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Law and Justice Committee hears update on Criminal Justice Data Warehouse implementation
Summary
Staff and agency leaders reported progress on Montana’s Criminal Justice Data Warehouse project, including technical integration work by the Department of Administration and sample data‑sharing steps outlined by the Board of Crime Control. Public comment raised privacy and access concerns.
Laura Sherley, Lead Staff with the Legislative Services Division, opened the Criminal Justice Data Warehouse agenda item and summarized the project timeline and statutory mandate. Kayla Bragg, Executive Director of the Montana Board of Crime Control, and Janice Fries, Director of the Statistical Analysis Center at MBCC, described milestones reached on governance, data contribution agreements, and planned analytic outputs.
Adam Carpenter, Chief Data Officer at the Department of Administration, described technical integration work and next steps for agency onboarding, emphasizing data standardization and security testing. Committee members, including Vice Presiding Officer Rep. Zooey Zephyr, asked about timelines for agency participation and safeguards for personally identifiable information.
A Lake County resident, May Simmons, offered public comment raising concerns about access and privacy. Committee discussion focused on clarifying which agencies were scheduled to contribute data, what personally identifiable information would be protected, and the projected timeline for a public demonstration of the system.
The committee did not take formal action during this update; staff and agency leads were directed to provide additional implementation details and timelines at a future meeting.
