NIBIN National Correlation and Training Center

A forensics expert conducts a firearms traceATF’s National Integrated Ballistic Information Network (NIBIN) National Correlation and Training Center (NNCTC) conducts ballistics image correlations and returns investigative leads to more than 1,400 law enforcement agencies across the nation. This accounts for roughly 30% of all ballistic image acquisitions in the United States.

By working closely with individual NIBIN partner sites, NNCTC enables them to concentrate their limited resources on other critical aspects of the NIBIN process. These leads are used to help solve homicides, attempted homicides, robberies and other shooting incidents.

As of August 2021, NNCTC has conducted 590,449 correlation reviews resulting in more than 159,347 leads sent to partner sites all over the country, with a 99.6% confirmation rate of the leads. Since the training center's opening in April 2016, 1,399 state and local law enforcement employees have received specialized NIBIN training.

A forensics expert examines a shell casing To support the growing need for ballistics data, ATF’s current fiscal year appropriation funding will allow NNCTC to increase its capacity to 165 highly trained Correlation Review Specialists. As a result, an additional 400 local, state and federal personnel will receive training on NIBIN equipment and processes.
 

NNCTC Sites

  • Albuquerque PD
  • Amarillo PD
  • Anchorage PD
  • Arlington PD
  • Austin PD
  • Beaumont PD
  • Birmingham PD
  • Bureau of Criminal Apprehension
  • Camden PD
  • Cedar Rapids PD
  • Chandler PD
  • Chattanooga PD
  • Charles County Sheriff's Office
  • Charleston County Sheriff's Office, SC
  • Charleston PD WV
  • Chicago PD
  • Cincinnati PD
  • Cobb County PD
  • Colorado Springs PD
  • Connecticut Dept. of Public Safety
  • Contra Costa County Sheriff's Office
  • Cuyahoga Medical Examiner's Office
  • Dallas Field Division
  • Dallas PD
  • Davenport PD
  • Des Moines PD
  • DC Department of Forensic Science
  • Detroit PD
  • El Paso PD
  • Elk Grove PD
  • Fairfield PD
  • Ft. Lauderdale PD
  • Fort Myers PD
  • Fort Worth PD
  • Frederick County Sheriff's Office
  • Fresno PD
  • Glendale AZ PD
  • Glendale CA PD
  • Greensboro PD
  • Harris County SO
  • Hennepin County SO
  • Houston Field Division
  • Houston PD
  • Independence PD
  • Indian River Crime Lab
  • Irving PD
  • Jackson PD
  • Kalamazoo PD
  • Kansas Bureau of Investigation
  • Kansas City PD
  • Kentucky State Police
  • Laredo PD
  • Las Vegas PD
  • Lexington-Fayette County Sheriff's Department
  • Los Angeles PD
  • Louisville Metro PD
  • Madison County Sheriff's Office
  • Marion County Forensic Services
  • Manchester PD
  • Mass State Police
  • Mass State Police
  • McAllen PD
  • Memphis PD
  • Memphis Multiagency Gang Unit
  • Miami HIDTA
  • Miami PD
  • Minneapolis PD
  • Mobile PD
  • Nassau County Public Safety
  • New York PD
  • Norfolk PD
  • North Carolina SBI Crime Lab
  • North Carolina Western Laboratory
  • Oakland County SO
  • Odessa PD
  • Oklahoma City PD
  • Orange County Intelligence Center
  • Palm Beach Sheriff's Office
  • Peoria PD
  • Philadelphia PD
  • Phoenix PD
  • Portland Police Bureau
  • Rhode Island State Police
  • Richmond PD
  • Sacramento PD
  • Sacramento County Sheriff's Department
  • San Antonio PD
  • San Bernardino PD
  • Selma PD
  • Smith County SO
  • Springfield PD
  • Stanislaus County PD
  • St. Paul PD
  • St. Petersburg PD
  • Topeka PD
  • Tucson PD
  • Utah Department of Public Safety
  • Waco PD
  • West Palm Beach PD
  • Wichita PD
  • Wilmington, DE
  • Winston Salem PD


     

 

Last Reviewed September 21, 2021