CSPD Connections
- Colorado Springs Police Department’s Application & Information Portal
Welcome to the overview of “CSPD Connections” our intranet application and
information portal. CSPD Connections was built to enhance communications
within the Department as well as with the public; reduce repetitive and duplicate
data entry and maintenance; to encourage the sharing of data and thus improve
our ability to provide superior police services to our community while utilizing our
resources to their fullest.
The Colorado Springs Police Department currently has 945 employees who
provide police and support services to the citizens of Colorado Springs. Colorado
Springs has a population of approximately 350,000 with a county-wide population
in excess of 500,000. We have four Area Commands dispersed throughout the
city. By developing our programs as web-based applications ALL Department
personnel can view, enter data and generate reports from any of our locations.
Our application and information portal is available only to our employees via our
internal network. Unfortunately, we are unable to show you the functionality and
design of our applications. Therefore, we have put together this brief PowerPoint
presentation of screen shots from CSPD Connections.
Please feel free to contact us if you have any questions.
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- Colorado Springs Police Department’s Application & Information Portal
Home Page
(top)
The main navigation
panel is shown at the
top in blue. Each
category offers a drop
down list of numerous
other pages or
applications. Web
Systems contains
many of our
applications which
are widely-used by
Department
personnel.
The home page also
has main sections
which are displayed
by the use of buttons.
Simply click on the
blue OPEN button to
expand the section.
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Home Page
Screen shots of the
drop down navigation
fields (moving from
left to right).
Click you mouse to
see the next screen
shot.
Employees are
continually surveyed
on the layout and
contents of these
sections.
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Home Page
(sections)
Sections are noted with
blue OPEN buttons. By
clicking on these buttons
the sections will expand
or close.
Announcements provide
info on upcoming
activities; New Additions
lists new items or
updates to the site (new
crime maps, bulletins,
rosters, meeting minutes,
etc.); News provides links
to local news; For Your
Info contains community
wide interest items; Gov
Tech News provides links
to government and other
tech related articles; Web
Sites of the Week
provides a group of links
on one topic; and Events
lists upcoming
department or city
sponsored events,
classes and activities.
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- Colorado Springs Police Department’s Application & Information Portal
ETACS
Enhanced Tactical
Communications System
This was our first web-based
application. It replaced a manual
system which had each area
command type out a form, fax it
to the Chief’s Office who made
and distributed copies to the
command staff. Who made and
distributed copies for their staff,
etc. Information took a long time
to get disseminated
and many times Officers never
heard about important CFS.
ETACS allows personnel to input
data directly into the system from
any Division and that information
is available to all personnel within
seconds.
A second component of the
system displays authorized
records on our internet site. It is
called Police Blotter. It is one of
the most visited pages on our site
and we receive positive
comments from the public
regularly.
Click your mouse to move
through several screen shots.
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TACOS
Tactical Asset
CheckOut System
TACOS is a departmentwide application that uses
bar-coding technologies
to track important tactical
equipment (shotguns,
tasers, rifles, etc.) used by
all Patrol Officers.
This is the newest of our
systems and was built to
provide Patrol with a
simple to use interface (a
cross between a book
checkout system and a
point of sale system).
The system will help
ensure that life-saving
tactical equipment no
longer ends up missing or
is broken and not
reported.
From the comments
received this system has
surpassed all expectations
and the use of bar code
technologies has made it
simple for ALL Officers to
use.
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CFS Reports
Calls For Service
Reports
The CFS Reports system
generates reports for
analysis using the data
from our CAD system. No
data entry is needed and
the system is accessible to
ALL department personnel.
Data can be searched and
sorted by Division, Call
Type and area (100 block of
specific street address).
The department’s
foundation of Problem
Oriented Policing is a way
of being proactive to calls
instead of always being
reactive. This system
provides an excellent tool
to review CFS data, develop
trends and try to attack the
root cause of the problem
instead of just the effects of
the problem.
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Training Center
This system was developed and
implemented in 2003. The
system replaces a time-intensive
manual paper system for
scheduling Officers and
Civilians for elective and
mandatory classes.
Sergeant’s can now sign up their
Officers directly into the system
at their convenience. The
system emails the Officer the
specifics of the class he/she was
registered for then 8 days before
the class the Officer will receive
a reminder notice. All of the
records are now stored in a
database and they can generate
reports on attendance to ensure
that all mandatory training is
met.
The system also allows
individuals to view the classes
they have taken as well as they
are scheduled.
During the 3rd/4th quarters, the
Training Coordinator reported
for the first time, ALL mandatory
training had been completed.
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SORT - Sexual Offender
Registration and Tracking
System
This system automated
numerous tasks as well as
reduced duplicate Division
databases and has recently been
upgraded to generate bills for
SO who do not pay at time of
registration.
The system allows Records
personnel to add or update a
record directly when a SO
reports in (previously a form was
filled out and sent for data
entry). The information is
available to Officers immediately
(previously they received a
monthly report of SO
registrations and then Officers
entered the data into separate
databases to track the SOs in
their Division). Now Officers can
generate a wide array of reports
with a few clicks of a button and
they are no longer required to
maintain their own data. The
reports tie to our Digital Mug
Shot System which provides the
most recent photograph of the
SO.
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Evidence Self
Service
This system provides a
way for CSPD personnel
to search the Evidence
Management system to
determine disposition of
evidentiary items.
The search features
while extremely
comprehensive are easy
to use. Some of the
search features include
the ability to select a
property type, or enter a
suspect/ victim name, or
enter an Officer’s name
or IBM number or just
do a search by
description.
Once a list of matches is
displayed clicking on
the Description link will
display the record
details.
This has saved Officers
in the field and Evidence
personnel countless
hours determining
evidentiary disposition.
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GangNet Application
The GangNet Application
provides the GangNet Officers
who work throughout all of our
Divisions with the ability to view
current news/notices,
events/meetings and most
importantly review basic
information and photos for four
gang member categories: Most
Active, Most Wanted, Newly
Confirmed and Newly Paroled.
After clicking on a main
category, you can select a
specific individual and view
complete information including
scars, marks, tattoos, wants and
warrants and view the most
recent photo of the gang
member.
The system is completely
administered via an
administrators system. The
GangNet Analyst maintains the
data with the Admin system.
The system has been in
production for 8 months and has
become a valuable tool for the
GangNet Officers.
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- Colorado Springs Police Department’s Application & Information Portal
This has been a
quick overview of
some of our
applications. We
would be happy to
provide more
information on any
of our applications
or our intranet
portal “CSPD
Connections”.
We have included
screen shots of
additional pages
and applications
within CSPD
Connections.
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