1997-007-RES WHEREAS, A. L. ROARK & ASSOCIATES HAS DEVELOPED A SOFTWARE SAFETY AGENCY

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· Mobile Data Terminal/computers (MDT's/MDC's) · LapTop Computer Reporting · E-911 Interfaces (Basic E-911, Automatic Number Identification (ANI), and Automatic Location Identification (All) · Alarm System Interfaces · Communication with external data bases such as State Crime Information Systems and NCIC · Automatic Vehicle Locator (A VL) The most cost-effective approach depends on the long term goals of the agency. CAD STATISTICAL PACKAGE Many agencies do not wish to install a complete records management system, but still desire the capability to analyze calls for service based upon date range, time of day, day of week, area, and priority of response. The CAD Statistical Package provides the stand alone CAD user with these capabilities and the ability to generate daily logs, response times, and reports, etc. All of these analyses are further designed to allow each user organization to determine its own formats and groupings of incidents. These facilities are a standard portion of the complete CMS Records Management System. LAW ENFORCEMENT RECORDS MANAGEMENT The traditional view of law enforcement records management systems has been that they are only intended to generate activity logs, to prepare required government reports such as the VCR, and to index incident reports so that the "Hard Copy" can be located if needed. Such systems usually are implemented independently of a Computer Aided Dispatch system, and the only connection between the two systems may be the possible periodic transfer of data between the two modules. While the above goals are included, the CMS Law Enforcement Records Management Module (RMS) is based on a more comprehensive approach. The major goal of the RMS module is to build a comprehensive data base which support all activities of the department including reporting, management, crime analysis, investigations, evaluations, inventory, and item tracking. This is performed in a manner which eliminates all duplicate data entry and provides access to all information based upon the level of user authorization. The data base contains all data regardless of its origin. This information includes calls for service, self-initiated incidents, intelligence data, lost or found property, pawned articles, traffic and accident information, and field interrogations, etc. For calls for service or other information which originates in the dispatch center, the information is immediately available to RMS users if the CAD module is installed. No duplicate data entry or transfer of information is required with appropriate software and hardware. 14