§ 9209. Maintenance, Dissemination and Use of Criminal Intelligence and Investigative Information
TITLE 6: CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE DIVISION 9: CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM COMPONENTS § 9209. Maintenance, Dissemination and Use of Criminal Intelligence and Investigative Information. (a) Criminal justice information files shall be reviewed by each criminal jus- tice agency at periodic intervals and, at a minimum, each agency shall determine if the grounds for retaining the information still exist. If not, such criminal justice information shall be destroyed and permanently purged. (b) Within a criminal justice agency, access to and use of criminal intelligence and investigative information shall be strictly limited to officers and employees who are authorized to have such access and use and who have demonstrable need of particular information. (c) Criminal intelligence and investigative information shall be disseminated outside of the collecting agency only for the following purposes: (1) Confirmation of information in the files of another criminal justice agency; or (2) For criminal justice employment or other criminal justice purposes, such as an investigation of an individual by another criminal justice agency, if the requesting agency gives assurance that the information is relevant to the criminal justice purpose. (d) Criminal intelligence and investigative information may be provided to a government official or to any other individual when necessary to avoid imminent danger to life or property. Source: PL 13-53, § 3 (109), modified. Commission Comment: See the comment to 6 CMC § 9201 regarding PL 13-53.
Source: CNMI Law Revision Commission