DELAWARE STATE POLICE INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY SECTION

Major Michael J. McDonald (DSP Ret.)

During 2009, the Information Technology Section saw its relationship to the Information Support Services Section change. Despite moving the two sections to a common location, then Colonel Thomas MacLeish decided to split the two sections and wanted a sworn member to oversee the Support Services Operation and staff.

The Information Technology Section oversees the audit and training functions for compliance with the State Police’s role as the Control Terminal Agency for the National Crime Information Center (NCIC) and the International Justice and Public Safety Information Sharing Network (Nlets). One auditor and one trainer take care of the responsibilities of these duties serving over 7,500 users of these two national systems. The auditor and trainer oversee the quality control function, conduct annual audits of user agencies, train and oversee user access for both the NCIC system and the Nlets network.

A casual seasonal employee handles the administrative tasks of the section as well as assists both the audit and training function as needed. The Director of the section, a retired Major, oversees the communications message processor supporting NCIC and Nlets and acts as the state liaison to the FBI for NCIC serving on the North-East Regional Working Group, the NCIC Subcommittee, and the Advisory Policy Board. He also chairs a National Warrant Task Force for the FBI and is part of an Information Sharing and N-DEx Task Force also created by the FBI. For Nlets, the Director serves as the Delaware representative to this network owned and operated by the fifty states. In addition, he serves on the Global Information Quality Working Group and a Disposition Task Force also created by the FBI. Representing the Superintendent of the State Police, the Director is the State Police representative to the DELJIS Board of Managers where he serves as the Chairman of this eleven member board.

Special projects involving any Information Technology focus may be initiated or researched here with recommendations, requests for proposals, grant writing, and project management among the various duties taken on by the IT Section.

- Information obtained from 2009 DSP Annual Report -