United States Government Publishing Office publisher pbl distributor dst United States Government Accountability Office author aut Government Organization text government publication eng GAOREPORTS Legislative Agency Publications gao legislative 2010-08-12 U.S. Government Printing Office 2001-11-30 monographic deposited born digital 6 p. GA 1.13:GAO-02-209R https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-02-209R P0b002ee180398c02 f:d02209r DGPO 2010-08-12 2011-03-24 GAOREPORTS-GAO-02-209R machine generated eng fdlp REPORT GAOREPORTS-GAO-02-209R GAO-02-209R Arrests Data bases Law enforcement agencies Law enforcement information systems Proposed legislation Statistical data Terrorism Bureau of Justice Statistics Federal Justice Statistics Program Correspondence A02518 A "voided arrest" is any arrest resulting in the release of a person without the filing of formal charges, dismissal of proceedings against the person arrested, or a determination that the arrest was without probable cause. Since Congress informed GAO that the bill will not be pursued, at least in the foreseeable future, because of the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001, GAO's ongoing review of the number of "voided arrests," originally intended to support H.R. 1154, was closed out with this report. Complete data on the number of "voided arrests," as defined by H.R. 1154, that occur at national and state levels are not available. None of the federal, state, or local agencies GAO contacted use the term "voided arrest". They do not have data for the category "voided arrests," and the data that they have do not include all arrests in those jurisdictions that can be considered "voided arrests" as defined by H.R. 1154. The Bureau of Justice Statistics and the state criminal history record repositories generally have data for the arrest disposition categories of prosecutor declinations and dismissals, and these dispositions can be considered "voided arrests". However, prosecutor declinations and court dismissals occur for numerous reasons and obtaining and analyzing data on these would be extremely difficult and time-consuming, if not impossible in many cases. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GAO-02-209R/html/GAOREPORTS-GAO-02-209R.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GAO-02-209R/pdf/GAOREPORTS-GAO-02-209R.pdf GAO-02-209R https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-02-209R Correspondence GAO-02-209R; Limited "Voided Arrest" Data From Federal, State, and Local Agencies; Arrests Data bases Law enforcement agencies Law enforcement information systems Proposed legislation Statistical data Terrorism Bureau of Justice Statistics Federal Justice Statistics Program