LIHU‘E — The County of Kaua‘i has launched a new, computerized records system that will further enhance the ability of Kaua‘i Police Department officers, Kaua‘i Fire Department firefighters, and other first responders to respond to emergencies, Mayor Bryan J. Baptiste
LIHU‘E — The County of Kaua‘i has launched a new, computerized records system that will further enhance the ability of Kaua‘i Police Department officers, Kaua‘i Fire Department firefighters, and other first responders to respond to emergencies, Mayor Bryan J. Baptiste announced Tuesday.
County leaders launched last week the “records management sys-tem,” also known as RMS. The system can arm officers and firefight-ers with information they need to know should they be headed into dangerous situations, county officials said.
Through it, dispatchers will provide law-enforcement officers and firefighters with more detailed information as they go about their duties, Baptiste and Eric Knutzen, manager of the 11-member county Information Technology division, announced during a meeting with reporters at the mayor’s office at the Lihu‘e Civic Center.
Through RMS, county dispatchers will be able to access computer information on gun-registration data, for example, to see if weapons are registered at homes or buildings first responders are sent to, county officials said.
The dispatcher also will have access to information on the regis-tration of weapons and previous arrest records, outstanding bench warrants, temporary restraining orders or all points bulletins for indi-viduals at homes first responders are sent to, officials said.
“Officers were somewhat blind (going into situations before),” Knutzen said. “Now, the dispatcher will give (more) informati on (be-yond just the physical address) to officers.”
