State Crime Information Director Maury Mitchell presents information to members of the Alabama Justice Information Commission at a meeting on Oct. 31, 2024 meeting. The group, comprised of law enforcement and other criminal justice agencies, opted not to allow the Alabama State Board of Education access to its LETS system. (Ralph Chapoco/Alabama Reflector)
The Alabama Justice Information Commission Thursday voted to allow two agencies to have access to portions of its database of criminal reports but did not act on a similar request from the Alabama State Board of Education (ALSBOE).
The commission, composed of judges, law enforcement agencies and other people involved in the criminal legal system, voted to allow the Alabama Crime Victims Compensation Commission access to the incident reports contained within its database.
It also voted, 6-4 with two abstentions, to give some coroners permission to retrieve data from the Law Enforcement Tactical System (LETS), a criminal information database available to agencies such as sheriffs, police departments and district attorneys. The coroners can only access the data if they have approval and complete a training program.