Who are the primary customers of RISS?
The primary customers of RISS and RISSNET are local, state, federal, and tribal law enforcement member agency personnel. Currently, RISS supports the investigative and prosecution efforts of member agencies in all 50 states, the District of Columbia, U.S. territories, Australia, Canada, and England. RISS also provides services and tools to thousands of public safety and private sector partners through the RISS ATIX™ program. RISS membership has grown to more than 8,500 law enforcement and criminal justice agencies, including more than 95,000 access officers. Agency membership is required for access to RISS resources, except for RISSafe, RISSGang, and RISS ATIX (see below). Membership is a critical component to ensuring a trusted network of users as well as the integrity of the overall information sharing process and of RISSNET and its related programs and applications. Agency membership fees are nominal. Approximately 3 percent of the total RISS budget is obtained through membership fe
