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National Law Enforcement
Phoenix, AZ · EIN 237258149 · Form 990 · FY2020 · NTEE I600 · Crime & Legal-Related · Large ($10M-$50M) · www.nlets.org
revenue
$13.0M
expenses
$14.2M
net assets
$17.2M
employees
43
volunteers
9
program ratio
78%
mission · from form 990

NLETS provides many critical functions for the criminal justice and public safety entities in the US and Canada. NLETS is an international, computer-based multi-directional message exchange system that links together state, local, federal and international law enforcement, justice, and public safey entities for the purpose of information exchange. NLETS supports a series of networks and applications to accomplish this, and is a communication nexus facilitating the exchange of critical information betweeen a multitude of protocols and technology levels that exist within the law enforcement and public safety community.

profile · synthesized from sources

Nlets, the International Justice and Public Safety Network, is a not-for-profit organization that provides a computer-based message switching system for law enforcement, justice, and public safety agencies. It facilitates the secure exchange of critical information, acting as an information superhighway for the criminal justice community. Nlets does not own the data but provides access to it.

named programs · 10 · from sources

what they call their work

Canadian Vehicle Registration Query
Transaction service allowing U.S. law enforcement to verify registration status and ownership of vehicles with Canadian plates
Mobile Device Lookup Service
Service that provides law enforcement access to mobile device information for criminal investigation and crime reduction activities
N-Cert
Certification program for state-level CJIS trainers, ensuring standardized training through mandatory modules and exams delivered via CJIS Online or custom training portal
Nationwide LPR Pointer Index
System enabling law enforcement to locate license plate reader (LPR) data across jurisdictions to support investigations and real-time crime response
Nova
Cloud hosting platform designed for law enforcement, providing secure, reliable, and cost-effective infrastructure with 24/7 support and CJIS-compliant data storage
ORION
Service enabling investigators to identify and contact other agencies that have previously queried a vehicle or plate, facilitating inter-agency collaboration
Railroad Crossing Transaction
Service providing precise location and details of railroad crossings to assist first responders in emergencies
Sex Offender Registration Transaction
Provides access to sex offender registration information across multiple states for law enforcement investigations.
Sex Offender Registration Transactions
Interstate data exchange service allowing officers to access multi-state sex offender registration records to protect public safety
State Warrant Transaction
Service enabling prosecutors and officers to identify outstanding warrants across state lines during investigations
activities · 4 groups

