NCJ Number
34882
Journal
Law and Order Volume: 24 Issue: 6 Dated: (JUNE 1976) Pages: 58,60 AND 86
Date Published
1976
Length
3 pages
Annotation
DISCUSSION OF THE DESIGN, EQUIPMENT, COST, AND FUNCTIONS PERFORMED BY THE POLICE INFORMATION SYSTEM PURCHASED AND UTILIZED BY THE NEWTON (MA) POLICE DEPARTMENT.
Abstract
THE TOWN OF NEWTON HAS 91,000 FULL-TIME RESIDENTS IN AN 18 SQUARE MILE AREA. THE POLICE INFORMATION SYSTEM IS A BASIC/FOUR COMPUTER SYSTEM, COMPOSED OF A CENTRAL PROCESSOR (THE MINICOMPUTER PER SE), TWO MEDIUM-SPEED PRINTERS, A TERMINAL WHICH INCORPORATES VISUAL READOUTS ON A SCREEN, A DISC DRIVE, AND A MAGNETIC TAPE DRIVE. FUNCTIONS PERFORMED ON A DAILY BASIS RANGE FROM A CONTINUOUS 24-HOUR CHRONOLOGICAL JOURNAL OF ALL EVENTS TO A COMPUTERIZED BURGLAR ALARM ANNUNCIATION SYSTEM.