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LEITSC Priority   
Exchanges for RMS


In 2005, the LEITSC RMS Functional Standards Committee identified several different internal and external data exchanges that a RMS should be able to perform. Some of these exchanges have been developed by LEITSC and can be found here...

Resolutions

NSA Resolution

Requested to the FBI that the N-DEx project reference and apply the LEITSC RMS Functional Standards in the development of the  RMS capacity within N-DEx.

NOBLE Resolution

Supports the work that LEITSC has done on developing the Standard Functional Specifications for Law Enforcement CAD and RMS.

IACP Resolution

Supports the Law Enforcement Information Management Section and LEITSC.

Publications

Publications
Articles

Publications

LEITSC - A Project Manager's Guide to RMS/CAD System Software Acquisition

A Project Manager's Guide to RMS/CAD System Software Acquisition With support from the Office of Justice Programs (OJP), the Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA), LEITSC has published A Project Manager's Guide to RMS/CAD System Software Acquisition.

This no-cost guide was developed to provide law enforcement practitioners with a practical and high level overview of project planning, requirements development, and purchasing phases of RMS/CAD System software acquisition. This document is based on the LEITSC Standard Functional Specifications for Law Enforcement Computer Aided Dispatch (CAD) Version I and Records Management Systems (RMS) Version II.


LEITSC Standard Functional Specifications for Law Enforcement Computer Aided Dispatch (CAD) & Records Management Systems (RMS)

With support from the Office of Justice Programs (OJP), the Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA), and the National Institute of Justice (NIJ), LEITSC has published the Standard Functional Specifications for Law Enforcement CAD Systems & RMS.Standard Functional Specifications for Law Enforcement Computer Aided Dispatch (CAD) Systems  Standard Functional Specifications for Law Enforcement Records Management Systems Version II




Standard Functional Specifications for Law Enforcement Computer Aided Dispatch (CAD) Systems Version I


Standard Functional Specifications for Law Enforcement Records Management Systems
Version II


 

These tools provide significant guidance to all law enforcement agencies developing a RFP for purchasing or upgrading  CAD systems or RMS.

They are designed to inform law enforcement about the basic functional requirements that all CAD and RMS should have in order to achieve interoperability and streamline information sharing across jurisdictional boundaries.
 

Articles

2008 Articles

LEITSC Standard Functional Specifications for Law Enforcement Computer Aided Dispatch (CAD) Systems and Records Management Systems
Meghann Tracy, Big Ideas for Smaller Police Departments, Summer 2008

Interoperability and Information Sharing: What's in It for Us?
Meghann Tracy, The Police Chief, April 2008

LEITSC Releases NIEM-based Technology Reference Models
Aaron Gorrell, PublicSafety IT, January/February Vol. 3 No 1

2007 Articles

Law Enforcement Information Technology Standards Council: Frequently Asked Questions
Heather Ruzbasan Cotter and Meghann Tracy, The Police Chief, July 2007

Technology Assistance Program for Law Enforcement and Public Safety Agencies
Heather Ruzbasan Cotter, The Police Chief, May 2007

2006 Articles

Information Technology Standards: Why They Are Important to Public Safety
Neil Kurlander, Chief of Police (retired) and Heather Ruzbasan,  The Police Chief, June 2006

2005 Articles

Technology Talk: IJIS Institute Forms Advisory Committee on Law Enforcement IT Standards
Paul Wormeli, The Police Chief, September 2005

Technology Talk: Purchasing a New CAD or RMS Soon? National Standard Functional Requirements Are on the Way
Jennifer Zeunik, The Police Chief, July 2005

2004 Articles

Information Technology Standards- What Chiefs Need to Know About XML
Paul Embley, The Police Chief, June 2004

Law Enforcement Information Technology Standards Council and Standards Functional Requirements
Jennifer Hicks Zeunik, The Police Chief, June 2004

NLETS and the Information Sharing Challenge
Steven Correll, The Police Chief, June 2004

Wireless Standards to Enable Broadband
 Michael Webb, The Police Chief, June 2004

2003 Articles

Progress Through Public and Private Collaboration: An Update on the Law Enforcement Information Technology Standards Council
Terry Chowanec, Subject to Debate, August 2003

Toward Integrated Justice Information Systems: An Update on the Law Enforcement Information Technology Standards Council
Terry Chowanec, Subject to Debate, May 2003

The XML Factor
Shane Peterson, Government Technology, April 2003

Extensible Markup Language: Technology to Facilitate the Exchange of Information
Morris Roberson, NOBLE CVC Informant, March - June 2003

2002 Articles

XML in Justice Information Sharing: An Executive Summary
Police Chief, Technology Talk, December 2002

Law Enforcement Information Technology Standards Council 26th Annual LEIM Conference
Jennifer Hicks, Police Chief, Technology Talk, July 2002
 


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NIEM

Global

National Strategy for Information Sharing


Agency Resources

Want to see what other agencies are doing? Need some help getting started?

These
surveys, conducted by the IACP Technology Clearinghouse and co
mpleted by law enforcement agencies around the country,  will provide you with background information on that particular agency's project, including funding resources, hardware and software vendors utilized for that project.

 
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