Press Release Emerald Systems Inc.(August 22, 2003) PETSTM - Prisoner Exchange & Transfer Software
State of Wisconsin Acquires PETS for Scheduling Prisoner Transfers The Badger State Sheriff’s Association, with support from the Wisconsin Dept. of Corrections and the Office of Justice Assistance, approved the licensing of PETS, a web based prisoner transportation scheduling software from Emerald Systems Inc. PETS provides a Web Portal for the coordination of prisoner transfers between law enforcement agencies inter or intra-state. The result is a substantial saving in officer, vehicle, transportation, and overhead expense. Transferring prisoners across state borders is a simple add-on process for local, state or federal agencies.
Program navigation, scheduling, trip participation and coordination are a snap with PETS. Color coordinated calendars provide quick viewing of transfer dates. Pull down menus provide fast access to scheduled information, data entry processes, and methods for coordinating drop off or pick up of inmates to or from multiple agencies. In addition, Master Search processes provide quick access to information.
PETS provides scheduling of multi-point transfers, viewing of weekly/monthly schedules, and coordination of multi-agency participation. In addition, PETS delivers special services such as auto e-mail notification, publish/subscribe capabilities, trip summary reports, and cost/savings analysis. Of key importance, PETS tracks transaction history by agency and prisoner.
PETS is a key product for law enforcement that not only addresses transfer scheduling but also provides the basis for the tracking of sexual offenders nationally. PETS interfaces with SAFE and JADE II JMS to provide a fully automated inmate transfer process. Coordinating transfers and sharing expenses can provide direct cost reductions on all agency budgets. A statewide program can pay for the upfront cost of licensing in less than one year.
PETS was developed using Microsoft’s Visual Studio .NET 2003, SQL Server 2000, IIS 5.0, and IE 6.0.
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