New LEMIS/IBR System Rolls Out at Police Departments in Kentwood and ULL.

The new Law Enforcement Management Information System/Incident-Based Reporting rolls out in May 2006 at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette Police Department and the Kentwood, Louisiana Police Department.

LEMIS/IBR is a criminal justice records management system that will be used by sheriff’s offices and police departments to record and manage information regarding complaints and incidents within their jurisdictions. The system is fully compliant with NIBRS (National Incident-Based Reporting System) and LIBRS (Louisiana Incident-Based Reporting System).

Working on the LEMIS/IBR Project are from left Corporal Billy Abrams, Senior Software Developer Vishnu Dutta and Louisiana Sheriffs' Association Administrator Daniel Jackson.

“LEMIS/IBR is another component in the Louisiana Commission on Law Enforcement’s comprehensive plan to make automated criminal justice information systems available to all agencies throughout Louisiana,” said Daniel Jackson, Louisiana Sheriffs’ Association administrator. “Its small computer resource requirements are aimed squarely at small agencies that need a first-rate NIBRS/LIBRS compliant records management system.”

Jackson said the platform on which LEMIS/IBR is built will make it affordable for almost all agencies within the state. Technology Engineers used the latest Microsoft technologies to develop LEMIS/IBR, including Visual Basic.Net and Microsoft SQL Server 2000. This represents a significant upgrade of the Oracle 8-based LEMIS 2000 and the DOS-based LEMIS systems.

Corporal Billy Abrams of the University at Lafayette Police Department said, “The technologies used in the development of LEMIS/IBR are state-of-the-art, providing an excellent platform for real-world functionality that is easy to use. It is a system that will be welcomed not only by individual law enforcement officers but their agencies as well.”

Vishnu Dutta, senior software engineer at Technology Engineers, was the lead technical architect of the system. Others participating in the development were Allison Law, LEMIS coordinator for the Louisiana Commission on Law Enforcement and Administration of Criminal Justice; Robert Antin, Technology Engineers vice-president and project manager; Jackson and Abrams.

“LEMIS/IBR is an excellent example of how technology can be shaped to support and enhance the ability of law enforcement to complete its mission of accurately reporting and managing criminal justice data,” Abrams said.