VeriTracks™ User’s Manual • Select one or more points for the offender of interest. You can only link points for a single offender at a time. • Select the connect track point button. • The track points will be connected by colored lines. A green line indicates less than two minutes between points, a yellow line indicates less than 10 minutes between points and a red line indicates more than 10 minutes between points.
VeriTracks™ User’s Manual • Alternatively, click on the Map link on the main menu bar and you will be redirected to the Map Data Entry screen. Here you can enter the address information or select from a drop-down listing of previously mapped addresses. • When you have entered the address information in either location, you will need to click on the Map button to create the map. • On the map, draw a box around the area of interest • Click on the Select Tracks icon.
VeriTracks™ User’s Manual Chapter 8: USER ADMINISTRATION VeriTracks™ allows users to administer their own account information, select the types of notifications they need to receive, and create zones. A section under Administration was also included for agency administrators to manage users and for smaller law enforcement agencies to input its own crime incident data when it does not have its own system for this function.
VeriTracks™ User’s Manual set up how he/she wants his/her default map layers displayed. Each of these options are accessed by clicking on the appropriate folder tab. For BOTH Law Enforcement and Probation Officers, some user account information is modifiable. You DO NOT have privileges to modify your Username, First Name, Last Name or Contact Type. The following are the fields can be modified. Profile Tab First Name Your first name entered by your agency VeriTracks™ administrator.
VeriTracks™ User’s Manual Probation offices can be notified about Zone Hits, Incident Hits and equipment related violations. For Zone Hit notifications, choose the notifications based on who set up the Zone.
VeriTracks™ User’s Manual Law Enforcement/Crime Analysts Law enforcement offices have fewer choices for notifications. They can only be notified about Zone Hits and Crime Incident Hits. For Zone Hit notifications, choose the notifications based on who set up the Zone. The following information pertains to Law Enforcement/Crime Analyst users: Zones I set up Select this check box to ensure notification of any Zone Hits on Zones you created.
VeriTracks™ User’s Manual Each map layer list can be either visible and/or labeled. To remove the layer completely, you need only deselect the item in the visible check box. You can modify this list as often as you like until you have the map layers as you need. NOTE: The offender address layer provides a single map layer that is customizable to show offender addresses by Status with "Current, Off Monitoring, or All" options, and by Agency, with "My ORI, My Individuals, or All" options.
VeriTracks™ User’s Manual Chapter 9: MANAGEMENT INVENTORY The Inventory menu allows your agency to monitor your device inventory. There are several sub-menu options available to assist you in monitoring your device inventory: Inventory List, Change Device(s) Status, Change Device(s) Owner, Device Assignment Report, Device History Report, Device Data Load Report, and the Case Load Report.
VeriTracks™ User’s Manual the date from you wish to view. The report provides the serial number of the devices, the device’s ORI, the offender assigned to the device, the start dand end date (if the device has been unassigned on the date you selected) and the status of the device (ASSIGNED or UNASSIGNED). 5. Device History Report: Displays a report of all devices assigned to your agency. This report is dependent on the hierarchy of your agency.
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VeriTracks™ User’s Manual Chapter 10: USING VERITRACKS™ TO SOLVE CRIMES In this chapter you will learn how to: • Use VeriTracks™ to assist in crime analysis. • Understand and interpret crime hits and the hit report. • Locate criminals at the scene of a crime manually. • Use Zones for monitoring areas with high levels of criminal activity. This chapter describes various procedures for performing crime analysis. Central to crime solving procedures are the “Crime Hit” and the Crime Hit Report.
VeriTracks™ User’s Manual Crime Description including: Type, time, and place of crime Individual at the scene of the crime Link to VeriTracks Crime Description including: Type, time, and place of crime Individual at the scene of the crime Link to VeriTracks This report is e-mailed every morning to each law enforcement agency that reports crimes. It provides summary information for each crime hit and is sorted by the reported crimes.
VeriTracks™ User’s Manual Other methods and tools for crime solving Finding offenders at the scene of a crime When crimes are reported into VeriTracks™, the system determines which, if any, offenders were in the vicinity of the crimes at the time they occurred and automatically generates a Crime Hit Report. For this case, the officer can review the Crime Hit Reports and develop a viable suspect list.
VeriTracks™ User’s Manual Scoring Hits VeriTracks™ has a scoring system for hits. Those with a single star are the “best hits” meaning that the offender was close to the reported crime scene and at that location for a large percentage of the time the crime occurred. A single dot is a high score or good hit A triple dot is a lower score or potentially less interesting hit. Or Search Based on the crime incident 1. Perform an Incident search for the crime. 2.
VeriTracks™ User’s Manual • Alternatively, if you click on the Map link on the main menu bar, you will be redirected to the Map Data Entry screen. Enter the address information or select from a drop-down listing of previous mapped addresses. • When you have entered the address information in either location, click on the Map button to create the map.
