OFFICER-TRACKING SYSTEM SET FOR JANUARY ROLLOUT.Byline: RICK ORLOV Staff Writer The Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. Police Commission received assurances Tuesday that installation of a critical computerized officer-tracking system is on schedule to meet a federal consent decree A settlement of a lawsuit or criminal case in which a person or company agrees to take specific actions without admitting fault or guilt for the situation that led to the lawsuit. A consent decree is a settlement that is contained in a court order. deadline next summer. Rollout of the Teams II computer program -- which will track complaints against officers and detail use-of-force incidents -- will begin in January and be phased-in across the entire Los Angeles Police Department "LAPD" and "L.A.P.D." redirect here. For other uses, see LAPD (disambiguation).  This article or section is written like an . by April, two months before a report is due to federal Judge Gary Feess. ``We are testing the functionality of the last pieces,'' Maggie Goodrich, who is overseeing the system, told the commission. ``We will begin running it in deployment period one and do a phased rollout ... with a goal to have it up and running by April.'' The timing is considered crucial as the city tries to persuade Feess to lift the consent decree, imposed in the wake of the Rampart Division scandal. Police Commission President John Mack John Mack can refer to:
tr.v. frus·trat·ed, frus·trat·ing, frus·trates 1. a. To prevent from accomplishing a purpose or fulfilling a desire; thwart: by delays in getting the system operating. ``This is crucial to getting us out from under the consent decree,'' Mack said. ``We will never get out from the consent decree until Teams II is completed.'' Goodrich and Cmdr. Sandy Jo MacArthur, who heads the LAPD 1. LAPD - Link Access Procedure on the D channel. 2. LAPD - Los Angeles Police Department. Training Group, said they believe the goal will be met. They were supported by Commissioner Shelley Freeman, an IBM (International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY, www.ibm.com) The world's largest computer company. IBM's product lines include the S/390 mainframes (zSeries), AS/400 midrange business systems (iSeries), RS/6000 workstations and servers (pSeries), Intel-based servers (xSeries) executive who has worked on major computer systems for private companies. ``The management processes they have in place are working, and we are seeing a lot of progress,'' Freeman said. ``I share their confidence in this.'' Goodrich said the complaint-management part of Teams II has been improved so officers in the Internal Affairs Internal affairs may refer to:
MacArthur said a group of LAPD watch commanders -- the first line of reporting such incidents -- has been testing a pilot program in the South Bureau. Goodrich said her goal is to ensure the system is easy to use so officers adopt it. ``If we don't have the usability piece in there, we will be in trouble,'' Goodrich said. ``We are seeking comments from users, but even if it is a little difficult to use, we have to use it. ``I can provide the system but we have to make sure our people can make it work for them.'' The consent decree was developed by the city and the federal government in 2001 after scandals surfaced in the Rampart Division involving anti-gang units accused of framing gang members and beating them. Feess has extended the consent decree through 2009 because of delays in implementing the Teams II system. rick.orlov(at)dailynews.com (213) 978-0390 |
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