In order for a government agency to access CPIC, they must agree to abide by the rules set out in the CPIC Reference Manual and be approved by the CPIC Advisory Committee, composed of 26 senior police officers from municipal and provincial police forces, the
Ontario Police Commission and the RCMP. Non-policing agencies must also enter a
memorandum of understanding with the RCMP and may be audited from time to time for compliance. CPIC is broken down into four data banks: Investigative, Identification, Intelligence and Ancillary which contain information on: • Vehicles/marine • Stolen or abandoned vehicles/boats • Persons • Wanted persons • People who are accused or indicted of crime(s) • Outstanding
warrants • People on
probation or
parolees • Special Interest Police (SIP) • Judicial orders • Access to the Offender Management System of
Correctional Service of Canada •
Missing persons • Stolen property •
Dental characteristics •
Canadian Firearms Registry of the
Canadian Firearms Program • Wandering Persons Registry •
Alzheimer's disease patients who register with the Alzheimer Society of Canada in case they go missing • CPIC criminal surveillance •
Criminal intelligence gathered across the country Local police services maintain their own databases separately from CPIC. For example, British Columbia uses PRIME-BC, Ontario agencies use systems such as NICHE and Versadex, Quebec uses the CRPQ system, and the RCMP uses the PROS system in provinces where it provides contract policing. Local records do not necessarily appear in CPIC unless they meet national criteria for entry. == Disclosure ==