CJIS (Criminal Justice Information Services) compliance governs how agencies access, store, transmit, and protect criminal justice information. Every agency in Minnesota that accesses criminal justice data through the BCA must comply. Non-compliance can result in suspension of access to criminal justice databases.

The LASO (Local Agency Security Officer) is designated by each agency and is responsible for ensuring CJIS Security Policy compliance, overseeing personnel security screening, documenting the agency’s network, maintaining incident reports, serving as the BCA liaison, implementing the incident response plan, and ensuring required security training is completed.

Co-LASO is Pantheon’s shared compliance support model. Your agency must retain its officially designated LASO — that accountability cannot be outsourced. Pantheon handles the technical work, documentation, policy development, training coordination, and audit preparation that supports your LASO’s responsibilities.

Monthly reviews cover: review of access logs and user accounts, verification of current personnel screening status, network and equipment documentation updates, review of any incidents or near-misses, patch and update status, training completion tracking, and documentation of any policy or environment changes since the last review.

Pantheon provides structured audit preparation: a pre-audit gap assessment against current BCA/CJIS requirements, documentation review and remediation, network diagram verification, personnel screening records review, and policy review. Pantheon supports your LASO during the audit and develops a post-audit remediation plan for any findings.

BCA auditors commonly examine: current and accurate network diagrams, documentation of all personnel with CJI access and their screening status, evidence of MFA for all CJI access points, firewall configurations and logs, incident response plan currency, security training completion records, and patch currency on all systems with CJI access.

Yes. Pantheon has worked with law enforcement agencies across Minnesota on CJIS compliance, infrastructure buildouts, and ongoing managed services. The North Mankato Police Department stated: “Pantheon Computers has been instrumental in ensuring our department is up to date and in compliance with all CJIS/FBI Security Policies.”

Yes. Pantheon supports the MDT (Mobile Data Terminal) environment, mobile device management for officer devices, and the network configurations required to meet CJIS standards for mobile access to criminal justice data.