The Criminal Record Review Board

The CRRB is an 18-member Board, created pursuant to M.G.L. c. 6, § 168(a), that shall meet regularly to review complaints and investigate incidents involving allegations of statutory and regulatory CORI violations. The CRRB shall be consulted concerning the adoption of rules and regulations for the implementation, administration, and enforcement of M.G.L. c. 6, §§ 168 through 178A, and the collection, storage, access, dissemination, content, organization, and use of criminal offender record information by requestors. CRRB shall have the authority to: (a) dismiss a CORI complaint; (b) appoint a CRRB member, three-member subcommittee, or hearing officer to conduct hearings or conferences of CORI violation complaints; (c) issue summonses to compel the attendance of witnesses and require their testimony at hearings or conferences; (d) require the production of books, records, and documents for hearings or conferences; (e) administer oaths at hearings or conferences; (f) order any party who fails to appear at a conference or hearing, after a request for translation services, to pay the costs of the translator; (g) remand a complaint presented to it for additional fact finding; (h) hear complaints and investigate any incidents alleging violations of M.G.L. c. 6, §§ 168 through 178A; (i) hear complaints and investigate any incidents alleging violations of DCJIS or CRRB rules or regulations; (j) enter into consent agreements regarding alleged violations of the CORI laws and regulations; (k) revoke access to CORI; (l) impose civil fines of up to $50,000 for each knowing CORI violation; and (m) refer any complaint to state or federal criminal justice agencies for criminal investigation.