Search Group Incorporated

“The members consist of one representative of each state, the district of columbia, the five terrtories of american samoa, the commonwealth of the northern mariana islands, guam, puerto rico and the u.s. Virgin islands, and three at-large members elected by the membership group”

“Members each get one vote and elect the board of directors.”

“Form 990 is reviewed and approved by the audit/finance committee.”

“The conflict of interest statement is obtained annually from the board and executive team as a form of ongoing compliance.”

“The board of directors completes a mid-year performance review and an annual performance appraisal. In terms of the methods the board of directors uses to establish the compensation of the organization's ceo/executive director, the following processes are used: the full board of directors reviews and decides on the compensation, rather than a compensation committee, though the board does now have a committee on executive director performance, compensation, and succession planning. That committee was appointed on december 1, 2022. The committee reviews the compensation of other, comparable positions through examination of the 990 forms of the organizations, as well as other factors. The board does not have a written employment contract with the ceo/executive director. The board looks at a variety of factors (as noted above) in completing their assessment of compensation. The board approves the compensation. Compensation of officers is based on review of comparable positions in other similar organizations.”

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“Search's cybercrime training consists of a team of experts who provide technical assistance and training to local, state, and federal justice public safety agencies nationwide. Through training classes, technical workshops, and hand-on assistance, search trains and assists investigators in methods to prevent, detect and investigate the rising tide of computer crime, also referred to as e-crime, cybercrime or high-tech crime. These crimes include fraud, email threats, online stalking, identity theft, phishing, drug trafficking, cyber terrorism and child exploitation.”

“Search's law and policy (l&p) program provides technical assistance to states and federal entities under the national criminal history improvement program (nchip) to enhance and improve criminal history systems and related records. Direct onsite and in-house technical assistance includes supporting states, local jurisdictions, and tribes in: 1) improving the accuracy and completeness of criminal history records to support both criminal justice and noncriminal justice purposes; 2) implementing multiagency and multijurisdictional information exchanges to improve criminal records and to support tactical and strategic decision-making; 3) expanding and enhancing analytical capabilities using existing records management systems and other administrative data sets; and 4) increasing the number of qualifying records submitted to the national instant criminal background check system (nics) index.”

“Search is a membership organization consisting of governor-appointed members from all states, the district of columbia, and the territories, augmented with at-large subject matter experts and thought leaders. Search brings together its members to address the nation's information sharing challenges, engage in a common dialog, drive national changes, and establish a community of interest and expertise. Search members participate in regular roundtable discussions, sharing common concerns and their experiences with such topics as expanding record sealing and expungement initiatives, including the impact on research and background checks; improving data quality, disposition reporting, and data sharing between courts, prosecutors, and justice stakeholders; firearms background checks; developing analytical models and templates for analysis of nibrs data; upgrading and replacing outdated cch, afis, and message switch systems; implementing rap back functionality; and criminal justice reform efforts, including use-of-force collection.”

“Consultant & contract services: program service expenses 232,578. Management and general expenses 8,983. Fundraising expenses 0. Total expenses 241,561. Payroll processing fee: program service expenses 15,687. Management and general expenses 11,272. Fundraising expenses 0. Total expenses 26,959.”