The Virginia Criminal Information Network (VCIN) functions as a service facility under the management control of the Virginia Department of State Police, providing operational support to the entire criminal justice community. The primary mission of VCIN is to provide a means of rapid communications for criminal justice agencies throughout Virginia. It is a statewide data communications network incorporating computerized links to regional and national law enforcement systems:
- Virginia Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV)
- National Crime Information Center (NCIC)
- National Law Enforcement Telecommunications System (NLETS) International Justice & Public Safety Network
Membership in the VCIN system is regulated by law, Title 52, Chapter 2 of the Code of Virginia.
VCIN is available to any department or division of state government meeting the definition of a criminal justice agency as contained in §9.1-101, Code of Virginia, any county, city, town, railroad, or college campus police department, special police departments maintained by corporations in Virginia, and to federal criminal justice agencies, subject to the approval of the Superintendent, Department of State Police.
VCIN Program Administrator:
First Sergeant Michael Allan J. DeBois
Mailing Address:
P.O. Box 27472
Richmond, VA 23261
Attn: VCIN
Phone: (804) 674-4660
Fax: (804) 674-6704
Email:
michael.debois@vsp.virginia.gov
IT / Engineering Administrator:
Mr. Greg Ryan
Mailing Address:
P.O. Box 27472
Richmond, VA 23261
Attn: Information Technology
Phone: (804) 674-2067
Fax: (804) 674-2672
Email:
greg.ryan@vsp.virginia.gov
For questions related to VCIN training:
Phone: (804) 674-2144
Email:
vcin.training@vsp.virginia.gov