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www.officer.com MAY 2017 LAW ENFORCEMENT TECHNOLOGY 29 services specialist for the AISD. Agencies reliant upon a CAD sys- tem not integrated with their RMS may not have a lot of critical infor- mation populating. In many instances, a dispatcher will assign an incident case number to the CAD once an officer calls in an incident in progress. However, not all calls for service will receive a case number. The officer will create his inci- dent in the RMS. Once this step is completed, the CAD information is transferred into that case. As the officer enters information into the incident case pertaining to people or vehicles, if this information is already in the software's Master Name, Address and Vehicle indexes, the software will show this. The RMS will indicate if there are matches for this information just entered and ask the officer if he wishes to use this information. If there is no match, then the information is added to the Master Name Index automati- cally. From that point, any criminal involvements a person has—arrest, field interview, citation, etc.—will be added to the Master Name Index. Waugh says the field interview module has proven particularly helpful and is used frequently by her department. The module can be used by an officer for a trespass warning, for example. "It could be anything requiring the officer to talk to somebody about, and for which we need to have a record of this interview, but which we don't feel merits having a whole case done on it," Waugh says. "If, after the crimi- nal trespass warning and the field interview are accomplished and this person comes back to campus, he is arrested for criminal trespass." The need for an effective, easy to use and information rich RMS is vital. Above all, a solid, robust RMS should give its cam- pus law enforcement agency the capabilities to help ensure safety for students and staff, to have quick response to incidents and calls for ser- vice, and to enable the school to meet its unique regulatory reporting needs. Rober t Galvin is a freelance writer based in Oregon City, Ore. Handheld or Weapon Mount Extended Range Thermal Imaging Scope IR PATROL TM M250XR • Starting at $8,999 Identify. Observe. Engage. 6738 pr-infrared.com • 800-722-8078 Advanced Thumbstick Controller 4.5X Optical Zoom 8X Digital Zoom 60 Hz Frame Rate 60 mm f/1.25 Objective Lens LE100C includes Image Capture & Cable MicroIR™ 640x480 12 Micron Sensor 640x480 Digital OLED Display Handheld (LE100) Helmet Mount (M250) MicroIR™ 640x480 12 Micron Sensor 640x480 Digital OLED Display Multipurpose Thermal Imaging Scope See in total darkness. And through smoke, dust, light fog and foliage, and more. IR PATROL TM LE100 • Starting at $5,699 A DIVISION OF P&R; TECHNOLOGIES, INC IR Defense is now part of Weapon Mount (M300W) Circle 23 on Reader Service Card Crimestar Corp. ............................................................ 40 Maxient ............................................................................ 41 Competitive Edge Inc. ................................................. 42 For more information, circle the number on the Reader Service Card.