.21, to secure the efficient operation of the bureau. The bureau shall cooperate with the respective sheriffs, police, and other peace officers of the state in the detection of crime and the apprehension of criminals throughout the state, and shall have the power to conduct such investigations as the superintendent, with the approval of the commissioner of public safety, may deem necessary to secure evidence which may be essential to the apprehension and conviction of alleged violators of the criminal laws of the state. The various members of the bureau shall have and may exercise throughout the state the same powers of arrest possessed by a sheriff, but they shall not be employed to render police service in connection with strikes and other industrial disputes. History:  (9950-6) 1927 c 224 s 2; 1935 c 197 s 1; 1949 c 739 s 21; 1951 c 713 s 34; 1971 c 25 s 97; 1985 c 248 s 70; 1986 c 444; 2005 c 10 art 2 s 4; 2005 c 136 art 12 s 2
MN Stat § 299C.05 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 299A - 299N — Public Safety|Chapter 299C — Bureau Of Criminal Apprehension|Section 299C.05 — Crime Data Collection.

299C.05 CRIME DATA COLLECTION. It shall be the duty of this division to collect, and preserve as a record of the bureau, information concerning the number and nature of offenses known to have been committed in the state, of the legal steps taken in connection therewith from the inception of the complaint to the final discharge of the defendant, and such other information as may be useful in the study of crime and the administration of justice. The information so collected and preserved shall include such data as may be requested by the United States Department of Justice, at Washington, under its national system of crime reporting. To the extent possible, the superintendent must utilize a nationally recognized system or standard approved by the Federal Bureau of Investigation to collect and preserve crime data. History:  (9950-7) 1927 c 224 s 3; 1935 c 197 s 2; 1939 c 441 s 41; 1Sp2003 c 2 art 4 s 5; 2014 c 212 art 4 s 1
MN Stat § 299C.06 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 299A - 299N — Public Safety|Chapter 299C — Bureau Of Criminal Apprehension|Section 299C.06 — Division Powers And Duties; Cooperation.

299C.06 DIVISION POWERS AND DUTIES; COOPERATION. It shall be the duty of all sheriffs, chiefs of police, prison wardens, superintendents of hospitals for persons with mental illnesses, reformatories, and correctional schools, probation and parole officers, school attendance officers, coroners, county attorneys, court clerks, the commissioner of public safety, the commissioner of transportation, and the state fire marshal to furnish to the division statistics and information regarding the number of crimes reported and discovered; arrests made; complaints, informations, and indictments filed, and the disposition made of same; pleas, convictions, acquittals, probations granted or denied; conditional release information; receipts, transfers, and discharges to and from prisons, reformatories, correctional schools, and other institutions; paroles granted and revoked; commutation of sentences and pardons granted and rescinded; and all other data useful in determining the cause and amount of crime in this state and to form a basis for the study of crime, police methods, court procedure, and penal problems. Such statistics and information shall be furnished upon the request of the division and upon such forms as may be prescribed and furnished by it. Unless otherwise required or permitted by the superintendent of the Bureau of Criminal Apprehension, an agency or person furnishing information under this section must utilize a nationally recognized system or standard approved by the Federal Bureau of Investigation for reporting statistics and information. The division shall have the power to inspect and prescribe the form and substance of the records kept by those officials from which the information is so furnished. History:  (9950-7) 1927 c 224 s 3; 1935 c 197 s 2; 1939 c 441 s 41; 1976 c 5 s 11; 1976 c 166 s 7; 1998 c 367 art 7 s 4; 1Sp2003 c 2 art 4 s 6; 2005 c 10 art 2 s 4; 2013 c 62 s 22
MN Stat § 299C.063 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 299A - 299N — Public Safety|Chapter 299C — Bureau Of Criminal Apprehension|Section 299C.063 — Bomb Disposal Expense Reimbursement.

