MOUNTAINVIEW POLICE DEPARTMENT A CASE STUDY IN INFORMATION SYSTEMS POLICIES AND PROCEDURES

In the everyday life of an information system, there are five components: hardware, software, people, procedures, and data. In times past there were two components almost always forgotten when systems were developed: people and procedures. The advancement of personal computers and the development of...

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Main Authors: Wells, F Stuart, Wells, Susan G, Kick, Russell C
Format: Conference Proceeding
Language:English
Subjects:
Accreditation
Committees
Computer literacy
Confidentiality
Criminal investigations
Employees
Graduate students
Information systems
Law enforcement
Management information systems
Objectives
Personal computers
Police departments
Procedure manuals
Software
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Summary:In the everyday life of an information system, there are five components: hardware, software, people, procedures, and data. In times past there were two components almost always forgotten when systems were developed: people and procedures. The advancement of personal computers and the development of user friendly software created computer literate users who demanded not to be ignored. The same cannot be said for procedures. Unfortunately procedures still get overlooked. Many companies, institutions and government agencies with computer systems have little or nothing to guide their computer usage. Without written policies and procedures companies often operate inefficiently and are liable for anything their employees do with a computer whether intentional or not. The following case deals with just such a scenario.
ISSN:1948-3198
1948-3198