Self-Initiated Traffic Stops in MACH
- Tigran Grigoryev (Unlicensed)
Traffic Stops and Motorist Assists can be Self Dispatched by field personnel, but operate just a little differently than the HTE CAD system. Registration plates can be run thru the Bot prior to the Traffic Stop occurring, and can easily be imported into the Call. Also, personnel were routinely adding a full driver record and registration record to the HTE CAD call. This is no longer necessary or desired as all Persons and Vehicles in the Resources area of the CFS window will be able to be run thru the NCIC Bot with a few clicks of the mouse.
To Initiate a Traffic Stop:
Four ways to start a user initiated traffic stop
Call it in over the air via WISCOM
Click the self-dispatch button from the MACH ribbon
From within the MACH BOT Request Screen
Click on the Submit and Create CFS Button
Using the shift+f6 key to create a -87 CFS
This will create a 10-87TS Traffic Stop within MACH CAD. It will also run the BOT for either a PC(out-of state) or Unknown(WI) plate and add it to the resource tab. Finally, it will add the Loc. Name and Description
Latitude and Longitude are automatically entered into the Call for Service
User Status automatically updates to "Arrived" in 5 places
On the MACH map, an icon is dropped at your location to show your CFS
The icons are different colors based on the priority of the CFS
Self-Dispatch Calls for Service are defaulted to a "normal" Priority 3, which is the white marker
Cursor is defaulted to CFS Type field and CFS Type is highlighted
Type "87" or "46" in the CFS Type field and click the 'Tab' key
The only options for field personnel are:
10-46 Motorist Assist
10-87 Traffic Stop
This will automatically create one Person and one Vehicle Resource on the 'Resources' tab
The 'Description' field is for free text, and can give field personnel and dispatchers added information about the call. The Description field will show up on the notification to others when they are assigned to the CFS, and also on the dispatcher screen.
An example of information that could go in here is:
Right-lane Blocked
Stop is on median shoulder
A dispatcher is also able to add information into the Description field
When information has returned from Bot:
Click the 'Resources' tab
Click the Gear icon in the Vehicle Resource
Click 'Clipboard History' in the Gear icon dropdown
Select the information that you want populated into the Resource area
Add the driver & occupants to the CFS
Since there is no Person Resource automatically created, you will need to do this manually
On the Resources Tab, click the plus (+) sign in the upper right corner, which will open a dropdown menu
Select 'Person'
When you are ready to start your TraCS forms, click the Flip Phone Icon
Click the Flip Phone Icon which will open a dropdown menu
Click 'Export CFS'
This will bring up TraCS and request you to pick an available form from the list
Information is brought over to TraCS from MACH
CFS number is available to be included in TraCS without the need to hand enter
CFS number loading automatically in the Police Number field will be available Fall 2015 when the State Patrol switches to the MACH CAD system
Fill out the TraCS forms as usual
Adding Comments to CFS
Comments can be added to the "Dispatch Notes" area of any CFS
Ending a CFS
When you are ready to "Dispo" the call:
Click the Flip Phone Icon which will open a dropdown menu
Click "End CFS…" from the Flip Phone Icon Dropdown menu
Select the appropriate CFS Disposition from the dropdown menu
Click 'End CFS' button
The 'Status' of the CFS will change to Closed
The CFS will remain in your Communications Tab until you remove it
Information/Tips
When filling in the CFS Type (10-87 or 10-46), you can type in anything that pertains to that Call Type.
In the screenshot below, you can see that 10-46 is in the Motorist Assist "Category" and the Motorist Assist "Caption". By typing any of the information in from the Code, Category, or Caption fields, you will filter to those specific entries.
If you type the letter "A" in the CFS Type, it will still show both the 10-46 and the 10-87 because the letter 'A' appears in the words "Assist" and "Traffic". But, if you type the letters "TS", you would only get the Traffic Stop because that is the only place those letters appear in that order.
There is no longer a need to copy/paste the driver record into the call. Using the paste feature into the Resources area for a person and a vehicle gives all CAD users the ability to query the information with a Bot Request.