NIBRS Tip: Reporting Jurisdiction

NIBRS Tip: Reporting Jurisdiction

Reporting Jurisdiction

Who reports an incident when there are multiple agencies involved?

The FBI states that “the purpose of establishing appropriate jurisdiction is to depict the nature and amount of crime in a particular community”.

To prevent duplicate submissions by overlapping jurisdictions:

 Only report offenses that occur within your jurisdiction.
 If a multi-jurisdiction response, such as a task force, agree on which agency will report the incident.
 Report only those arrests for offenses committed within your own jurisdiction.
 Report the recovery of property only when it was reported stolen within your jurisdiction.

Note: A Justifiable Homicide or Use of Force incident should be reported by the agency with geographical jurisdiction.

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