be

Vancouver art critics Mia Johnson
Art Gallery. The critics judged loca
thwest Regional Juried Show In March. T

and Diane Carr spoke recently at the Terrace
| artist's work which was entered in the Nor-
welve works were selected from the

show and will be submitted to the Provinclal Festival of the Arts to be held in

Prince George this May.

Sherry Halfyard photos

Police retrieval |
system introduced

TERRACE — The
RCMP are in the process
of installing a computer
system aimed at more ef-
ficient handling of police
information.

by Ewen Harvie
Crime Prevention
Co-ordinator

The system known as
Police Information
Retrieval System, (PIRS)
is designed to provide
Force members in all
parts of the country with
a consolidated repository
of operational police
data. It uses modern
computers and
associated techniques for
the storage and fast
retrieval of information.

The computer-based
system responds to
police units at electronic
speeds and thus
facilitates the fast execu-
tion of decisive and ef-
fective law enforcement.
The actual dialogue bet-
ween users and the cen-
tral computer complex is
conducted through a net-
work of communications
links consisting of local
and long distance lines.
Data terminals with
keyboards similar to
those of electric
typewriters automatical-
ly convert the keyed-in
data to signal pulses
compatible with the
RCMP transmission net-
work and computers in
Ottawa.

Due to the technical
complexity of the
system, thorough train-
ing is provided to all
RCMP personnel who
operate the system. Prior
to its implementation in
new detachments in
British Columbia, this
training must be taken in
order that rigorous
operating standards can
be met.

Occurrences reported
by the public are stored
in the system using

various codes to identify
the type and location of
a crime or event. By
specifying a period of
time, a geographic loca-
tion and the type of oc-
currence, an investigator
is able to analyze the
nature and quantity of
activities in various
areas.

Such analytical infor-
mation can be used to
identify occurrences or

crimes of a_ similar
nature in any local zone
or location or in other
areas of the province or
country. This type of
analysis can prove in-
valuable in the case of
missing persons or in
solving serial crimes.
Through analysis of
crime types and frequen-
cy the Force is in a better
position to identify high

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