[ScanIndiana] Bloomington Hospital and BPD "Rolidex"

[Bob Burns K4RXR]

At 07:48 PM 3/25/2003, Scott Smith wrote:

>#2, Bloomington Police Department maintains a "rolodex" file which enables 
>them to do a quick look-up on some of thier "regular" customers. It is, as 
>you  would guess electronic, but it is faster for them to look up without 
>having to run plates or Drivers License numbers.

Also, if the state or national systems are down, the local PD can look up 
their local incident background (arrests, bogus 9-1-1 calls, false burgular 
alarms, etc.) without having to depend on some other system.

The state system seems to be not available for hours at a time on Sunday 
mornings. I guess the system administrators figure that's the least busy 
time to do maintenance, but it doesn't help an officer who has a suspicious 
car pulled over.

Bob...