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The South Carolina Commission on Prosecution Coordination (Columbia, South Carolina)

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The South Carolina Commission on Prosecution Coordination (SCCPC) is using an IPS grant to  develop a prosecution data collection system which will automate the crime data reporting process. The new system will standardize data entry from 16 different prosecution offices in the jurisdiction, enhancing SCCPC’s ability to analyze and distribute data to the state legislature and other criminal justice partners.  In addition, SCCPC is also hiring additional staff to assist with database administration and to liaison with prosecution offices.

Currently, the SCCPC relies on manual entry of data.  Computerized data entry will increase efficiency in reporting and evaluation of information.  These improvements will allow prosecutors to spend more time on their caseloads and enable the SCCPC to track criminal justice information and utilize it for reporting or training purposes.