Detainer Messages

A detainer can be appended to an existing CIB warrant/wanted person record after the person is arrested, hit confirmation has occurred and the wanted person will not be released to the agency holding the warrant.

NOTE: If the warrant/wanted person record is on both the CIB/NCIC files, the record must be cancelled and re-entered into the CIB file only.  If the record is only on CIB, a detainer can be entered to the existing record.

There will be times when the conditions of the sentence will change or multiple agencies will have warrants for the same subject.  The detainer record will have to be modified to indicate the change in the date of the detainer, sentence begins/ends, place of incarceration. When the sentence ending is reached, a message will be sent to both the agency holding the warrant and the agency holding the subject advising them the sentence ended. If the record is not updated the detainer and wanted person record will be purged.

NCIC has created the ability for law enforcement agencies to enter detainer information to an NCIC wanted person record, after a positive hit confirmation response has been received.  In Wisconsin there is no ability for an agency to enter this data.  However, a detainer in NCIC may generate a $O Incarcerating Agency Notification to a Wisconsin agency.  This message provides formal notification via the TIME System that an NCIC detainer has been filed.