25B - AGMT - SUSPICIOUS ACTY REPORTING SYS

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Introduction Audience Santa Ana Police Department Management Santa Ana Police Department Technology Division Executive Summary SoftMaster proposes to develop an enhancement to the SAPD's Incident Reporting System (IR2) to allow entry and processing of Suspicious Acitivity Reports (SAR's.) This will allow SAPD to participate in electronic information sharing of Homeland Security SAR data with the Orange County Intelligence Assessment Center (OCIAC.) The mission of OCIAC is: To provide an integrated, multi-disciplined, information and intelligence sharing network to collect, analyze, and disseminate information on all hazards, risks, criminal risks, and safety threats to law enforcement, fire, health, private sector, and public sector stakeholders in a timely manner in order to protect the residents, visitors, and critical infrastructure of Orange County The SAR's provide data that is critical to this mission by sharing information on activities that are reasonably suspected to be a pre-cursor to criminal or terrorist activities. These reports are part of the Department of Homeland Security's Nationwide Suspicious Activity reporting Initiative (NSI). The NSI builds on what law enforcement and other agencies have been doing for years-gathering information regarding behaviors and incidents associated with criminal activity-and establishes a standardized process whereby SAR information can be shared among agencies to help detect and prevent terrorism-related criminal activity. In March 2010, the Department of Justice established an NSI Office to facilitate the implementation of the NSI across all levels of government. Reference http://www.ise..qov. The proposed enhancement will provide the ability for officers and SAPD personnel to enter SAR's into the system, and periodically send this information to OCIAC in an electronic format. In addition, SoftMaster will provide a perpetual license for their Incident Reporting Analytics (IRA) operational data store software to facilitate reporting and data analysis of this data. Background The SAPD is currently transitioning to a new incident reporting system, named IR2. This system contains a large number of the data types and elements required to input an SAR. It is highly desirable to integrate the SAR's into this system to facilitate integrated reporting and management of these reports. SoftMaster has provided resources to SAPD customize the IR2 system, and has significant knowledge of its architecture, design, and business rules and requirements. As such, we are able to develop, test, and deploy the proposed enhancements in a timely and quality manner. SoftMaster has 15 years of experience in Courts, Fire, Police, and other law and justice systems, as well as significant experience in data integration and data exchange between organizations. SoWaster10/10/11 25B-13