VeriTracks™ User’s Manual Offenders in a field? Typical Map – Does not give a complete picture of where the offenders are. Offender in parking lot of store Aerial Photo Overlay – helps determine that the offenders are at a store not in a field.
VeriTracks™ User’s Manual To access aerial photos, click the button that looks alike a camera (USGS Imagery) on the map tool bar. When viewing aerial photos, you can still add and hide other layers using the layer list tool . In the examples above, we left the road layer on so streets are more visible and labeled. Using zones for Law Enforcement Zones can be effective tools that assist law enforcement agencies.
VeriTracks™ User’s Manual Exclusion zones define an area(s) where an offender is prohibited from entering. For example, an offender may have been ordered to stay at least 500 feet from his/her former spouse’s home. A time sensitive zone can be set up around the home and activated 24/7. When the offender enters into this zone, a violation is produced. Create a zone based on an address The following steps create a zone based on an address: 1.
VeriTracks™ User’s Manual Review How To… Determine Current Offender Status 1. Select Offender Status from the Supervision drop down menu. 2. Select the offender of interest from the scrolling list. 3. Review the information on the offender status tabs. How To… Create a Zone 1. Locate the zone area on the map. Go to a specific address using the Map link on the main menu. 2. Click on the Create/Edit Zone icon to place a small blue ball onto the middle of the map.
VeriTracks™ User’s Manual APPENDIX 1: ENROLLMENT TABS Offender Profile Tab Offender ID Number This field contains the offender identification number. This number may vary by agency, depending on what is used for a unique identifier. SSN The offender’s Social Security Number. First Name The offender’s First Name. Last Name The offender’s Last Name. Height The offender’s height in inches. Weight The offender’s weight in pounds. Hair Color Select the hair color from the drop down listing.
VeriTracks™ User’s Manual Offender Addresses Tab Home Address: Street Number The offender’s Home Street Number. Street Name The offender’s Home Street Name. City The offender’s Home Address City. State The offender’s Home Address State. Zip The offender’s Home Address Zip Code. Phone Number The offender’s Home Phone Number. Work Address: Street Number The offender’s Work Street Number. Street Name The offender’s Work Street Name. City The offender’s Work Address City.
VeriTracks™ User’s Manual APPENDIX 2: CONDUCTING SEARCHES VeriTracks™ provides the user with the ability to conduct searches on offenders and their proximity to various “Inclusion” and “Exclusion” Zones. When Law Enforcement provides crime incident data, the user can also search for crime incident hits. The following describes how to use the various search capabilities in VeriTracks™ by using the “Search” link on the main menu.
VeriTracks™ User’s Manual Start/Stop Time: The time to begin/end your search. Incident Search The “Incident” searches for reported Crime Incidents. NOTE: This function is only enabled when crime data is provided by Law Enforcement and collected into the VeriTracks™ central server. To conduct the “Incident” search you can enter any or all of the following fields to limit the data result set returned: Incident No.: The unique identifier for the incident assigned by VeriTracks™.
VeriTracks™ User’s Manual offenders can be selected and added to the list. City of Residence: The city where the offender resides. Zip Code: The zip code of the city where the offender resides. Race: The race of the offender. Sex: The sex of the offender. Probation Officer: The officer responsible for the offender. Select an officer name from the drop-down list. Start/Stop Date: The date(s) to include in your search. Start/Stop Times: The time to begin/end your search.
VeriTracks™ User’s Manual Zone POC: The individual responsible for initiating the zone. County: The County in which the zone was defined. ORI/Agency: The Originating Agency responsible for the zone. Zone No: The unique identifier of the zone assigned by VeriTracks™. Street Name: The name of the street defined in the zone. Minimum No. Points: The amount of time the tracked offender was in violation of the zone; the higher the points the longer the time period. Offender Name-DC No.
VeriTracks™ User’s Manual APPENDIX 3: UNDERSTANDING TEXT REPORTS When conducting searches you can create Text Reports or Map the results. You can request a text report and then map the results. You cannot, however, follow mapped results by a text report. If you are scheduled to receive a daily report, that report will be sent to you as a Text Report. You can Map the results as described in #4 below, or arrange in a Table as described in #5 below.
VeriTracks™ User’s Manual at the top as well. This arrow button will also advance to the next page. 3. Select Records/Select All Records: Each individual record is displayed on its own note card. Select a record by placing a check in the square in the upper right corner of a note card. To select all records, click on this button. 4. Map Selected Records: To view the results on a map, click on this icon. Be sure to select the individual or multiple records you wish to view on the map first. 5.
VeriTracks™ User’s Manual 1 3 2 5 4 Below is an explanation of the important details of this report: 1. VeriTracks™ Incident Hit Number: The VeriTracks™ hit engine automatically assigns a unique number to each hit returned. This number is displayed on the top left corner of each note card and can be used in future searches for ease of re-retrieving records. 2. Incident Information: This section provides the details about the reported incident. 3. Incident No.
