Juvenile Case Management System

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Juvenile Case Management System

• The Road to JCMS
• Charles Gray
• Texas Conference of Urban Counties

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Goals

• New Juvenile Justice System for Texas
• One System for All Counties
• Owned, Operated, Maintained and Supported by the
  Counties
• Collaboration with Texas Juvenile Probation
  Commission

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Guiding Principles

• Promote standardization across the Juvenile
  Justice field (from Law Enforcement to
  Corrections)
• Open the door to tighter integration with Law
  Enforcement Agencies (LEA)
• Increase sharing of data between juvenile justice
  practitioners (at the local, county and state
  level)
• Leverage advancements in technology to benefit
  all parties

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Current Environment

• Bexar, Denton, Harris and Tarrant Counties Use
  Local Systems
• State TJPC Provides Caseworker Software for 164
  Counties
• Dallas County Uses Both Local System (JIS) and
  Caseworker
• No Data Sharing except through CUC JIS Initiative

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Current Texas System
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Scope



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Roadmap Where Weve Been

• Formed Collaborative Project
• Selected Vendor for Requirements Analysis
• Executed Contract for Elaboration

2007
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Roadmap Where Weve Been

• Assembled Core Project Team
• 2 Representatives from each Organization (Bexar,
  Dallas, Tarrant TJPC)
• Subject Matter Experts as needed
• Defined Initial Software Requirements
• Over 1,000 Software Features Identified
• Defined Initial Technical Requirements

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Roadmap Where Weve Been

• Selected Development Approach
• Selected System Development Partner
• Delivered Initial Concept Development
• Established Quarterly Software Release Cycle

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Roadmap On the Way

• Continuing Development
• Incorporating Automated Testing Program
• Conducting Quarterly Software Demonstrations
• Conducting Usability Testing
• Planning for Implementation

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Roadmap Where Were Headed

• Complete JCMS Version 1.0
• Deploy in Bexar, Dallas Tarrant
• Complete Conversion and Implementation
• Expand to Additional Counties

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JCMS Where are we today?
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JCMS Where are we today?

• Implemented AGILE and Extreme Programming
• Test Driving Development
• Co-located Stakeholder and Development Teams
• Defining Features, Creating Software in Weekly
  Iteration (Sprints)
• Nearing the ½ Way Point (Quarterly Release 3)

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JCMS Are we on target?

• Project Tracking and Completion Tool

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JCMS Are we on target?

• AGILE Management Tools

Product Backlog
Burn down charts
Sprint planning docs
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JCMS System First Look
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JCMS Search Options
Searching by Street Name Provides an Alias Search
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JCMS Juvenile Search Results
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JCMS Identification Page
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JCMS Address History
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JCMS Associates
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JCMS Juvenile Employment
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JCMS Juvenile Photo(s)
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JCMS Juvenile Photo(s)
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JCMS Primary Containers
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JCMS Offense History
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JCMS Offense Details
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JCMS Offense DetailsDTA/ Warrant/Wanted
Information
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JCMS Offense DetailsComplainant Information
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JCMS Offense DetailsWitness Information
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JCMS Offense DetailsEvidence Information
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JCMS Offense DetailsNarrative Information
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JCMS Arrest Details
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JCMS Arrest DetailsOfficers Involved
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JCMS Arrest DetailsCustody Information
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JCMS Arrest DetailsArrest Narrative
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JCMS Supervision History
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JCMS Supervision Information
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JCMS School History
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Features Under Development

• First Offender Program (enrollment and
  disposition tracking)
• Offense Supplements
• Electronic Offense Filing
• Juvenile Processing Office Log Management (for
  local custody reporting)
• Photo Line Up Utility
• Reporting (Local Agency, DPS, TCJS, UCR)
• Electronic School Notice of Arrest

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JCMS Questions?