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LexisNexis eCrash (Electronic Police Record Portal Services) - Approval
History
On April 4, 2011 the Village Board approved, on consent, a request from the Police Department to enter into an agreement with Carfax Municipal Assistance Program for the deployment of their program known as DOCVIEW Traffic Accident Reporting Solution. This program provides an internet based portal for access to traffic crash reports completed by police officers. Once officers complete the report; Records Clerks upload a digital copy of the report to the DOCVIEW portal where it can be accessed by requestors.
Most of the requests are from motorists' insurance companies that are processing a claim.
Police Officers complete traffic crash reports and transmit them to the Illinois Department of Transportation on an IDOT Computer Program known as “MCR.” IDOT has put all Illinois police agencies on notice that they will discontinue support of MCR, due to budget constraints, at the end of 2013. Staff is reviewing options and various other software programs to replace MCR so officers may continue to efficiently process traffic crash reports as currently being done.
After a review, staff has selected the LexisNexis eCrash Program and is prepared to recommend acceptance of the LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY INFORMATION AGREEMENT in the request. The LexisNexis program is actually superior to the programs in current use as this solution will provide the software to complete the report and a new portal where requestors can access the reports. The LexiNexis portal solution is superior because crash reports are uploaded to the portal automatically without the necessity of a Records Clerk interaction.
The NexisLexis LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY INFORMATION AGREEMENT was reviewed by Klein, Thorpe and Jenkins and modified in accordance with those recommendations.
There remains no cost to the Village of Orland Park as LexisNexis generates a revenue source through convenience fees paid by requestors. ...
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