Guest guest Posted March 23, 2000 Report Share Posted March 23, 2000 At 11:59 PM 03/23/2000 -0500, Victor the hopeful asked: >I don't know all of these abreviations such as: > >CAD Computer Aided Dispatch Instead of hand-writing incidents on a log or on cards, and using the cards to track field units and remembering everything, some Comm Centers have a CAD system that automates these tasks. Incidents are TYPED (hence the typing skill requirement) into the computer for automated handling, to some degree. >NCIC National Crime Information Center. Operated by the FBI, this criminal justic data base maintains a variety of files on wanted subjects, vehicles, property, etc. It's far more extensive than this brief sentence, but it should give you a glimmering of what we're saying when we mention it. Happy to be here, proud to serve. Olmstead Communications Supervisor ~on the Central California coastline~ " Not presumed to be an official statement of my employing agency. " Home E-mail: mailto:gryeyes@... http://www.gryeyes.com/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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