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[SEADOG]

I've been reading a lot of stuff on this and another on-line duty systems, I was wondering if there are any rumours of deploying such a system within west Mids?

I have a friends in Warwickshire and they use a similar system and it seem ALOT easier than what we are currently using here.

http://www.dutysheet.com/

[danny b]

We are trying to set up something similar on the Bham South involving google docs. This would also be accessed by the CATO/RMT. Duty sheet looks quite good however getting funding for it would be difficult in the current climate.

[Midsman1]

Will the system work better than the current communication system in place locally? i doubt it, the reason i hear you ask is that i presume this system relies on you the reciever of information logging in and checking whats being scheduled and inputting your projected duties etc? based on the number of active officers who are out more than once in a blue moon locally old boy it would be a complete waste of money.

The system locally i think works for us although im sure it could be fine tuned as could many things for the broader number of officers on the OCU. But i know exactly what our team are working and when for the remainder of the year bar anything extra that comes in at short notice. And there are slight changes inbound i believe to smarten up some bits and bobs.

[SEADOG]

that system allows officers/teams to place events and duties they would like SC to take part in etc

it also allows you to track your duty times and what you do on duty I believe, it would have to be a force-wide thing not just a local LPU system.

I reckon a lot of officers on our LPU don't know what events are going dew to the lack of communication we seem to have with anyone arranging these events.

[Midsman1]

that system allows officers/teams to place events and duties they would like SC to take part in etc

it also allows you to track your duty times and what you do on duty I believe, it would have to be a force-wide thing not just a local LPU system.

I reckon a lot of officers on our LPU don't know what events are going dew to the lack of communication we seem to have with anyone arranging these events.

I think the primary reason old boy is that at the planning level we arent considered until short notice, its just the way it runs i dont know that this would change that at all even with the system. It has generally been the case that we know what sort of things happen annually that we are required to police and we discuss those types of events and plan accordingly on the basis that we will be working it.

[SEADOG]

I guess its something that we have to put up with my dear :-)

Just seeing where we can improve the service we receive and thus give to the force :-)

[Midsman1]

I agree mate, its imperative that the output given by the SC is 100% or as close as possible given frequency and nature of duties etc. The main stumbling block i see regarding this is the skill level and franky the willingness of officers to learn and if im honest do what is required of them. I all too often hear from officers i see rarely responding to jobs at 1am Saturday mornings is that they want this course or that course, they want to drive police cars they want to do this and that yet when it actually comes down to it those people arent in week in and week out pulling their weight and showing their worth to their LPU and the force as a whole.

[GoldBuzz]

current situation from the top... the force IT geeks will be looking at a system that integrates with GRS.
It won't be this year, or probably next...

there will be no money spent on trialling/using other systems at the moment...

things can change as always...?

[CovPlod]

GRS.... Pah

There was nothing wrong with Promis!!

[sm00]

Http://www.esibs.co.uk

Several forces use it. Licences aren't expensive in my experience with IT systems. GRS is the way forward for west-mids, money to burn developing it I guess