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About Us
Public Safety Computer Services - Northwest is a sole proprietorship,
owned and operated by a public safety professional with over 37 years of
experience. The company was formed to share the lessons learned during
those years by providing database products and management services to
public safety agencies.
The owner has an extensive background in the public safety field. His
career ranged from police cadet to Precinct Commander. He worked in
nearly every type of job assignment. The variety of assignments gave
him an understanding and broad perspective into the functions of a
police agency. From helping plan and design the agency's records
managment system to managing the personnel function, he analyzed the
needs of the agency and developed systems to provide effective and
efficient services to the public he served.
Not satisfied with serving the local community, he spent 34 years in the
U.S. Army. Three of those years was on active duty as a military
policeman, with combat experience as well as base law enforcement
operations, investigative services, and VIP protection. He retired from
the U.S. Army Reserve as the Command Sergeant Major of an Institutional
Training Division responsible for professional development training from
North Dakota to Hawaii.
After twenty-one and a half years with a large city police agency, he
retired to become the Director of a multi-jurisdictional communications
center. Responsible for providing 9-1-1 call taking and emergency
dispatch for five city police departments, four fire departments, and
local ambulance services, he commanded and directed the largest dispatch
center in his state.
He was responsible for planning and implementing enhanced 9-1-1 for the
community as well as the planning, design, and construction of a new
communication center, new computer aided dispatch system, new phone
system, and consolidation of police, fire, and medical dispatch within
the county.
He then returned to law enforcement and was appointed a lieutenant in a
small police agency. During his tenure he was the support services
commander, responsible for coordination with the agency's consolidated
communication center, and directed the operations of the agency's
investigative function, records unit, property control, training, and
information management services. He worked on the design and
development of over 50 databases used by the agency to manage its
workforce and related activities. He was promoted to Captain and served
as the Operations Commander, responsible for patrol services within the
community.
When he was assigned as the agency's accreditation manager, he
developed and wrote the TAME database to manage the complex coordination
required for a successful accreditation. TAME was recognized by others
in the public safety field as being a valuable tool to make the
accreditation process manageable and was soon deployed to several other
agencies in the state.
Interest grew and other applications were requested. From those requests
came the products and services offered by Public Safety Computer
Services - Northwest.
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