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<br />. encrally SpC~kr calaen's r=~sinn of ~nt'ing lets
<br />m~ ya~~ 14'ouldri't of
<br />ficers er'cn' teci3nala~*ical
<br />~, ~ ,~ ~'~~}~~~ ~~~~~ ikn
<br />', t
<br />{~fl~r~:rxt4:g~> ~1t•;{1li7lale becanye
<br />~~-:~„:. ~~~w~{trd ~it~en to
<br />W ~~ rep}lit'. I~aser[iohc, r4~liicl~ is
<br />I}olive dela~~r#~nent titi~c~t2ld digital n~icrohche7 played ~
<br />l~a~'e anytl~ir~g to dc~ r~'itlt r'itai rol~x iri the t~}c}~nc~ln~~i..
<br />the enr~irc}nment or fisci~l cal e~~alution ~~ the police
<br />respansihility~. ~iut the ilk department,
<br />Diver, ll~linnesota PD isn't ~~'hen ~3cahcn came to .
<br />yonr typical agent.. ~Ik Diver as assistixnt chief
<br />"Felice departrrtertts in in t~8, the department
<br />general cr~~te ~ let of pa. ;ties stir using type~x~riters
<br />perti4'ark :end kill a lot of and carbon paper, "There
<br />trees," ~effre}' Beahen, the 4~~ere these te4a 1'Cs with ~
<br />~l>ti diver chief, ialrl repar#- ~1't~rd processing; prograrh
<br />ens at tl~e IACI'rar~vention for trar~scriptiort purposes,"
<br />in fan f}ie~n in Novcrnber. he sitid, "}'4re used ~ rrlain
<br />ilk Ricer police ~4'cre re- Frame cornpater that c~per-
<br />centl~, singled Dirt for sev- ated in f]~Forottr exist2rtg
<br />oral a-4~ard~ fqr innovative records system, r4'hich was
<br />prag~rams, including one for g}urchi~sed in l$,f.".
<br />Ir;xcelience in Ir~riat~atinn in ~3e~.hen immediately be-
<br />lnforrnat~on Technc~la~r. gan up~~radir~g the depart-
<br />`~ur peers arc,al~n dap. txtertt's.techr~alvgy, t~~arkirt
<br />i:ins I_ini~Rersity+ the fan after hours to install compat-
<br />l?iega l'alice ~epi,r#ment, ens artd build it r~ettvark #a
<br />tlye Cani}dian liesearcl~ Cen• get cver}'or~e on c-retail.
<br />ter and ~c butch i~tional IVeht. tip «~us fir~dir~g an
<br />1'alice," ~3eahen told the inf~}rmation storage sys#em
<br />~lssociatcd Press. "~1r~d little to use an the ne4r' net-,rarlr.
<br />aid ilk River is tip ort tl~e 4Ever~'Iaod}~ knew we need-
<br />poi•cIr r4"itlz llYe Iii' dq~5." ed it. It rv~s mare liitie ivhQ
<br />The cn~imttrtit~', name to ~w}anted to he tl~e first ane
<br />`?1}tt}fl0 and located an the to get it out there," he says.
<br />outslarts of greater lWlinr~e- ~eal~er~ got it and lh moms
<br />apolis, got accolades after later, ilk ~.iver way using
<br />
<br />Fieahen immediately sa~v
<br />a difference,
<br />~~1re 14~a,#~ted to get #r~ the
<br />point tvltere cverythirig far
<br />a case file c€}uld he scanned
<br />ire and hied by case r~umher
<br />and the r~~Itole tl~ir~g could ht
<br />sent attt ;~ an attacltment!„
<br />lie tole! the t~.', u~~'e ~r'anted
<br />to make it that simple."
<br />but tzvo things had tp he
<br />contended rvitlt: alrl paper
<br />files and an outdated data
<br />base.
<br />and 25,i1~0 files ~ year, and
<br />that ties up a t4'lxale storage ..,
<br />room," ~caher# exl}IaitYed tri~
<br />r~.Sportcrs,
<br />~~ file far sametl~ing like
<br />F}Ul might have ~~ ar =f0
<br />documents, artd think ge#
<br />last. r~rsort a.nd burglary
<br />hies, rr=bent yeti cartsider all
<br />tltc statements and phatos,
<br />con easily be eight ar nine
<br />l~tlndred pages. if you're
<br />ti~~orking a homicide ease,
<br />~'ou might be adding reports
<br />
<br />Y' ~ .. .
<br />For officers wlta tad to tes-
<br />tify in.cat~rt cases, that meant
<br />printi:n~ out end clistril~t~tia~g
<br />seven or more copies r~l` the
<br />hIe tc~ judges, attorneys and
<br />detectives, tivl3irh resulted in
<br />both a let ofpaper, t~rrte and
<br />er~er~y and a iat oftranspor-
<br />tatloncosts.
<br />"Tlte county attorney's
<br />eight mites ativ;~yr the city
<br />attorneyrs I~? rr~~les ar4~ay,
<br />nobody's riglrt there in the
<br />same building," f3e~hen
<br />says,
<br />"flaw, ~~re're slatvly bttt
<br />surely scanning previous
<br />}'ears case records. ~~~'hen
<br />xve first started, we had to
<br />[ind case records, law, once
<br />we've got them, eve scan
<br />them, The ~4rhale transaction
<br />takes Tess #hab half a day,"
<br />fleahen says proudly. ~~~re've
<br />f}een completely paperless
<br />since ~pr'tl of ~0~7,°
<br />c has nc~r4r successful-
<br />ly maximized ~aserfiche's
<br />potential by replacing ~Ik
<br />River's ontrnoded daCabase,
<br />l~eixlten says the changes
<br />have produced serious re-
<br />salts in terms of savings and
<br />streamlined police work at
<br />alI levels:.. .
<br />"last year ~'~ saved over
<br />ii,~{103ust in paler costs,"
<br />he begins "I~ItES, it's green.
<br />Thcrc arc mare ~i~crgy and
<br />resources sar~irtgs tl~au pea-
<br />ple might tl3ink: but of my
<br />yeaxly budget th;~t doesn't
<br />seem that sigmifit:ant, but
<br />with hucl~et c€tts and the
<br />Continae~ on page 74
<br />°Aalice dep~rtmenls iri g~rtixr~[ cre~t~ ~ [ot of paperwork hrid fciii ~ lot of tr~~s,",~~[€riay l~~~ht~,
<br />[h~ liC River, ~N of7ief toad reporters at the IACP t+onverttion in sari Dingo lr~ Noverr,br: ~fiC
<br />i~lver polico were recently si~gied out for severe! awards for inpov~tive prograrp~,, .. .
<br />I.~~serfiche "'4~e open between 2~f ~~Q er~cry da "
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