Called the "Shawnee Viewer," it enables the user to search the database for any records associated with a selected address. The base information includes parcel ownership; land use, value, legal description, ward/precinct, building permits, special assessment, parcel ownership change, special use permits, service request, and business license. The address can also be viewed on a map. The department worked with the geographic information systems (GIS) division to incorporate most of the available police databases into the program. For security purposes, the GIS division created a second tab that only police employees can access. This tab includes information such as warrants, protection orders, no-contact orders, registered offenders, suspects, field interview cards, CAD events, police reports, and house arrests. Rather than blindly responding to a dispatch to a given address, officers can quickly tap in the address and obtain detailed information about that address without having to sign into and search a number of separate databases. 3 figures
Shawnee Viewer: Streamlining Police Databases
NCJ Number
242241
Journal
Geography & Public Safety Volume: 3 Issue: 1 Dated: October 2011 Pages: 14-15
Date Published
October 2011
Length
2 pages
Annotation
This article describes a computerized system used by the Shawnee Police Department (Kansas) as an easy and fast way to find information the city has on an address.
Abstract
Date Published: October 1, 2011