Responsibilities of the Division of State Police
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- Executive Department
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- Compiled text through
- Aug 15, 2022
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- July 29, 2026/Vol. XLVIII, Issue 30 (2026-07-29)
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- Jun 6, 2026
The Division of State Police will:
(a)maintain a computer database of all guns seized, forfeited, found or otherwise coming into the possession of law enforcement agencies and reported to the State Police via NYSPIN;
(b)collect, organize, analyze and disseminate information regarding patterns of illegal gun use within this State and the sources of illegal firearms traffic from other states;
(c)upon request of any law enforcement agency, offer investigative assistance through the Bureau of Criminal Investigation (BCI) in an effort to identify firearms used in specific crimes and to identify patterns of gun trafficking;
(d)upon request of any law enforcement agency, analyze evidence including firearms, projectiles and cartridge casings through the New York State Police Scientific Crime Detection Laboratory, in an effort to identify firearms used in specific crimes and determine the origin of unknown ballistic samples;
(e)provide expert testimony regarding analyses performed at the New York State Police Scientific Crime Detection Laboratory, in connection with criminal cases; and
(f)upon request of any law enforcement agency, query all available databases including the National Integrated Ballistic Image Network (NIBIN) and the New York State Combined Ballistic Identification System (CoBIS).