The commissioner of public safety shall have the following responsibilities and duties:
 1. Shall periodically monitor the operation of governmental information systems which deal with the collection, storage, use and dissemination of criminal history or intelligence data.

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Terms Used In Iowa Code 692.19

  • Criminal history data: means any or all of the following information maintained by the department or division in a manual or automated data storage system and individually identified:
  • Criminal or juvenile justice agency: means an agency or department of any level of government or an entity wholly owned, financed, or controlled by one or more such agencies or departments which performs as its principal function the apprehension, prosecution, adjudication, incarceration, or rehabilitation of criminal or juvenile offenders. See Iowa Code 692.1
  • following: when used by way of reference to a chapter or other part of a statute mean the next preceding or next following chapter or other part. See Iowa Code 4.1
  • Intelligence data: means information on identifiable individuals compiled in an effort to anticipate, prevent, or monitor possible criminal activity. See Iowa Code 692.1
  • state: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories, and the words "United States" may include the said district and territories. See Iowa Code 4.1
 2. Shall review the implementation and effectiveness of legislation and administrative rules concerning such systems.
 3. May recommend changes in said rules and legislation to the legislature and the appropriate administrative officials.
 4. May require such reports from state agencies as may be necessary to perform its duties.
 5. May receive and review complaints from the public concerning the operation of such systems.
 6. May conduct inquiries and investigations the commissioner finds appropriate to achieve the purposes of this chapter. Each criminal or juvenile justice agency in this state and each state and local agency otherwise authorized access to criminal history data is authorized and directed to furnish to the commissioner of public safety, upon the commissioner’s request, statistical data, reports, and other information in its possession as the commissioner deems necessary to implement this chapter.
 7. Shall annually approve rules adopted in accordance with section 692.10 and rules to assure the accuracy, completeness and proper purging of criminal history data.
 8. Shall approve all agreements, arrangements and systems for the interstate transmission and exchange of criminal history data.