299C.063 BOMB DISPOSAL EXPENSE REIMBURSEMENT. Subdivision 1. Definitions. The terms used in this section have the meanings given them in this subdivision: (a) "Bomb disposal unit" means a commissioner-approved unit consisting of persons who are trained and equipped to dispose of or neutralize bombs or other similar hazardous explosives and who are employed by a municipality. (b) "Commissioner" means the commissioner of public safety. (c) "Municipality" has the meaning given it in section 466.01. (d) "Hazardous explosives" means explosives as defined in section 299F.72, subdivision 2, explosive devices and incendiary devices as defined in section 609.668, subdivision 1, and all materials subject to regulation under United States Code, title 18, chapter 40. Subd. 2. Expense reimbursement. The commissioner may reimburse bomb disposal units for reasonable expenses incurred to dispose of or neutralize bombs or other similar hazardous explosives for their employer-municipality or for another municipality outside the jurisdiction of the employer-municipality but within the state. Reimbursement is limited to the extent of appropriated funds. Subd. 3. Agreements. The commissioner may enter into contracts or agreements with bomb disposal units to implement and administer this section. History:   1995 c 226 art 4 s 7
MN Stat § 299C.066 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 299A - 299N — Public Safety|Chapter 299C — Bureau Of Criminal Apprehension|Section 299C.066 — Crime Information Reward Fund.

299C.066 CRIME INFORMATION REWARD FUND. Subdivision 1. Fund created; advisory group. A crime information reward fund is created as an account in the state treasury. Money appropriated to the account is available to pay rewards as directed by the commissioner of public safety, in consultation with the attorney general, under this section. The attorney general shall appoint an advisory group, in consultation with the commissioner, of five members to assist in implementation of this section. Subd. 2. Reward. The commissioner is authorized to pay a reward to any person who, in response to a reward offer, provides information leading to the arrest and conviction of a criminal offender. The commissioner shall establish criteria for determining the amount of the reward and the duration of the reward offer. In no event shall a reward exceed $10,000 or a reward offer remain open longer than ten days. The commissioner shall select the criminal investigations for which rewards are offered based on recommendations made by the advisory group members or by the law enforcement agency or agencies conducting the criminal investigation. History:   1994 c 636 art 4 s 18
MN Stat § 299C.07 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 299A - 299N — Public Safety|Chapter 299C — Bureau Of Criminal Apprehension|Section 299C.07 — Restoration Or Disposal Of Stolen Property.

299C.07 RESTORATION OR DISPOSAL OF STOLEN PROPERTY. The Bureau of Criminal Apprehension shall make every effort for a period of 90 days after the seizure or recovery of abandoned or stolen property to return the property to the lawful owner or to the sheriff of the county from which it was stolen. Any such property held by the bureau for more than 90 days, in case the owner cannot be found or if it cannot be determined from what county the property was stolen, shall be sold at public auction by the superintendent of the bureau, or the superintendent's agent, after two weeks' published notice thereof in a legal newspaper in Ramsey County, stating the time and place of the sale and a list of the property to be sold. The proceeds of the sale shall be applied in payment of the necessary expenses of the sale and all necessary costs, storage, or charges incurred in relation to the property. The balance of the proceeds shall be paid into the general fund. History:  1941 c 389; 1969 c 399 s 1; 1979 c 333 s 97; 1986 c 444
MN Stat § 299C.08 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 299A - 299N — Public Safety|Chapter 299C — Bureau Of Criminal Apprehension|Section 299C.08 — Oath Of Superintendent And Employees.

299C.08 OATH OF SUPERINTENDENT AND EMPLOYEES. The superintendent and each employee in the bureau whom the superintendent shall designate, before entering upon the performance of duties under sections 299C.03 to 299C.08, 299C.10, 299C.105, 299C.11, 299C.17, 299C.18, and 299C.21, shall take the usual oath. History:  (9950-8) 1927 c 224 s 4; 1935 c 197 s 3; 1986 c 444; 1991 c 326 s 14; 2005 c 136 art 12 s 3
MN Stat § 299C.09 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 299A - 299N — Public Safety|Chapter 299C — Bureau Of Criminal Apprehension|Section 299C.09 — System For Identifying Criminals; Record, Index.

