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False Alarms

Daily Workload

·                     Number of employees: 17 full-time, four part-time, and four supervisors

·                     Average length of service: 8.5 years

·                     Telephone calls handled per day: 900 incoming calls (9-1-1 & other lines  combined)

·                     Fire events handled per day: 30

·                     Police events handled per day: 250

·                     Radio transmissions per day: 76,000

The above statistics do not include administrative and clerical tasks handled on a routine basis.

 

Did You Know?

On an average daily basis, the City of Elgin 9-1-1 Center handles:

·                     518 incoming telephone calls

·                     170 9-1-1 calls

·                     234 outgoing telephone calls

·                     5,777 radio transmissions

·                     229 police calls for service

·                     28 fire / medical calls for service

 

Telecommunicators

City of Elgin 9-1-1 Telecommunicators use the following 17 computer systems to do their job:

·                     Law Enforcement Agencies Data System (LEADS)

·                     Police Records Management (WebRMS)

·                     Motorola VESTA 9-1-1 Telephone System

·                     Motorola 800 MHz Trunked Radio System

·                     Printrak Computer Aided Dispatch System (CAD)

·                     Printrak Advanced Tactical Mapping System

·                     Printrak Open Query

·                     Motorola 800 MHz Radio - Smartnet Information Management System (SIMS)

·                     Motorola 800 MHz Radio - System Watch

·                     Motorola 800 MHz Radio - MOSCAD System (Warning sirens)

·                     ADT Alarm System

·                     False Alarm Billing (FAB)

·                     Area-wide Law Enforcement Communication System (ALECS)

·                     Kane County Law Enforcement Response Network (KLERN)

·                     Voice Print Logging Recorder System

·                     Artron Building Security System

·                     IBM AS400 / City Computer System

 

Contact

For more information about any of these statistics, call Deputy Chief Jeff Swoboda, at (847) 289-2761.