❓ I refer to your answer to question on notice No. 790 of 2003 - (1) Are there any police districts that are still on the OIS system or have been during this calendar year? (2) Which are they? (3) Will
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I refer to your answer to question on notice No. 790 of 2003 -
(1) Are there any police districts that are still on the OIS system or have been during this calendar year?
(2) Which are they?
(3) Will you provide the information requested in question on notice No. 790 of 2003 for such of the period for which such information was recorded for each of the railway stations mentioned stating for what period it is?
(4) Why was the IMS implemented without the capacity to ascertain the location at which an offence occurred in view of studies that show the impact of location and opportunity on commission of offences?
(5) Why was the IMS implemented with a reduced performance on the former system?
(1) Are there any police districts that are still on the OIS system or have been during this calendar year?
(2) Which are they?
(3) Will you provide the information requested in question on notice No. 790 of 2003 for such of the period for which such information was recorded for each of the railway stations mentioned stating for what period it is?
(4) Why was the IMS implemented without the capacity to ascertain the location at which an offence occurred in view of studies that show the impact of location and opportunity on commission of offences?
(5) Why was the IMS implemented with a reduced performance on the former system?
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Answered
12 September 2003
Responded by
Minister for Housing and Works representing the Minister for Police and Emergency Services
Response time
29 days
(1-2) All police districts have had access to the Offence Information System (OIS) during this calendar year.
(3) While both the OIS and IMS contain offence location and sub-location types, including public transport stops and carparks, the Police Service advise that the extraction of the requested information could provide inconclusive results that could lead to misinterpretation. This is due to several factors, including the combined coding of bus and train stops, and certain carparks not being associated sub-locations.
Further, the Police Service advise that this information is collected to provide operational police with local intelligence and not for external reporting purposes.
(4) The IMS provides police with a greater level of detail than ever contained in OIS. The IMS contains 67 location and 422 sub-location types. For example, Airport has 10 sub-locations, including Terminal and Booking Office. The location type offers a set of sub-locations specific and relevant to that location.
The IMS is an operational policing tool and as such a balance between the level of information recorded and the associated data entry workload for officers was struck. The System is contemporary and meets the current needs of police, however as with all data systems there is an ongoing program to identify, prioritise and implement system and information enhancements.
(5) The Police Service advise that the IMS is far superior to the OIS and Property Tracing System, which it also replaces, in terms of information capacity. Unlike the OIS, the IMS is a fully integrated system that will provide all “of interest” information, such as that relating to Persons, Locations, Vehicles, Property, etc.
IMS has the capability to place all operationally gathered information including entities, people, vehicles, intelligence reports, and property transactions into one system and link them. Investigators use this capability within IMS to analyse information from the criminal investigation environment to identify linked crimes. The State Intelligence Services propose to use this functionality to target recidivist offenders.
(3) While both the OIS and IMS contain offence location and sub-location types, including public transport stops and carparks, the Police Service advise that the extraction of the requested information could provide inconclusive results that could lead to misinterpretation. This is due to several factors, including the combined coding of bus and train stops, and certain carparks not being associated sub-locations.
Further, the Police Service advise that this information is collected to provide operational police with local intelligence and not for external reporting purposes.
(4) The IMS provides police with a greater level of detail than ever contained in OIS. The IMS contains 67 location and 422 sub-location types. For example, Airport has 10 sub-locations, including Terminal and Booking Office. The location type offers a set of sub-locations specific and relevant to that location.
The IMS is an operational policing tool and as such a balance between the level of information recorded and the associated data entry workload for officers was struck. The System is contemporary and meets the current needs of police, however as with all data systems there is an ongoing program to identify, prioritise and implement system and information enhancements.
(5) The Police Service advise that the IMS is far superior to the OIS and Property Tracing System, which it also replaces, in terms of information capacity. Unlike the OIS, the IMS is a fully integrated system that will provide all “of interest” information, such as that relating to Persons, Locations, Vehicles, Property, etc.
IMS has the capability to place all operationally gathered information including entities, people, vehicles, intelligence reports, and property transactions into one system and link them. Investigators use this capability within IMS to analyse information from the criminal investigation environment to identify linked crimes. The State Intelligence Services propose to use this functionality to target recidivist offenders.
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