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Firearms Licensing - Massachusetts

Contact

Massachusetts State Police
59 Horsepond Road, Sudbury, MA 01776

Firearm / Handgun license to carry program

Manages Firearms Licensing: No
Manages Firearms Licensing: No
System is electronically managed: No
Honors Indiana’s License to carry: No

National Crime Information Center Interface (NCIC)

Manages Firearms Licensing: No
Systems is electronically managed: No

Criminal History Repository (CRH)

Systems is electronically managed: No

Integrated Automated Fingerprint Identification System (IAFIS)

Systems is electronically managed: Yes
Software is utilized for this program: MorphoBIS
Vendor or company owns that software: MorphoTrak (Idemia)
Staffing is used to run this section: 1 DLT., F/Sgt., 1Tpr., 3 supervisors, and 25 technicians
Advantages/disadvantages to the system:
Advantages - onsite customer engineer, 24-7 coverage, and weekly conference calls
Disadvantages - could use 2CSE's, report generating software very slow, have had numerous issues when patches are applied, troubleshooting can be long and time consuming