Public Safety Computer Services - Northwest is a corporation, 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 management 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.