CLEARLAKE, Calif. – The Clearlake Police Department is pleased to introduce Citizen RIMS.
The Citizen RIMS software lets the public view available crime data via the Internet in real time. In today’s age, the public is used to being able to look up just about anything on the Internet, which includes government information.
Sgt. Tim Hobbs said the goal of this software is to make as much information available to the public in an easy to use and attractive Web site.
There is also the benefit of saving personnel time by reducing the number of requests for information they must handle, Hobbs said.
Some of the features of the program are:
Past activity mapping (calls for service): This shows calls for service with the user picking the date span to be mapped. Clicking on the map icon for an incident displays (limited) data available for the incident. By limiting the crimes or calls for service you can search a broader range of dates and really see what is happening in your neighborhood. Incidents are included in this search once the officers have cleared the scene.
Crime mapping (police reports): This is the common crime pin mapping feature where the user picks a date frame and the crime types/categories to be mapped. Clicking on a mapped case icon shows more info about the case. By limiting the crimes, you can search a broader range of dates and really see what is happening in your neighborhood.
Most wanted: This section displays wanted bulletins for subjects that are generally wanted by the Clearlake Police Department for violent, sexual, or weapon related offenses. This will show more data than is provided in the warrants sections.
Missing persons: Displays persons that are reported missing to the Clearlake Police Department and have yet to be located.
Stolen vehicles: This lists vehicles stolen within the last 365 days that have not yet been recovered.
Warrants: Displays a searchable list of subjects that have active arrest warrants through the Clearlake Police Department. Name, age, sex, race, height, weight, hair color, eye color, photograph, and charges are shown.
Arrests: Displays arrests for the past 30 days. The log displays basic information which is allowed by law and the mugshot of the arrestee.
Crime charts: This function summarizes crime data in easily understood charts, with year to year
comparisons.
Bulletin: Displays the media bulletin, which has been emailed to the media in the past. In the future this bulletin will not be sent out to individual media organizations as they can access the information online.
Press releases: This lists the press releases issued by the department.
Security camera registration: Allows you to provide your name, address, phone number, email, number of security cameras in use at your residence or business and the amount of time the recordings are maintained for.
About: Direct link to the Clearlake Police Department web page.
Sign-up for alerts: This feature lets site visitors subscribe to a free service that emails them new incident/crime data on a daily or weekly basis.
Citizen RIMS can be accessed by going to https://clpd.crimegraphics.com.
The link to the program can also be located on the Clearlake Police Department’s web page under “Quick Links” on the right side of the page.
Interim Police Chief Tim Celli stated this is something he has wanted to implement for quite some time. He is glad the department was able to find funding in the budget for the project as the system is so compatible with our current records management system.
Celli encourages residents to register their camera systems, which may help in solving crimes and making our community safer.
Clearlake Police Department introduces ‘Citizen RIMS’
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