VeriTracks™ User’s Manual reports available--one for corrections officers, one for law enforcement officers, and one for administrators. The purpose of the daily summary report is to summarize the previous day’s important events and focus the attention of officers on current and emerging offender problems. To set up your notification preferences see Chapter 7 under Preferences. Event Driven Notifications The events you can receive notifications on are listed below.
VeriTracks™ User’s Manual STRAP BLUHOME: BLUTAG BRACELET STRAP CLEAR BLUHOME: BLUTAG LOW BATTERY ALARM BLUHOME: BLUTAG LOW BATTERY ALARM CLEAR -HBSTP +HBATT -HCHG The Corrections Officer Summary Report The Corrections Officer Summary Report outlines the activities of each supervised offender. It lists any events (technical violations, equipment status changes), Zone Violations and crime incident hits that have occurred in the last 24 hours or that are still open.
VeriTracks™ User’s Manual Hyper link to map of offenders tracks for the day Technical Violations related to equipment Leaves/enters Tampers Zone Violations Correlation with crimes reports Display the results in text reports The link in the Offender Summary report links to the offender report, shown below and described in Appendix 3, Reports.
VeriTracks™ User’s Manual • Show the records in a table, the results can be sorted by the columns displayed. • See the zones assigned to this offender. Click on the Offender Detail Link • In certain jurisdictions, you can link to detailed demographic or criminal history date on the offender using the Detailed DC Report link. • Drill down to see Offender Details like violations, hits, and status changes for the offender during the selected time period.
VeriTracks™ User’s Manual ORI, and POC (point of contact), the number of Points in the violation, and the Zone Type. Map one or more offender tracks • Check the box in the upper right corner to select records. • Click on the globe icon to map the records.
VeriTracks™ User’s Manual Chapter 7: SUPERVISING AN OFFENDER This chapter covers the tools you will use to supervise an offender. • The offender status tool provides a quick snap shot of the offender’s current location and status. • The Search Screen locates an offender’s history, including reports and maps that show where he/she has been. • Mapping tools analyze where an offender has been and what he/she has been doing.
VeriTracks™ User’s Manual CellTag Offender Status BluTag Offender Status NOTE: The information provided in the Offender Status report is current as of the last call by the tag. (When events occur, officers are notified by email. It is possible that between the time a notification is received and the time an officer checks in with VeriTracks™, the event may have cleared.) To refresh the data on the offender status pages, select the offender from the drop down list again.
VeriTracks™ User’s Manual Understanding Offender Status when using BluHome When using the BluHome accessory, the last contact for the BluTag will be shown below ... When the BluTag is in range (ENTER Event) of the BluHome, Active BluTags stop collecting GPS data and stops calling directly over the wireless network. Instead the BluTag calls any GPS data it may still be storing through the BluHome.
VeriTracks™ User’s Manual Use the Offender Search To use the offender search you can enter any or all of the fields shown to limit the data result set returned. These fields are defined in Appendix 2, under Tracked Offender Search. To review your case load, select your name in the supervising officer field and set the date range to the one of interest. Display the results in text reports This is the same report that is linked to the Offender Summary report described in chapter 6.
VeriTracks™ User’s Manual • If the offender’s tracks move off of the current map, click on the auto pan check box so the map automatically pans and refreshes .. Review a track • The connect track points from start date/time icon allows you to connect track points for a selected offender, beginning with the earliest point to fall within the date range of the map.
VeriTracks™ User’s Manual • Alternatively, click on the Map link on the main menu bar and you will be redirected to the Map Data Entry screen. Here you can enter the address information or select from a dropdown listing of previously mapped addresses. • When you have entered the address information in either location, you will need to click on the Map button to create the map. • On the map, draw a box around the area of interest • Click on the Select Tracks icon.
VeriTracks™ User’s Manual Chapter 8: USER ADMINISTRATION VeriTracks™ allows users to administer their own account information, select the types of notifications they need to receive, and create zones. A section under Administration was also included for agency administrators to manage users and for smaller law enforcement agencies to input its own crime incident data when it does not have its own system for this function.
VeriTracks™ User’s Manual this as you see fit. Confirm Password Type your password in two times for verification. User Time Zone This allows the user to set the Time Zone in which VeriTracks™ should display data. E-mail Each user must enter his/her e-mail address and keep it updated in order to receive the VeriTracks™ notifications. Active E-mail This e-mail address is used for the officer to receive immediate notifications on his/her offender’s movements.
VeriTracks™ User’s Manual Daily notifications Immediate or Event Driven Notifications Law Enforcement/Crime Analysts Law enforcement offices have fewer choices for notifications. They can only be notified about Zone Hits and Crime Incident Hits. For Zone Hit notifications, choose the notifications based on who set up the Zone. The following information pertains to Law Enforcement/Crime Analyst users: Zones I set up Select this check box to ensure notification of any Zone Hits on Zones you created.