299C.09 SYSTEM FOR IDENTIFYING CRIMINALS; RECORD, INDEX. The bureau shall install systems for identification of criminals, including the fingerprint system, the modus operandi system, and such others as the superintendent deems proper. The bureau shall keep a complete record and index of all information received in convenient form for consultation and comparison. The bureau shall obtain from wherever procurable and file for record finger and thumb prints, measurements, photographs, plates, outline pictures, descriptions, modus operandi statements, conditional release information, or such other information as the superintendent considers necessary, of persons who have been or shall hereafter be convicted of a felony, gross misdemeanor, or an attempt to commit a felony or gross misdemeanor, within the state, or who are known to be habitual criminals. To the extent that the superintendent may determine it to be necessary, the bureau shall obtain like information concerning persons convicted of a crime under the laws of another state or government, the central repository of this records system is the Bureau of Criminal Apprehension in St. Paul. History:  (9950-9) 1927 c 224 s 5; 1957 c 790 s 1; 1969 c 9 s 92; 1998 c 367 art 7 s 5; 2002 c 233 s 2
MN Stat § 299C.093 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 299A - 299N — Public Safety|Chapter 299C — Bureau Of Criminal Apprehension|Section 299C.093 — Database Of Registered Predatory Offenders.

299C.093 DATABASE OF REGISTERED PREDATORY OFFENDERS. The superintendent of the Bureau of Criminal Apprehension shall maintain a computerized data system relating to individuals required to register as predatory offenders under section 243.166. To the degree feasible, the system must include the data required to be provided under section 243.166, subdivisions 4, 4a, and 4b, and indicate the time period that the person is required to register. The superintendent shall maintain this data in a manner that ensures that it is readily available to law enforcement agencies. This data is private data on individuals under section 13.02, subdivision 12, but may be used for law enforcement and corrections purposes. Law enforcement or a corrections agent may disclose the status of an individual as a predatory offender to a child protection worker with a local welfare agency for purposes of doing a family assessment under chapter 260E. A corrections agent may also disclose the status of an individual as a predatory offender to comply with section 244.057. The commissioner of human services has access to the data for state-operated services, as defined in section 246.014, for the purposes described in section 246.13, subdivision 2, paragraph (b), and for purposes of conducting background studies under chapter 245C. History:  2000 c 311 art 2 s 14; 2005 c 136 art 5 s 4; 1Sp2005 c 4 art 1 s 49; 2013 c 108 art 5 s 12; 2016 c 136 s 3; 1Sp2019 c 5 art 5 s 12; 1Sp2020 c 2 art 8 s 130
MN Stat § 299C.111 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 299A - 299N — Public Safety|Chapter 299C — Bureau Of Criminal Apprehension|Section 299C.111 — Suspense File Reporting.

299C.111 SUSPENSE FILE REPORTING. The superintendent shall immediately notify the appropriate entity or individual when a disposition record is received that cannot be linked to an arrest record. History:  1Sp2001 c 8 art 6 s 3; 2014 c 212 art 4 s 2
MN Stat § 299C.115 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 299A - 299N — Public Safety|Chapter 299C — Bureau Of Criminal Apprehension|Section 299C.115 — Warrant Information Provided To State.

299C.115 WARRANT INFORMATION PROVIDED TO STATE. (a) By January 1, 1996, every county shall, in the manner provided in either clause (1) or (2), make warrant information available to other users of the criminal justice data communications network as defined in section 299C.46: (1) the county shall enter the warrant information in the warrant file maintained by the Bureau of Criminal Apprehension in the Department of Public Safety; or (2) the county, at no charge to the state, shall make the warrant information that is maintained in the county's computer accessible by means of a single query made through the Bureau of Criminal Apprehension in the Department of Public Safety. (b) As used in this section, "warrant information" means information on all outstanding felony, gross misdemeanor, and misdemeanor warrants for adults and juveniles that are issued within the county. History:  1994 c 636 art 4 s 21; 2009 c 59 art 6 s 7
MN Stat § 299C.12 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 299A - 299N — Public Safety|Chapter 299C — Bureau Of Criminal Apprehension|Section 299C.12 — Record Kept By Peace Officer; Report.

