The Incident Information section is where the arresting officer enters details about the incident including: Agency File #, Date and Time of incident, Incident Type, Location, Cross Street, Mile Post #, City, Parish, Latitude, Longitude, Speed, Speed Limit, and selects whether the incident was Videotaped, if a Radar/Laser was used, and if a Child 12 years or younger was in the vehicle.

 

Incident Information section on Incident Information page

 

Enter details about the arrest in the Incident Information fields:

1. Agency File #:  Enter Case Management System/Record Management System #.
2. Date of Incident:  Enter the incident date or select date in the calendar control and enter the incident time in military time.
3. Incident Type:  Select the type of incident.
4. Date of Arrest:  Enter the arrest date or select date in the calendar control and enter the arrest time in military time.
5. Location of Arrest:  Enter the location at which the arrest occurred.
6. Relation to Location:  Select where the incident occurred (F/O, C/O, I/O, or Near) in relation to the location address.
7. Direction:  Select the direction (N, NE, E, SE, S, SW, W, NW) the arrestee was traveling when the incident occurred.
8. Incident Location: Enter the street # and street name where the incident occurred.
9. Cross Street:  If applicable, enter the name of the cross street.
10. City:  Enter the city where the incident occurred.
11. Mile Post Number:  If applicable, enter the highway mile post number.
12. Parish of Occurrence:  Select the parish where the incident occurred.
13. Latitude:  If applicable, enter the latitude coordinate where the incident occurred (used for mapping incidents).
14. Longitude:  If applicable, enter the longitude coordinate where the incident occurred (used for mapping incidents).
15. Speed:  If the arrestee was speeding, enter the arrestee’s speed in miles per hour.
16. Speed Limit:  If the arrestee was speeding, enter the speed limit of the roadway.
17. Videotaped:  If the incident was videotaped, select Yes and enter the Video Tape VCN.
18. Radar/Laser:  If a radar/laser captured the arrestee’s speed, select Yes and enter Radar/Laser #.
19. Child 12 yrs or younger in vehicle:  Select Yes if a child 12 years or younger was in the vehicle.

 

The officer may also use the Get Coordinates from Address and Get Address from Coordinates buttons to prefill address or latitude/longitude coordinates. Clicking the Get Coordinates from Address button will trigger an attempt to geocode the input address into latitude/longitude coordinates. Clicking the Get Address from Coordinates button will trigger an attempt to reverse geocode the latitude/longitude coordinates into an address. The information returned from the geocoding services should be verified by the officer. The latitude/longitude coordinates are used to map incident locations.

 

To continue with the DWI Arrest draft, the officer moves to the Violation/Charges section.  To expand the Violation/Charges section, click on the section header or the + symbol in the header bar.