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LPD Newsletter 2008-01 Summer Edition
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TRAFFIC
SAFETY
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Cross Match’s ID 500
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TRAK SYSTEM - Technology to Recover Abducted Kid
LPD
Newsletter 2008-01 Summer Edition
Crime
Information now Online
Under the Direction
of Commissioner Giangeruso, the Lyndhurst PD Becomes First in New
Jersey to Sign on with CrimeReports.com to Share Neighborhood Crime
Information with Community Members
The Lyndhurst Police Department and Public Engines
today announced that Lyndhurst PD became the first law enforcement
agency in the state of New Jersey to sign a partnership with CrimeReports.com
to share neighborhood crime incident information with community
members via the Internet.
Under the terms of the partnership, CrimeReports.com
allows the Lyndhurst PD to publish local crime incident information
to the Internet in near real-time, making raw crime data easily
accessible and user-friendly for community members. By using CrimeReports.com,
members of the public can easily view crime information from multiple
jurisdictions where they both live and work in one convenient,
easy-to-use location. The published information is presented through
a Google Maps interface where residents can review up-to-date
crime activity for any location within each agency’s jurisdiction.
“CrimeReports.com allows us to more easily
share crime data with our community members,” said Chief
James B. O’Connor, Lyndhurst Chief of Police. “It
allows us to form a deeper partnership with our community members
as we strive to enhance the quality of life in Lyndhurst.”
Lyndhurst Public Safety Commissioner Robert Giangeruso
agrees. “This is another tool our police department can
use to assist and inform our residents, I am in full support of
this program,” he said.
The basic information that CrimeReports.com provides
is:
• Type of incident (preliminary)
• Date of incident
• Block address of incident
• Other pertinent information as deemed necessary by the
reporting law enforcement agency
“Lyndhurst PD is leading the way in New Jersey
by using CrimeReports.com to get the community involved and solve
crime,” said Greg Whisenant, CEO Public Engines. “We
look forward to a lasting partnership with Lyndhurst PD, and Lyndhurst
citizens are going to benefit from accessing local crime data
that previously wasn’t publicly available.”
CrimeReports.com is free to members of the
public, and allows users to receive alerts automatically via email
if a crime occurs in their immediate neighborhood. It also allows
people to view reported crime activity on an easy-to-use map for
any location within each agency’s boundaries.
Silent
Partner Alert
The Lyndhurst Police Department
has adopted the Silent Partner Alert program. Citizens can register
themselves to receive alerts by clicking the link below and connecting
to www.silentpartneralert.com, then click on 'Click to register
for your FREE ALERTS!'.
TRAFFIC
SAFETY
Speeding Complaints The
Lyndhurst Police Department actively responds to complaints of
ongoing speeding problems and other traffic infractions occurring
within the township.
If you believe there is a speeding or other recurring
traffic problem on your street or in your neighborhood, you may
submit a request for directed enforcement.
If the nature of your complaint pertains to speeding,
the Traffic Bureau may setup its speed trailer in the problem
area. This radar-equipped unit gives each passing vehicle a visual
readout of its speed and reminds residents of what the actual
posted speed limit is. Oftentimes, people simply don’t realize
how fast they are going and deployment of the trailer serves to
heighten awareness. Use of the trailer also enables the Traffic
Bureau to conduct unobtrusive traffic studies to determine if
any changes such as additional traffic signals, signs or traffic
calming measures are needed. This equipment also contains a counter
to measure the volume of traffic in a given area.
HOW TO SUBMIT A REQUEST:
For your convenience, we have made a
traffic
enforcement request form available online. In order to view
it, you will need Adobe
Reader software installed on your computer, version 4 or higher.
Print out the form after it is completed and
mail or deliver it to the Lyndhurst Police Department, Attention
Traffic Bureau.
Cross
Match’s ID 500
The Lyndhurst Police Department, along with
other law enforcement agencies, are quickly transitioning from
traditional ink on paper fingerprinting to digital fingerprinting
products such as Cross Match’s ID 500 to save money, time
and to protect citizens from dangerous criminals. With costs savings
averaging 50%, digital fingerprinting is the preferred method
of booking criminals. Digital fingerprinting also expedites the
process of booking a criminal saving the police hours per individual
arrested. With the ID 500, the Lyndhurst Police Department will
only need to scan a set of prints once to create multiple cards
for the FBI, state and the local agencies.
Utilizing digital fingerprinting is not only less expensive and
faster - it is also a lot safer. Prints taken from a suspect can
be checked in a matter of hours instead taking over several days
or weeks. This reduces the chance of a police department prematurely
releasing a dangerous criminal.
Other typical law enforcement applications include:
• Helping officers and
supervisors identify criminals and/or wanted persons quickly and
safely.
• Ensuring an individual’s identity
when purchasing a weapon.
• Capturing fingerprints from witnesses
at a crime scene, or from family members, as a part of the “elimination
print process.”
TRAK SYSTEM
Technology to Recover Abducted Kids
TRAK, Technology to Recover Abducted Kids, is a
computer software system that was originally designed to help
law enforcement agencies locate and recover abducted children.
It has since been used in countless types of cases, assisting
law enforcement in the process of communicating important visual
information. This system allows any police officer to quickly
and efficiently create high-resolution photo bulletins and share
them electronically with other law enforcement jurisdictions,
the media, and the community, when they deem it appropriate.
The most dreaded type of case is child abduction and serves as
the best example of why TRAK works.
The first two to four hours after a child is abducted are crucial.
In distressingly simple terms, an abductor can travel a mile a
minute. When the agency in charge makes the decision to communicate
information, the TRAK system plays a central role. Each TRAK system
comes with thousands of pre-loaded law enforcement contacts that
can be added to and arranged easily at each agency. With a widely
distributed image, five or five hundred miles from the location
of the incident, law enforcement possesses a greater likelihood
of surrounding and capturing the abductor. Thus, while an abductor
may be leaving the original agency's jurisdiction, the TRAK bulletin
is alerting other agencies, and the community warning them of
the suspect's potential arrival. Prior to TRAK, such alerts were
most often in text only and communicated by telephone or Teletype,
or via fax with sometimes fuzzy, unrecognizable pictures. In-person
delivery proved too time consuming and costly.
TRAK, a tool that allows police officers to create and transmit
photo bulletins, can aid in the prevention of many types of crime.
The TRAK system comes with thousands of pre-loaded law enforcement
contacts called "Targets", to which you can add or alter
numbers, depending on your needs. The TRAK system yields high
quality, recognizable images so that law enforcement can share
information on:
• Missing children and adults
• Stolen vehicles
• Fugitives
• Many other types of crime
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