299C.12 RECORD KEPT BY PEACE OFFICER; REPORT. Every peace officer shall keep or cause to be kept a permanent written record, in such form as the superintendent may prescribe, of all felonies reported to or discovered by the officer within the officer's jurisdiction and of all warrants of arrest for felonies and search warrants issued to the officer in relation to the commission of felonies, and shall make or cause to be made to the sheriff of the county and the bureau reports of all such crimes, upon such forms as the superintendent may prescribe, including a statement of the facts and a description of the offender, so far as known, the offender's method of operation, the action taken by the officer, and such other information as the superintendent may require. History:  (9950-12) 1927 c 224 s 8; 1959 c 409 s 1; 1986 c 444
MN Stat § 299C.13 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 299A - 299N — Public Safety|Chapter 299C — Bureau Of Criminal Apprehension|Section 299C.13 — Information Furnished To Peace Officer.

299C.13 INFORMATION FURNISHED TO PEACE OFFICER. Upon receipt of information data as to any arrested person, the bureau shall immediately ascertain whether the person arrested has a criminal record or is a fugitive from justice, and shall at once inform the arresting officer of the facts ascertained, including references to any juvenile or adult court disposition data that are not in the criminal history system. Upon application by any sheriff, chief of police, or other peace officer in the state, or by an officer of the United States or by an officer of another state, territory, or government duly authorized to receive the same and effecting reciprocal interchange of similar information with the division, it shall be the duty of the bureau to furnish all information in its possession pertaining to the identification of any person. If the bureau has a sealed record on the arrested person, it shall notify the requesting peace officer of that fact and of the right to seek a court order to open the record for purposes of law enforcement. A criminal justice agency shall be notified, upon request, of the existence and contents of a sealed record containing conviction information about an applicant for employment. For purposes of this section a "criminal justice agency" means courts or a government agency that performs the administration of criminal justice under statutory authority. History:  (9950-13) 1927 c 224 s 9; 1992 c 569 s 17; 1996 c 408 art 9 s 6; 1997 c 239 art 8 s 16; 2001 c 202 s 14
MN Stat § 299C.14 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 299A - 299N — Public Safety|Chapter 299C — Bureau Of Criminal Apprehension|Section 299C.14 — Information On Released Prisoner.

299C.14 INFORMATION ON RELEASED PRISONER. It shall be the duty of the officials having charge of the penal institutions of the state or the release of prisoners therefrom to furnish to the bureau, as the superintendent may require, finger and thumb prints, photographs, distinctive physical mark identification data, other identification data, modus operandi reports, and criminal records of prisoners heretofore, now, or hereafter confined in such penal institutions, together with the period of their service and the time, terms, and conditions of their discharge. This duty to furnish information includes, but is not limited to, requests for fingerprints as the superintendent of the bureau deems necessary to maintain and ensure the accuracy of the bureau's criminal history files, to reduce the number of suspense files, or to comply with the mandates of section 299C.111 relating to the reduction of the number of suspense files where a disposition record is received that cannot be linked to an arrest record. The officials shall electronically enter the information in a bureau-managed searchable database within 24 hours of a prisoner's date of release or discharge. The bureau shall convert the information into an electronic format and enter it into the searchable database within three business days of the date of receipt, if the information is not entered by the officials. History:  (9950-14) 1937 c 224 s 10; 1969 c 9 s 93; 1994 c 636 art 4 s 22; 2005 c 136 art 11 s 10; 2013 c 86 art 4 s 6