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<br />1 <br /> <br />SECTION I <br /> <br />EXISTING PUBLIC SAFETY COMPUTER AUTOMATION SYSTEMS IN ANOKA <br />COUNTY <br /> <br />1.1 SYSTEM DESCRIPTIONS <br /> <br />Anoka County Central Communications and subscriber law enforcement agencies <br />utilize three computer-based systems in everyday operations. Those systems are a <br />computer-aided dispatch system, a mobile data communication system, and a records <br />management system. <br /> <br />The computer-aided dispatch system is used to automate operations in the central <br />communications dispatch center. The current status of all information related to an <br />event that is underway and the status of all available law enforcement units in the <br />county is maintained continuously in this computer-based system. The computer-aided <br />dispatch system also automatically provides information related to an event, such as <br />previous events at that location and/or hazardous conditions that exist at the location of <br />a new event. The information is available to all operators in the dispatch center at all <br />times, and any operator .can add additional information that becomes available related <br />to any event. <br /> <br />The mobile data communications system extends access to information from the <br />computer-aided dispatch system to and from persons in vehicles. The mobile data <br />communication system is also used by persons in vehicles to access information in <br />state and federal databases, including criminal history information, motor vehicle <br />information, and driver license information. Information in the computer-aided dispatch <br />system related to an event can be provided to people in vehicles automatically through <br />the mobile data communications system, and persons in vehicles can automatically <br />update their status condition in the computer-aided dispatch system without the <br />involvement of a dispatch center operator. <br /> <br />The records management system is an automation process computer system for <br />maintaining reports and other record information maintained by all law enforcement <br />agencies in Anoka County. The records management system makes it possible for law <br />enforcement personnel to find pertinent information quickly and easily. For example, <br />law enforcement agencies maintain records information on vehicles, whether the vehicle <br />information is related to an auto accident, a wanted vehicle, a stolen vehicle, or an <br />