New York State Division of Criminal Justice Services

* Responsible for a multi-function criminal justice agency who provides resources and services to the criminal justice system:

• Direct training to law enforcement and other criminal justice professionals. 
• Oversees a law enforcement accreditation program. 
• Ensures Breathalyzer and speed enforcement equipment used by local law enforcement operate correctly. 
• Manages criminal justice grant funds. 
• Analyzes statewide crime and program data. 
• Provides research support. 
• Oversees county probation departments and alternatives to incarceration programs. 
• Coordinates juvenile justice policy.

* Maintains criminal history records and fingerprint files and performs background checks for employment and licensure. 

* Administers the state’s Sex Offender Registry; the Missing Persons Clearinghouse; the state's DNA Databank in cooperation with the New York State Police Forensic Investigation Center. 

* Provides staff support to independently appointed commissions and councils, including the New York State Commission on Forensic Science, which monitors and accredits the state’s forensic laboratories.