VeriTracks™ User’s Manual Map Preferences Tab The Map Preferences tab displays the entire listing of map layer options. From here select and deselect the layers you wish to see by default on your maps. You can also change your defaults from the map toolbar. A best practice is to change your map preferences prior to creating a map. That way the changes are saved and take effect when you do go to create a map. Each map layer list can be either visible and/or labeled.
VeriTracks™ User’s Manual Chapter 9: INVENTORY MANAGEMENT The Inventory menu allows your agency to monitor your device inventory. There are several submenu options available to assist you in monitoring your device inventory: Inventory List, Change Device(s) Status, Change Device(s) Owner, Device Assignment Report, Device History Report, Device Data Load Report, and the Case Load Report.
VeriTracks™ User’s Manual If viewed from a parent organization, the Case Load Report shows all the offices and agents in the subordinate organizations.
VeriTracks™ User’s Manual Chapter 10: USING VERITRACKS™ TO SOLVE CRIMES In this chapter you will learn how to: • Use VeriTracks™ to assist in crime analysis. • Understand and interpret crime hits and the hit report. • Locate criminals at the scene of a crime manually. • Use Zones for monitoring areas with high levels of criminal activity. This chapter describes various procedures for performing crime analysis. Central to crime solving procedures are the “Crime Hit” and the Crime Hit Report.
VeriTracks™ User’s Manual Crime Description including: Type, time, and place of crime Individual at the scene of the crime Link to VeriTracks Crime Description including: Type, time, and place of crime Individual at the scene of the crime Link to VeriTracks This report is e-mailed every morning to each law enforcement agency that reports crimes. It provides summary information for each crime hit and is sorted by the reported crimes.
VeriTracks™ User’s Manual the crime has not been reported into VeriTracks™, the user can still create a suspect/witness list manually. 1. Determine if the crime incident has been reported in VeriTracks™ , 2. Search based on the incident or incident hits if the crime has been reported, or 3. Locate the scene of the crime and search for offenders in the vicinity of the crime.
VeriTracks™ User’s Manual Or Search Based on the crime incident 1. Perform an Incident search for the crime. 2. Follow the Hits hyperlink to see all the hit for the incident of interest. 3. Screen the hits to determine if they are a good match (may require mapping the hits. See Scoring the hits. 4. Map the hits by selecting those that are of interest. 5. If no good matches are found, use the last report function and review the “Third List.
VeriTracks™ User’s Manual The Third List Tracked offenders can be in one of two statuses at any time: location known or location unknown (violation status). For a crime event, this concept of location status is extended to three different statuses. 1) location known; at the crime (Hit), 2) location known (No Hit), and 3) location unknown, can’t determine if a valid hit has occurred.
VeriTracks™ User’s Manual Offender in parking lot of store Aerial Photo Overlay – helps determine that the offenders are at a store not in a field. To access aerial photos, click the button that looks alike a camera (USGS Imagery) on the map tool bar. When viewing aerial photos, you can still add and hide other layers using the layer list tool . In the examples above, we left the road layer on so streets are more visible and labeled.
VeriTracks™ User’s Manual Creating Zones Zones are a useful way to enhance offender movement tracking. You will be notified when an offender violates an assigned zone. There are two types of zones: Inclusion and Exclusion. Inclusion zones define an area in which an offender needs to remain. For example, if he/she is confined to only their home and work, time sensitive zones can be created around each location. You can then monitor when an offender leaves his/her assigned zones.
VeriTracks™ User’s Manual Review How To… Determine Current Offender Status 1. Select Offender Status from the Supervision drop down menu. 2. Select the offender of interest from the scrolling list. 3. Review the information on the offender status tabs. How To… Create a Zone 1. Locate the zone area on the map. Go to a specific address using the Map link on the main menu. 2. Click on the Create/Edit Zone icon to place a small blue ball onto the middle of the map.
VeriTracks™ User’s Manual APPENDIX 1: ENROLLMENT TABS Offender Profile Tab Offender ID Number This field contains the offender identification number. This number may vary by agency, depending on what is used for a unique identifier. SSN The offender’s Social Security Number. First Name The offender’s First Name. Last Name The offender’s Last Name. Height The offender’s height in inches. Weight The offender’s weight in pounds. Hair Color Select the hair color from the drop down listing.
VeriTracks™ User’s Manual Phone Number The offender’s Home Phone Number. Work Address: Street Number The offender’s Work Street Number. Street Name The offender’s Work Street Name. City The offender’s Work Address City. State The offender’s Work Address State. Zip The offender’s Work Address Zip Code. Phone Number The offender’s Work Phone Number.
VeriTracks™ User’s Manual APPENDIX 2: CONDUCTING SEARCHES VeriTracks™ provides the user with the ability to conduct searches on offenders and their proximity to various “Inclusion” and “Exclusion” Zones. When Law Enforcement provides crime incident data, the user can also search for crime incident hits. The following describes how to use the various search capabilities in VeriTracks™ by using the “Search” link on the main menu.