what they do

  • Law Enforcement Data & Coordination Support 27 activities
    • Facilitate emergency response
      Facilitates emergency response through the Railroad Crossing Transaction, which helps first responders quickly locate specific railroad crossings.
    • Facilitate emergency response at railroad crossings
      Facilitates emergency response through the Railroad Crossing Transaction, which helps first responders quickly locate specific railroad crossings.
    • Facilitate inter-agency communication
      Facilitates inter-agency communication by identifying relevant Organizational Reference Identifiers (ORIs) and retrieving contact information through TQ requests and the ORION system.
    • Facilitate inter-agency communication and information retrieval
      Identifies relevant Organizational Remittance Identifiers (ORIs) and facilitates the retrieval of contact information for inter-agency communication, including through the ORION system.
    • Facilitate inter-agency communication and information retrieval
      Identifies relevant Organizational Remittance Identifiers (ORIs) and facilitates the retrieval of contact information through TQ requests and the ORION system, enabling inter-agency communication and coordination.
    • Facilitating access to criminal justice data
      Provides access to criminal justice data, including driver license, vehicle registration, wildlife registration, and mobile device information, through the Nlets network to support criminal investigations and crime reduction.
    • Facilitating access to criminal justice data
      Provides law enforcement agencies with access to criminal justice data, including driver license, vehicle registration, wildlife registration, and mobile device information, through the Nlets network.
    • Facilitating emergency response
      Facilitates emergency response through the Railroad Crossing Transaction, which helps first responders quickly locate specific railroad crossings.
    • Facilitating inter-agency communication and investigations
      Facilitates inter-agency communication and investigations by identifying relevant organizations, retrieving contact information, and enabling cross-border investigations, including identifying stolen vehicles with Canadian plates and supporting multi-state sex offender monitoring and multi-jurisdictional prosecution.
    • Facilitating inter-agency communication and investigations
      Facilitates inter-agency communication and investigations by identifying relevant organizations, retrieving contact information, and enabling cross-border inquiries for stolen vehicles and multi-state sex offender monitoring. This includes operating a Nationwide LPR Pointer Index and the ORION system.
    • Offer 24/7 customer support for Nova cloud platform
      Provides 24/7 customer support for the Nova cloud platform to support law enforcement operations.
    • Offer 24/7 customer support for Nova cloud platform
      Provides 24/7 customer support for the Nova cloud platform to support law enforcement operations.
    • Provide Mobile Device Lookup service
      Provides a Mobile Device Lookup service to support criminal investigations and crime reduction by giving law enforcement access to mobile device information.
    • Provide Mobile Device Lookup service
      Provides a Mobile Device Lookup service to support criminal investigations and crime reduction by giving law enforcement access to mobile device information.
    • Provide access to criminal justice data
      Provides access to criminal justice data, including driver license, vehicle registration, and wildlife registration information, through the Nlets network.
    • Provide access to criminal justice data
      Provides access to criminal justice data, including driver license, vehicle registration, and wildlife registration information, through the Nlets network.
    • Provide secure colocation and hosting services
      Provides secure colocation and hosting services to organizations supporting law enforcement missions.
    • Provide secure colocation and hosting services
      Provides secure colocation and hosting services to organizations supporting law enforcement missions.
    • Providing secure colocation and hosting services
      Provides secure colocation and hosting services to organizations supporting law enforcement missions, including 24/7 customer support for the Nova cloud platform.
    • Support Real Time Crime Centers
      Supports Real Time Crime Centers in saving victims, identifying suspect locations and vehicles, and assessing scenes before law enforcement arrival. This support includes training, networking, best practices, and public safety partnerships.
    • Support Real Time Crime Centers
      Supports Real Time Crime Centers in saving victims, identifying suspect locations and vehicles, and assessing scenes before law enforcement arrival. This is done through training, networking, best practices, and public safety partnerships.
    • Support Real Time Crime Centers
      Supports Real Time Crime Centers in saving victims, identifying suspect locations and vehicles, and assessing scenes before law enforcement arrival. This support includes training, networking, best practices, and public safety partnerships.
    • Support cross-border and multi-state investigations
      Supports cross-border investigations through the Canadian Vehicle Registration Query to identify stolen vehicles and enables multi-state sex offender monitoring and multi-jurisdictional prosecution through the Sex Offender Registration Transaction and State Warrant Transaction, respectively.
    • Support cross-border and multi-state investigations
      Supports cross-border investigations through the Canadian Vehicle Registration Query to identify stolen vehicles and facilitates multi-state sex offender monitoring and multi-jurisdictional prosecution via the Sex Offender Registration Transaction and State Warrant Transaction, respectively.
    • Supporting Real Time Crime Centers
      Supports Real Time Crime Centers by providing training, networking, best practices, and public safety partnerships to help save victims, identify suspects, and assess crime scenes.
    • Supporting Real Time Crime Centers
      Supports Real Time Crime Centers in saving victims, identifying suspect locations and vehicles, and assessing scenes before law enforcement arrival, and provides training, networking, best practices, and public safety partnerships.
    • Supporting multi-jurisdictional prosecution
      Supports multi-jurisdictional prosecution through the State Warrant Transaction, which allows prosecutors to enhance charges based on out-of-state criminal activity.
  • Tech Certification Programs 4 activities
    • Certify state-level CJIS trainers
      Launched N-Cert, a certification program for state-level CJIS trainers, on April 3, 2023.
    • Certify state-level CJIS trainers
      Launched N-Cert, a certification program for state-level CJIS trainers, on April 3, 2023.
    • Certifying state-level CJIS trainers
      Operates N-Cert, a certification program for state-level CJIS trainers, launched on April 3, 2023.
    • Certifying state-level CJIS trainers
      Launched N-Cert, a certification program for state-level CJIS trainers, on April 3, 2023.
  • Member and Service Provider Directories 3 activities
    • Operate Nationwide LPR Pointer Index
      Operates a Nationwide LPR Pointer Index available to all Nlets members.
    • Operate Nationwide LPR Pointer Index
      Operates a Nationwide LPR Pointer Index available to all Nlets members.
    • Operating a Nationwide LPR Pointer Index
      Operates a Nationwide LPR Pointer Index available to all Nlets members.
  • Uncategorized 4 activities
    • Process law enforcement and public safety transactions
      Processes over 3 billion transactions annually across more than 1 million devices used by law enforcement and public safety agencies in the U.S. and Canada.
    • Process law enforcement and public safety transactions
      Processes over 3 billion transactions annually across more than 1 million devices used by law enforcement and public safety agencies in the U.S. and Canada.
    • Processing law enforcement and public safety transactions
      Processes over 3 billion transactions annually across more than 1 million devices used by law enforcement and public safety agencies in the U.S. and Canada.
    • Processing law enforcement transactions
      Processes over 3 billion transactions annually across more than 1 million devices used by law enforcement and public safety agencies in the U.S. and Canada.
financials · form 990 · fy2020
revenue
Total revenue$12.98M
Contributions & grants$00%
Program service revenue$12.55M97%
Investment income$428K3%
Other revenue$0
expenses
Total expenses$14.23M
Program expenses78%
Admin / overhead22%
Fundraising0%
Salaries & benefits$8.99M
Grants paid out$0
Largest expense lineCompensation
balance sheet
Total assets$26.06M
Cash$1.65M
Investments$14.44M
Liabilities$8.86M
Net assets$17.19M
Liquid reserves13.6 mo
1 years on record · 2020–2020
leadership · form 990 part vii · fy2020

