Connecticut law enforcement is given expanded access to NIBIN [Video]

MERIDEN, Conn — Gov. Ned Lamont has given Connecticut law enforcement agencies a dynamic and proven tool to solve crimes.

Police departments now have expanded access to national forensic gun data through the National Integrated Ballistic Information Network, which state leaders hope will help hold more shooters accountable.

“Let me be clear, we are organized and we are coming after shooters,” Ronnell Higgins, commissioner of the Connecticut Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection, said at a press conference Thursday. “NIBIN is putting the best of computer technology and analysis where it belongs – in the hands of investigators in the streets working to catch shooters faster. By gathering shell casings and entering them into computer databases, we are giving police the story of the gun and the path that that gun has traveled.”

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