VeriTracks™ User’s Manual County: The County in which the Iincident occurred. ORI/Agency: The Originating Agency responsible for investigating the Incident. Agency Case No.: The Case Number assigned by the ORI, which may be the same as the Agency Incident Number. Primary Offense: The nature/type code assigned by the agency to describe the Incident. Disposition: The current disposition of the crime Incident. Start/Stop Dates: The date(s) to include in your search.
VeriTracks™ User’s Manual Zone No.: The unique identifier of the zone assigned by VeriTracks™. Street Name: The name of the street defined in the zone. Zip Code: The zip code defined in the zone. Offender Name-DC No.: The offender whose tracks crossed the incident, causing a hit to occur. Zone Hit Search The “Zone Hit” searches for offender tracks that have violated defined Zones created by your ORI.
VeriTracks™ User’s Manual APPENDIX 3: UNDERSTANDING TEXT REPORTS When conducting searches you can create Text Reports or Map the results. You can request a text report and then map the results. You cannot, however, follow mapped results by a text report. If you are scheduled to receive a daily report, that report will be sent to you as a Text Report. You can Map the results as described in #4 below, or arrange in a Table as described in #5 below.
VeriTracks™ User’s Manual Incident Hit Search Results Enter the appropriate information into the Search Page options to retrieve the requested Incident Hit information. Or start this search from the daily Incident Hit Notification email link. Click on the link of the Incident Hit that interests you, and you will be brought into VeriTracks™. Login and the report will automatically generate.
VeriTracks™ User’s Manual 3 1 2 4 5 From the above report, you are provided with information about the incident. In addition, there are links on each Crime Incident note card that will take you to crime incident hit and violation information. Choose to map one or more incidents from this report by selecting the individual incident note card, or all of them, and then click on the “Map Selected Records” button, . Below is an explanation of the important details of this report: 1.
VeriTracks™ User’s Manual 1 3 5 2 4 From the above report you are provided with information about the Offender(s). You can choose to map one or more offenders from this report by selecting the individual offender note card, or all of them, and clicking on the “Map Selected Records” button, . Zone Search Results Enter the appropriate information into the “Search” page. This search option allows you to view one or multiple zones in the same report.
VeriTracks™ User’s Manual Zone Hit Search Results Enter the appropriate information into the “Search” page. This search option allows you to view one or multiple “Zone Hits” in the same report. From this report you are provided with information about the Zone(s) and any associated “hits” on those zones. You can choose to map one or more “zone hits” from this report by selecting the individual zone hit note card, or all of them, and then clicking on the “Map Selected Records” button, .
VeriTracks™ User’s Manual APPENDIX 4: MAPS The Map function in VeriTracks™ allows you to jump directly to a location on a map. There are many ways to access this function: • Use the map button at the bottom of most of the search screens to access the maps directly and skip the related test reports. • View the text reports by clicking on the globe icon. in Map Selected Records. Select the individual or multiple records you wish to view on the map first. • Mouse over the Map link on the main menu bar.
VeriTracks™ User’s Manual crime type. Offender Tracks The offender tracks are represented by different colored dots, with each color indicating a specific mapped offender. Zones The zones are represented by a pink (Exclusion) or green (Inclusion) circle. Offender Home Location The offender home locations are represented by a black house symbol. You can add the text for the name of the offender who lives there as well (to be defined in the Map Toolbar section).
VeriTracks™ User’s Manual Select Incidents The select incidents icon allows you to display incidents that occurred in a selected area of the map. Draw a box around the desired location of the map and then click the icon. NOTE: The incidents that appear also correspond with the defined time of the map. Select Tracks The select tracks icon allows you to display offender tracks that occurred in a selected area of the map. Draw a box around the desired location of the map and then click the icon.
VeriTracks™ User’s Manual Reverse Geocode Create/Edit Zone Playback Tracks The reverse geocode icon selects a point on the map and then obtain the address for that point. Click on a location on an active map and then click on the Reverse Geocode icon. The system will display an estimated address for that point. If you draw a box on the active map and click on this icon, it will provide an address for the closest point in the upper left corner.
VeriTracks™ User’s Manual Best Practices When Working With Maps 1. Construct small searches to maximize performance and keep your map results legible. 2. Use the search pages to restrict your results to specific parameters such as primary offense, UCR code or ORI or Agency. 3. Limit the date range you are using, whenever possible. Wide date ranges for tracks and incidents may turn up “false positives” on the map. 4. Use the zoom in icon to access greater detail on a specific location of the map. 5.
VeriTracks™ User’s Manual APPENDIX 5: AGENCY ADMINISTRATION User Accounts Each agency will have an administrator account assigned to manage user accounts. Administrators will be able to create users as needed and to modify user information. In the main menu bar of the VeriTracks™ Home Page, place your cursor over the Administration menu option. The administration menu will appear below. Select the “User Accounts” option by clicking on the link.
VeriTracks™ User’s Manual preferred password once they start using the system. Be sure to enter the password in both places. User Time Zone Select the time zone in which the user is located from the drop down listing. Email Enter the user’s email address. This also can be entered by the user when they log in for the first time. It is not a mandatory field for account creation. Active Email This email address is used for immediate notification of offender movements.
