Compilation of Rules and Regulations of the State of Georgia
Department 140 - GEORGIA CRIME INFORMATION CENTER COUNCIL
Chapter 140-2 - PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE
Rule 140-2-.20 - Sanctions

(1) Criminal justice agencies, governmental dispatch centers and other governmental agencies are subject to GCIC administrative sanctions for violating laws governing operation of the CJIS network, these Rules or CJIS network policies published by GCIC pursuant to O.C.G.A. § 35-3-33(13). Administrative sanctions for terminal agencies may include, but not limited to purging wanted/missing person and stolen property serial-numbered records entered in GCIC/NCIC computerized files by CJIS network agencies or established by these agencies for non-terminal agencies pursuant to signed service agreements; restricted access to the CJIS network; and suspension/revocation of an agency's CJIS network access.

(2) Administrative sanctions may be imposed on individual violators. Such sanctions may include mandatory re-training and/or re-certification of TACs, terminal operators and/or practitioners and suspension from access to the CJIS network.

(3) Individual violators are also subject to criminal prosecution when their actions constitute violations of applicable state or federal statutes.