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* FEAR NOT: although UCR will be retired, any This does not, however, provide an accu-
reporting data recorded prior to January 1, rate depiction of what actually occurred.
2021, will be archived and accessible to the re-
porting agency.
NIBRS allows a more complete, factual-
ly correct incident report to be generated.
2. The Hierarchy Rule no longer ap-
plies
3. Your agency could potentially
While valuable, the current UCR pro- lose funding
tocol is not all-inclusive due to the
application of the Hierarchy Rule; this
specifies that only the most serious in-
cident should be reported, which may
obscure the actual number of crimes
committed.
Failure to comply by January 1, 2021
could result in a loss of federal fund-
ing for your agency, including grants
available through the Justice Assistance
Grant (JAG) Program and the Office of
Community Oriented Policing Services
For example: a criminal breaks into a (COPS Office).
home, takes the homeowner’s wallet at
gunpoint, and ultimately shoots and Noncompliant agencies may also be inel-
kills the owner; under the Hierarchy igible for the Justice Department’s Eq-
Rule, the agency only reports the most se- uitable Sharing Program and the Feder-
al Surplus Equipment Program.
rious offense — murder.
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