2011 Police Department Annual Report - Bloomfield Township

Department Organization
Support Services Deployment
Administrative Lieutenant
Law Enforcement Records Mgt.
Public Safety Answering Point (dispatch)
Digital Fingerprint System
Computer Aided Dispatch
Digital Booking System
Detention Facility
In-Car Videotape
Animal Welfare
Dispatch Section
9-1-1 Emergency Call Center (for Police, Fire and E.M.S.)
Computer Aided Dispatching
ublic safety dispatch centers have always been
P about rapid, efficient communications. Phone calls,
radio transmissions, and (what used to be called)
’teletypes’, come into and out of the dispatch center
many times an hour and, sometimes, many times a
minute.
oisy teletype machines, typewriters, and
N mechanical printers have been replaced with
computer screens and near-silent computer
printers. Telephone handsets and radio
microphones have been replaced with headsets,
making the dispatch center quieter still.
ll of the improvements made in dispatch over
A the decades has been for one purpose:
getting police, fire, and EMS assets to where
they are needed as quickly as possible.
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Freedom of Information Response
Law Enforcement Statistics
C.L.E.M.I.S. Data Entry
Records Retention
G.I.S. Mapping