Annual Report 2006 - San Diego County District Attorney

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The Information Technology Division providesthe District Attorney’s Office with technologytools it needs to support legal staff, support staff,and the business operations. Under the leadershipof the Chief Information Officer Pam Summers, the36 employees of the division are responsible for thedesign, development, implementation, and supportof all information technology hardware, softwareand business applications for the office.Trial Support Services providesprosecutors with high-end graphicsand charts to use as evidence inthe courtroom.The year 2006 brought major planning efforts forthe Case Document Management project, which isunder development, and the COOP (Continuation ofOperations Plan).Table-top exercises were executed to thoroughly planfor the event of a regional disaster. This is necessaryto ensure that the DA continues to provide thecriminal justice prosecution services when normaloperations become interrupted by a disaster.To be better prepared, several systems have beenenhanced or upgraded and a new remote-accesssystem was been implemented in 2006. Many olderservers providing the databases for the DistrictAttorney’s information were replaced with newservers as part of the plan to modernize the DistrictAttorney’s Data Center.meet increased bandwidth needs. A larger and fasterconnection to the Internet was also established toaccommodate the office’s expanded need to accessinformation. In addition, the District Attorney’sOffice also approved the new Computer and SecurityPolicy tailored to the needs of the office.In the latter part of 2006, the Trial Support Services(TSS) unit began reporting to the InformationTechnology Division. Vacancies were filled,continuing education became a priority and newtechnology was leveraged.As a result, prosecutors now benefit from havingaudio and video-enhanced surveillance tapes,high-end graphics and charts to illustrate their case.The latest addition to the suite of services is 3-Danimation. As a result of this new technology, thetype of requests for services, including fingerprintcomparisons and discovery, started to change during2006, illustrated by the variety of InvestigativeService Requests completed.Several new systems were also developed duringthe year by the Applications Development unit. Onesystem tracks the provision of services to releasedprisoners of non-violent crimes reentering society(Senate Bill 618) in order to reduce recidivism.Also, a new integrated Public Assistance Fraudtracking system was developed, replacing detachedindependent spreadsheets and databases.In partnership with the San Diego County Sheriff’sDepartment, the circuit infrastructure for regionalconnectivity of all the DA’s offices was upgraded toSan Diego County District Attorney 29
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Page 29 and 30: Gangs DivisionGANGS IN SAN DIEGO CO
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Page 35 and 36: Provider Fraud Task ForceThe Insura
Page 37 and 38: Juvenile DivisionThe Juvenile Divis
Page 39 and 40: Narcotics DivisionNARCOTIC DIVISION
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