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The Attorney General’s Bureau of Criminal Investigation serves as Ohio’s crime lab and criminal-records keeper, and it offers expert, impartial investigative services to local, state and federal law enforcement agencies 24/7. Accurate criminal records for background checks, so that parents, employers and everyone can feel at peace about ...
- Background Check
All fingerprints must be submitted to BCI electronically...
- Laboratory Division
Laboratory Division - Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost
- Contacts & Locations
Contacts & Locations - Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost
- Investigative Services
Investigative Services - Bureau of Criminal Investigation -...
- Identification Division
Identification Division - Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost
- Technical Investigations
Technical Investigations - Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost
- Professional Standards
Professional Standards - Bureau of Criminal Investigation -...
- BCI Science School
BCI Science School - Bureau of Criminal Investigation - Ohio...
- Certificate Request Form
Certificate Request Form - Bureau of Criminal Investigation...
- Reporting Criminal Histories
CONTACT Identification Division Ohio Bureau of Criminal...
- Background Check
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We, the professional men and women of the Ohio Bureau of Criminal Identification and Investigation, are committed to serve the law enforcement community and protect the citizens of Ohio by providing accurate criminal records, reliable laboratory services and comprehensive investigative assistance.
The Ohio Attorney General’s Bureau of Criminal Investigation (BCI) regularly processes about a million background checks a year. BCI completes such background checks by comparing fingerprints received against a database of criminal fingerprints to determine if there is a criminal record.
In 1963, BCI was taken over by the Attorney General's Office and was given a broader range of activities. In 1972, Attorney General William Brown reorganized BCI into five separate divisions: identification, laboratory, investigations, administration, and data systems.
Aug 19, 2024 · Columbus and Dayton sued the state in 2020 because of issues with compliance and tracking in the system used by employers and firearms dealers to check the criminal backgrounds of applicants. The...
Jul 17, 2023 · Attorney General Dave Yost introduced new technologies that will help the Bureau of Criminal Investigation better connect the dots on firearm and drug crime.
Mar 31, 2022 · As part of the new Ohio Ballistics Testing Initiative, the Ohio Department of Public Safety’s Office of Criminal Justice Services will award a total of $10.5 million to the Ohio Attorney General's Bureau of Criminal Investigation (BCI) and Ohio State Highway Patrol (OSHP) to increase the number of National Integrated Ballistic Information ...