SEARCH is pleased to announce the appointment of Mrs. Kristi Carter, Manager of the Identification Unit in the Kansas Bureau of Investigation (KBI), to the SEARCH Membership Group.
Mrs. Carter was appointed by KBI Director Tony Mattivi on August 9, 2024.
The Identification Unit operates within the KBI’s Information Services Division. The Division is responsible for the collection, maintenance and dissemination of much of the criminal justice information used by courts, law enforcement, prosecutors and corrections.
Some of the important information maintained by the Information Service Division includes adult and juvenile criminal history record information, including the automated fingerprint identification system. The division also administers the Kansas Incident Based Reporting System (a crime database for Kansas offense and arrest reports) and the Kansas Offender Registration Act.
Mrs. Carter replaces Kansas’s previous SEARCH representative, Ms. Leslie Moore, who had served as a SEARCH Member from 2012 to 2023, including two terms as SEARCH Chair.
SEARCH Members and Staff welcome and congratulate Mrs. Carter on her appointment.
The SEARCH Membership Group, the governing body of SEARCH, is comprised of one from each of the 50 states, the District of Columbia, and the territories (selected by the jurisdiction’s governor or director of the agency housing the state criminal history record repository), as well as eight at-large appointees selected by SEARCH’s Chair. This national body of state-level professionals is widely representative of the various disciplines within the justice system, and many are responsible for operational decisions and policymaking concerning the management and sharing of criminal justice information.