who runs it

paid leadership · 8
NameTitleHours/wkCompensation
Frank Minice CEO/Executive Director 40 $437K
Bonnie Locke Chief Marketing Officer 40 $294K
Kurt Anzelmo Chief Operations Officer 40 $279K
Kathryn Silhol Chief Information Officer 40 $274K
Bill Phillips Chief Information Security Officer 40 $264K
Shawn Scriven Chief Financial Officer 40 $253K
Laura Carter Chief Human Resources Offficer 40 $225K
Steven Correll Former Executive Director 40 $122K
board members · 9
  • Bill Guy — Chairman Region A
  • Brad Cazort — Chairman Region D
  • Charles Scheaffer — President
  • Greg Meetze — Chairman Region C
  • Jeremy Hansford — Chairman Region E
  • Joe Leon Guerrero — Chairman Region H
  • Michelle Farris — Chairman Region G
  • Renee Rigby — Chairman Region B
  • Tom Prevo — Chairman Region F
relationships · 19

who they work with

  • ARJIS Partner — Partnership through committee participation with Anthony Ray representing ARJIS on the Security and Privacy Committee.
  • Alliance Partners Partner — Organizations affiliated with Nlets that align with its mission to advance law enforcement information exchange.
  • Blue Line Solutions Partner — Customer using the Nova platform for law enforcement data security and vendor integration.
  • CJIS Online Partner — Integrates N-Cert training portal with CJIS Online for states already using the system, enabling automatic access and user management.
  • FBI Partner — Partnership through committee participation including Kyle Linscheid, Chris Weatherly, and Grant Smith serving on Nlets committees.
  • Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration Government — Longstanding collaboration to provide commercial vehicle data to Nlets members.
  • Federal law enforcement agencies Partner — Linked and supported by Nlets for information sharing and exchange.
  • Great Falls Police Department Partner — Law enforcement agency that used Nlets services to identify a stolen vehicle.
  • Interpol Partner — Connects to the Interpol database in Lyon, France, to support international law enforcement information exchange.
  • Leadership Team Partner — Seasoned team with decades of law enforcement experience supporting Nlets' mission.
  • Local law enforcement agencies Partner — Linked and supported by Nlets for information sharing and exchange.
  • NICB Partner — Partnership through committee participation including Dan Abbott serving on multiple Nlets committees.
  • Nlets Network — Participates in the Nlets network to exchange criminal justice information across states.
  • Nlets Partner — Plans to work closely with Nlets Partners to identify ways to assist agencies in creating Real Time Crime Centers.
  • State law enforcement agencies Partner — Linked and supported by Nlets for information sharing and exchange.
  • Strategic Partners Partner — Organizations affiliated with Nlets that share its mission to support law enforcement information sharing.
  • law enforcement associations Partner — Collaborates with law enforcement associations to support Real Time Crime Centers and serve as a collective voice for members.
  • major retail businesses Partner — Building relationships with major retail businesses to support Real Time Crime Center operations and member needs.
  • nexTEST Partner — Allows activation of N-Cert link within the state’s nexTEST application for local agency access, though certification requires use of CJIS Online.