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By: Andrea Whitney
reporter @ silsbeebee .com
Hardin County Sheriffs Of-
fice is a hub of activity, no dif-
ferent from Silsbee Police
Department or Lumberton and
Kountze Police Departments.
And on a busy day or night
every millisecond counts.
Sheriff Ed Cain, Chiefs
Mark Davis, Danny Sullins,
Paul Darks, and their teams
are always looking for ways to
streamline their systems and
become even more produc-
tive.
One such advancement is
the Computer Aided Dispatch
or CAD system. Although liv-
ing in a technologically ad-
vanced society can be a
double edged sword, through
CAD, law enforcement agen-
cies across the nation, and
here in Hardin County, have
found a way to utilize tech-
nology to help further the
greater good.
CAD allows dispatchers to
quickly answer calls, create
and update incident details
and manage multiple re-
sources in real time. Web
based software provides se-
cure access to CAD, so users
outside the control room or
operations center have critical
information on hand at all
times. The central idea is that
dispatchers are able to easily
view and understand the status
of all units being dispatched to
and from the field.
Agencies may use different
variants of the CAD system,
but all have the same funda-
mentals - Log on/off times of
police personnel, generating
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and archiving incidents that
begin with a phone call from
a citizen or originate from of-
ficers in the field, generating
case numbers and time-stamp-
ing every action taken by the
dispatcher at the terminal and
officer in the field, and as-
signing field officers to inci-
dents. CAD systems are
equipped with GPS to allow
dispatchers to assign incidents
to closest available officers.
CAD has significantly
helped the Hardin County
Sheriffs Office streamline
their department as well.
Wayne McDaniel, Adminis-
trative Captain over Dispatch
stated that Sheriff Cain had
seen the benefits of CAD at a
previous facility and made it
one of his top goals when he
took office in 1997. Cain ap-
plied for and received a grant
to implement the CAD system
shortly after taking office.
Kountze and Lumberton Po-
lice Departments quickly fol-
lowed suit.
Upon implementing the
CAD system, every call that
comes in is entered into the
system to begin building the
database. Dispatchers record
all information and enter it
into CAD, should a call come
in at a later date regarding the
same person or location, for
instance, CAD will automati-
cally bring up prior informa-
tion. The CAD data base is
ongoing and dispatchers con-
stantly update it with every
call that comes in.
According to McDaniel,
one of the big differences that
CAD has made is the amount
of time saved and the fact that
not much has to be hand writ-
ten any longer.
"Before CAD, we had a
hard time keeping up with
who was busy and who wasn't
and a lot was done by mem-
ory,” McDaniel said. "CAD
allows us to see which officers
are on a call and which units
are available."
Hardin County Sheriffs De-
partment has taken one step
further in streamlining their
department.
In late 2007, they upgraded
CAD vendors for product sup-
Photo by Andrea Whitney/Silsbee Bee
Alisha Moye, dispatcher for Silsbee Police Department, is
pictured utilizing the department's new CAD system. The
system uses web based technology to allow real time
communication and information sharing between officers
in the field and the dispatcher.
port and moved to an even
more modern system which
allowed them to utilize a Mo-
bile CAD system, according
to McDaniel.
The Mobile CAD system
places computers in each pa-
trol unit. The HCSO uses
ruggedized touch screen lap-
top computers that are placed
in each officers vehicle.
Officers are able to check in
with dispatch by simply
touching a button on their
computer screen.
When a call comes in from
either the 911 operations cen-
ter or the regular Sheriffs De-
partment line, the dispatcher
enters all information needed
into the CAD system. He or
she can see the location of all
officers on duty and will as-
sign the officer closest to the
location of the call.
The officer will receive the
alert on his/her screen and ac-
knowledge the call for service
by pushing a button on screen
to let dispatch know that they
are in route.
GPS technology allows dis-
patch operators to follow the
unit and make sure that their
destination is reached safely.
Once on scene, the officer will
again use his Mobile CAD
system to alert dispatch of his
arrival.
Once the call is handled, the
officer is able to input all notes
of the call into his computer,
and let dispatch know that he
is ready for his next call. All
of this is done by computer
and in real time so there is no
longer a lay over for informa-
tion to be received.
Another benefit CAD and
Mobile CAD systems provide
is the "Alert or Hot" buttons.
Should an officer check in at a
call and is not heard from for a
period of time, dispatch is sent
See CAD on PG. 5, SEC. 1
Sneaky copper thieves
receive indictment
By Daniel Elizondo
editor @ silsbeebee .com
Two men were indicted by a
Hardin County grand jury on
charges of theft of material on
separate occassions beginning
on Oct. 4, 2012.
Clint Anderson Gray, 36, of
Silsbee, and Frank Lee
Coudrain, 39, of Sour Lake,
were both indicted on four
counts each of theft of mate-
rial 50 percent
aluminum/bronze/copper
under $20,000. Both individ-
uals were set with a bond of
$20,000 each.
According to the affidavit of
probable cause, Hardin
County Sheriff’s Department
began an investigation of a se-
ries of copper thefts at REI,
Inc. in Sour Lake, from the
company’s yard beginning on
Oct. 4, 2012 through Oct. 29,
2012.
Financial Focus
Investigators were able to
identify Gray and Coudrain
through surveillance video
taken by the company, ac-
cording to the affidavit.
During the investigation, a
local authority that is neigh-
bors to Gray, noticed him
leaving at odd hours and re-
turning with large amounts of
copper, the affidavit reports.
As a part of the investiga-
tion, license plate belonging to
Gray was checked through the
DPS Metal Recycling Data-
base and returned that large
amounts of copper were being
sold to J3 Metal Recycling in
Vidor, according to the affi-
davit.
Investigators were able to
identify Gray in the surveil-
lance videos before interview-
ing Coudrain, who then made
a verbal confession to author-
ities.
Silsbee
police
investigate
shooting
By Daniel Elizondo
editor @ silsbeebee .com
A shooting is under investi-
gation after a report of gunfire
in Hendricks Place in Silsbee
on Thursday, Jan. 10.
Silsbee police responded to
the call at the 200 block of
Hendricks at 3 p.m. where
they reported finding a 35-
year old male with a gunshot
wound to the foot.
No arrests were made and
the injured man was trans-
ported to St. Elizabeth Hospi-
tal in Beaumont with a
non-life threatening injury.
According to Silsbee police,
the incident could allegedly be
a disturbance, but an investi-
gation continues.
Avoid Becoming a "Groundhog Day" Investor
Groundhog Day is almost here. And ever since the movie called Groundhog Day came
out, this day implies a situation in which someone repeatedly makes the same
mistakes. To avoid becoming a "Groundhog Day" investor, consider these suggestions:
Don't chase after "hot" investments. Many people do this over and over, only to find
that by the time they own the so-called hot investment, it has cooled down.
Don't get obsessed with your investments' performance. If you review your portfolio's
performance with great frequency, you may overreact to short-term fluctuations.
Don't let fear and greed drive your choices. Too many investors only buy investments
when they're on the rise and sell them when they're falling. Because they are driven by
greed and fear, they end up doing the opposite of "buy low and sell
high."
By staying patient and focusing on the long term, you can avoid these
Groundhog Day-type investment mistakes — and that's something to
celebrate.
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