RE: 911:: Cad for the Whole State ?

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We here in Vermont are on a statewide system, networked together (by i believe)

56k modems that go into a hub at the headquarters center in Waterbury. We also

use Spillman cad here, though a few departments are grumbling about looking

at other 'easier to use' programs that will encompass more functions into one.

The information sharing aspect of this is invaluable, though some pd's have

their information blocked. You can tell someone was involved in something, but

have to talk to someone at that particular agency to get the details. As far

as I know, all the pd's in this county (except the sheriffs department) are

on this sytem, and the majority of the rest of the state is online also.

Diane

Winooski, VT PD

> I was just wondering is there any States in the US that

> utilise a

> CAD system for the whole State ?

>

> Or perhaps there's a system where one CAD system 'talks' to

> another, linked perhaps ?

>

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I was just wondering is there any States in the US that utilise a

CAD system for the whole State ?

Or perhaps there's a system where one CAD system 'talks' to

another, linked perhaps ?

Palmer

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The whole state...no. However, our entire county is all networked together

on one CAD system. There are only two police departments, out of eight or

nine agencies we dispatch for that are not using the program. Our county

uses Spillman software. Contains not only CAD, but all the law reports,

citations, warnings, master name files, all involvements, and all jail

records. It's a great system and a wonderful asset and resource of

information for the little departments dispersed throughout our county.

Cain

Dispatcher, Training Officer

Randolph County Communications

155 E South Street

Winchester, IN 47394

mcain_911@...

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[Guest guest]

At 11:38 PM 03/14/2001 -0500, Huey from NC wrote:

>I think Rhode Island has a single 9-1-1 center for the whole state, but

>don't hold me to that. Maybe someone that sees this response can confirm or

>deny this. I do know that some state police agencies use a statewide CAD

>system. I know NC does.

>CA Highway Patrol's can be seen live online at http://cad.chp.ca.gov/

The CHP has 24 Comm Centers and 21 of them use CAD systems - the same

BRAND, software, equipment, etc., but they are not all linked to each other.

Some of our Comm Centers share the same CAD system - that is, the same

server - so those host/remote sites communicate directly with each other.

(We share the same information files, can update - or even create - logs

for each other, assign units across the connection and even " steal " each

other's assigned units and " areas, " electronically. Dynamic updates that

affect operations.) The Comm Centers that " belong " to the same host server

really appreciate this connectivity - for the most part. <grin>

But if we want to give information to a Comm Center operating off a

different server, we either call them by phone so they can create their own

CAD logs with the information we provide, or we route a log to them in a

manner very similar to receiving a DMV return; the information is available

to read, but there's no manipulation of the data. The information from

that routed log (coming from outside that networked system) has to be

laboriously re-created within the " receiving " CAD system.

Our network is as follows:

HOST: Sacramento

remote: Capitol Dispatch Center

remote: Truckee

remote: Stockton

remote: Chico

remote: Academy Training Center

HOST: Redding

remote: Humboldt

(Ukiah, Yreka and ville are the hold-outs still using dispatch cards,

but they'll be remote sites off this host, soon)

HOST: GGCC (Stand-Alone)

HOST: Fresno

remote: Merced

HOST: Bakersfield (Stand-Alone)

HOST: Inland

remote: Bishop

remote: Ben Training Center

remote: Barstow

remote: Indio

HOST: Border (San Diego)

remote: El Centro

HOST: Orange County (Santa Ana - Stand-Alone)

HOST: LACC (Stand-Alone)

HOST: San Obispo

remote: Monterey

HOST: Ventura (Stand-Alone)

It was interesting that SLO had been using CAD for nearly five years before

Monterey was added as a remote site (in May, 1998). Their daily Incident

Log count rarely exceeded 120, and then it was probably a very, very busy

day... As soon as we joined them, the combined daily log count

immediately jumped over 300, and now the combined daily total occasionally

exceeds 600. (The dramatic increase comes from increased activity PLUS the

fact that we didn't start creating logs for all the officers' " stops " but

just kept that activity as part of Unit History... for the first four or

five months. CAD was just sorta too difficult to get all that activity in

as separate Incident Logs until we were more comfortable with our CAD

skills. Now it seems silly that we didn't create logs for stops right from

the get-go... It's just a matter of practice, I guess.)

Now, back to the original inquiry: statewide CAD. Hmmmm.. in CA, that would

involve a MAJOR coordination effort and agreement about which system to use

for at least 375 different PSAPs, because there are a slew of police

departments out here! <grin> (And that's just counting Primary PSAPs, which

are generally Law Enforcement-based.)

Happy to be here, proud to serve.

Olmstead

Communications Supervisor

~on the Central California coastline~

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At 11:44 PM 03/14/2001 -0800, *I* wrote:

>The CHP has 24 Comm Centers and 21 of them use CAD systems -

<major snips>

>Our network is as follows:

>HOST: Redding

>remote: Humboldt

>(Ukiah, Yreka and ville are the hold-outs still using dispatch cards,

>but they'll be remote sites off this host, soon)

As of 3/12, Yreka has become a CAD Center. It's not yet available on

the CHP Traffic Information Page at http://cad.chp.ca.gov/ because they're

being allowed some " acclimation " time before their CAD activity is visible

to the public.

Happy to be here, proud to serve.

Olmstead

Communications Supervisor

~on the Central California coastline~

" Not presumed to be an official statement of my employing agency. "

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