By: Chris Welty
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NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) – The New Orleans Police Department hopes an upgrade in technology will increase transparency and improve public safety.
NOPD is in the process of implementing Mark43, a new cloud-based records management system. According to NOPD, most reports currently take 15 to 45 minutes to complete. The department wants to cut that number down so officers can proactively police.
“Making that more efficient makes officers be more available and more on the street. That will obviously help with response times and solving cases faster. That information will be there now,” said Jessica Nezat, NOPD’s director of analytics.
NOPD says once Mark43 is fully running, the platform will reduce paperwork, improve crime data collection and enhance investigative capabilities.
“Having better quality data, having more accurate data, having that data in one environment increases our ability to be transparent with the public,” Nezat said. “In terms of whether it is an incident report request down to the dashboards we put out so the public can see the stats, can see the trends and can see those things at any time.”
The NOPD says the system pairs with data from the ATF to identify connections between gun crimes across the country. Nezat says other agencies, like Atlanta and Washington D.C.’s police departments, are using the technology, and locally, the Louisiana State Police. Also, the system will feed into the entire Orleans Parish criminal justice system.
“Our data being accurate and through the enterprise service bus that has effects downstream,” Nezat said. “The accuracy and operations are streamlined for other agencies like OPSO, the DA’s Office and even the court system.”,
According to the city, Mark43 will cost nearly $4.6 million over the next three years. NOPD vows the system will meet all federal and state regulatory guidelines.
“Thanks to the city, from the Mayor to the City Council, for approving the purchase of a new records management system,” said Superintendent Anne Kirkpatrick.
NOPD says Mark43 will launch department wide in about a year.
Original Story: https://www.fox8live.com/2024/08/29/nopd-launches-new-tech-improve-transparency-public-safety/
