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Watch Center Activity Report by Jerry Adams |
April 1999 |
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The Watch Center's WSIN activity report for the year-to-date (June 30)
Central Events reported: - 768 Inquiries: - 5595 Hits: - 1280 (23% hit rate) Notifications of Inquiries: - 1551 The deconfliction system has proven its value in promoting officer safety through a simple telephone call. Drug investigators only need to call in their critical events before deploying to the field. A critical event is any investigative activity such as a drug buy, surveillance, sting, drug raid, knock and talk, etc. Some agencies have modified their investigative or raid PLAN and placed Watch Center notification as the first item required in the planning process. We have had recent examples of two different agencies investigating the same subject. Through the deconfliction system they were able to better coordinate efforts. In another instance, a hazard notation was attached to a violator entered by a California agency. This information was considered to be of extreme importance in the Washington investigation. Drug enforcement officers are finding that
the research team in the Watch Center is able to provide valuable intelligence information
saving them time and considerable effort. Investigators are also finding that in nearly
one out of every four names that they check through the WSIN system, someone has already
placed an entry in the intelligence files. This is supported by the 23% hit rate. This
system has already proven its worth and will only get better over time. |
