|
|
Roanoke Police Department
Records Unit
The Records Unit is responsible for all records functions, criminal warrant files, police statistical data and preparation of police reports. The Records Unit functions as support for the Roanoke Police Department. All incident reports written by officers are entered into a computer system and, in accordance with state law, are maintained by unit on microfilm.
This unit also handles Teleservice. The service allows citizens to make a report over the telephone for any past offenses that don’t require an officer to go to the scene. There is an information desk staffed with personnel who handle inquiries from the general public seven (7) days a week, twenty-four (24) hours a day.
Current Police Department technology allows officers to upload their reports from the in-car computers directly into the records management system through wireless transmission. Upgrades to that records management system are being added to increase officers in-car access to updated information and to speed tracking of items of property or evidence.
|
|
|