VeriTracks™ User’s Manual 3 1 2 4 5 From the above report, you are provided with information about the incident. In addition, there are links on each Crime Incident note card that will take you to crime incident hit and violation information. Choose to map one or more incidents from this report by selecting the individual incident note card, or all of them, and then click on the “Map Selected Records” button, . Below is an explanation of the important details of this report: 1.
VeriTracks™ User’s Manual Tracked Offender Search Results Enter the appropriate information into the Search options to retrieve the requested offender information. This search option displays a report for one or multiple offenders. 1 3 5 2 4 From the above report you are provided with information about the Offender(s). You can choose to map one or more offenders from this report by selecting the individual offender note card, or all of them, and clicking on the “Map Selected Records” button, .
VeriTracks™ User’s Manual 1 2 You can choose to map one or more zones from this report by selecting the individual zone note card, or all of them, and then clicking on the “Map Selected Records” button, . Below is an explanation of the important details of this report: 1. Zone Name: VeriTracks™ displays the zone name on an individual note card. 2. Zone Information: This section provides the details about the zone. Zone Hit Search Results Enter the appropriate information into the “Search” page.
VeriTracks™ User’s Manual Below is an explanation of the important details of this report: 1. Zone Hit Number: The VeriTracks™ hit engine automatically assigns a unique number to each hit returned, which is displayed on the top left corner of each note card. This number can be used in future searches for ease of reretrieving records. 2. Zone Information: This section provides the details about the Zone. 3. Zone Name Hyperlink: This link opens up the zone report with detailed information about the zone. 4.
VeriTracks™ User’s Manual APPENDIX 4: MAPS The Map function in VeriTracks™ allows you to jump directly to a location on a map. There are many ways to access this function: • Use the map button at the bottom of most of the search screens to access the maps directly and skip the related test reports. • View the text reports by clicking on the globe icon. in Map Selected Records. Select the individual or multiple records you wish to view on the map first. • Mouse over the Map link on the main menu bar.
VeriTracks™ User’s Manual Status Bar The status bar shows status information such as latitude and longitude location of a point. If you click and drag a box around some point(s) the status bar displays distance as well. The status bar is located under the map area in the lower portion of the browser window. Map Features The features of the maps are: Crime Incidents The crime incidents are represented by different colored thumbtacks, with each color indicating the crime type.
VeriTracks™ User’s Manual Map Toolbar The map toolbar contains the following functionality: Back The back icon allows you to go to previous maps created during your current session. You can only go back 10 maps. Forward The forward icon allows you to go forward to maps when using the back button to go between previous maps. Zoom In The zoom in icon allows you to focus in on a selected area of the map.
VeriTracks™ User’s Manual Show Offender Range Identify Features Show/Hide Legend Show/Hide Layer List Change Date/Time Parameters Reverse Geocode Create/Edit Zone Satellite Tracking Of People This density layer depicts hot spots where most of an offender’s track points occur. This layer is created for each offender from their entire history of points stored in VeriTracks™.
VeriTracks™ User’s Manual middle of your map. Drag the blue ball to create the circumference of the zone. Move the center green ball to the location of the zone (it does not have to be exactly in the center of the map). Playback Tracks The playback tracks icon displays the movement from one track point to the next from the earliest point on map. From an active map that contains offender tracks (can include multiple offenders), click on the Playback Tracks icon.
VeriTracks™ User’s Manual Best Practices When Working With Maps 1. Construct small searches to maximize performance and keep your map results legible. 2. Use the search pages to restrict your results to specific parameters such as primary offense, UCR code or ORI or Agency. 3. Limit the date range you are using, whenever possible. Wide date ranges for tracks and incidents may turn up “false positives” on the map. 4. Use the zoom in icon to access greater detail on a specific location of the map. 5.
VeriTracks™ User’s Manual APPENDIX 5: AGENCY ADMINISTRATION User Accounts Each agency will have an administrator account assigned to manage user accounts. Administrators will be able to create users as needed and to modify user information. In the main menu bar of the VeriTracks™ Home Page, place your cursor over the Administration menu option. The administration menu will appear below. Select the “User Accounts” option by clicking on the link.
VeriTracks™ User’s Manual To create a new user, enter the following information: User Name Assign a user name for the new account. You may want to use your agency’s conventions for assigning user names, for ease of use. First and Last Name Enter the first and last name of the new user.
VeriTracks™ User’s Manual General users need to be granted “Zone Configuration Privileges” in order to create and edit new Hot Zones in VeriTracks™. The “Incident Configuration Privileges” rights allow users to enter Crime Incident information. This feature is only used for smaller agencies that do not already have an RMS system for Incident reporting. In addition to selecting this privilege, the administrator for VeriTracks™ will have to grant access to the agency ORI.
