CPIC Advisory Committee

The CPIC Advisory Committee and its participating agencies enhance public safety in Canada by ensuring that the electronic representation of information collected and maintained by these agencies is available and accessible in an accepted format and on a timely basis, for use by the agencies, in a cooperative, volunteer basis, in support of improved decision making and collective effectiveness.

Mission Statement

Encompassed within the stewardship responsibilities of the Commissioner of the R.C.M.P., on behalf of the National Police Services, the CPIC Advisory Committee, as the governance authority for the Canadian Police Information Centre and National Criminal Justice Index information services,is responsible (on behalf of the participating agencies) for:

• establishing the scope, content and policy of the CPIC Program

• determining eligibility criteria for participating agencies

• ensuring the integrity, accessibility and fiscal viability of the sustained delivery of the CPIC

• ensuring that adequate controls are defined and implemented to assure compliance to policies, procedures, and guidelines approved by the CPIC Advisory Committee.
  
  
• ensuring that CPIC data banks fulfill their design purpose
  
  
• reviewing and establishing priorities concerning the services to be developed and provided to users

• promoting the integration of law enforcement information systems in Canada, with the aim of ensuring that such systems are both complementary and compatible with CPIC
  
  
• considering and developing the CPIC position on issues directly connected with its development as a law enforcement and criminal justice information system