MDT Usage

Cadets will be expected to understand how to use each part of the MDT, and its purpose.

Dashboard: View warrants, bulletin board for PD updates, list of officers on duty and recent calls.

Profiles: Where civilians are logged, alongside their licenses, the vehicles they own, their place of work, their fingerprints and photo.

Incidents: When a suspect is caught for committing a crime this will be logged in this section. This includes their charges, time and fine, and a summary of the events of the active/ arrest.

Reports: Used for making for different things, this can include a place to keep evidence to build a report against a certain gang, training logs, and disciplinaries etc.

Roster: A place where all officers, their ranks and certifications are logged. As well as a place to access the penal code, case law, and 10 codes we frequently use.

DMV: Used for civilian vehicle information and BOLOs.

Weapons: Used to store serials for guns, enables us to identify patterns in use and find a ‘hot gun’.

Cameras: Where the CCTV we have access to is stored, such as inside banks, stores and vangelico’s.

Staff Logs: Staff members are listed.

It is essential that all reports are written to a high standard and are able to be read and understood by any member of the public. Meaning 10 codes and police terminology should not be includes and call signs should be kept to a minimum. An incident report is used as a recap for the events of a crime committed and may be used as evidence in court if a court case is risen from an incident. This is used as a place to file the charges, fine and time a suspect received. In a report there must be a summary of the events that took place, this usually should be done by the primary on the active/ scene. In the report there must also be photos of evidence, the list of charges the suspects have been given, the time and fine they will be receiving,