https://judiciary.ehawaii.gov

HawaiiElectronic Bench Warrants

(eBW)

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Background

● A warrant is an order to arrest a named individual● Warrants are issued by:

- the courts

- Hawaii Paroling Authority

- Dept of Public Safety Intake Service Center

● Warrants are generated for a variety of reasons:-

alleged offense or crime-

Individual failed to appear at a court hearing-

Individual failed to pay a fine

● Once created, warrants are processed for service (served by Dept of Public Safety Sheriff Division and the County police departments

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The Issue

● As of July/Aug 2006, there was a backlog of over 70,000 bench warrants due to lack of personnel to serve the warrants

● In 2006, a Task Force made up of various state and local agencies convened to address the backlog

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Task Force Findings

● No centralized statewide warrant database● Existing warrant data not comprehensive● Majority of warrant backlog is traffic warrants● Warrant generation / delivery system inefficient● Law enforcement/DPS need to conduct warrant checks

for detained/incarcerated individuals● Violators disregard their responsibility to the justice

system

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eBW Goals

● Provide a method for law enforcement to more quickly and easily access traffic warrant data and images

● Develop a new system quickly (in Phases/Betas)

● Leverage existing JIMS (Judiciary Information Management System) data – traffic warrants only

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eBW Features

● Traffic warrant data available online 24/7

● Warrant images available from Nov 2005 onwards

● Daily, automatic update of data and images

● Search by different criteria and can export data for reporting/sweeps

● Map view to locate addresses and plan sweeps

● Agencies can manage own users

● Different users can have different access based on roles/permissions

● Actions automatically logged in Activity Log

● Ability to Add Notes to a warrant

● Ability to print a warrant remotely

eBW Home Page

Search Screen

Search Results – List View

Search Results – Map View

Warrant Details

Warrant Image

Served Warrant

My Warrants

Reports

Training Videos

User Management

Matrix of Agencies

Agency Query and View Access Recall update access Printing e-warrants for service

Honolulu Police Dept √ √

Oahu Sheriffs √ √

Oahu Airport Sheriffs √

Honolulu Prosecutors √

Oahu Public Defenders √

DOT Harbor Police √ Planning stage

Judiciary 1st Circuit √ √

Attorney General: HCJDC Test Environment

Attorney General: Investigation Test Environment

Maui Police Test Environment

Hawaii County Police Test Environment

Kauai Police Test Environment

Public Safety: Corrections Planning stage

Judiciary statewide Planning stage

Public Defender statewide Planning stage

Prosecutors statewide Planning stage

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Sheriff Stats

Oahu Sheriff Traffic Warrant Sweeps

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People arrested

Warrants Served

People arrested 26 31 42 99

WarrantsServed

46 51 64 161

Feb-09 Mar-09 Apr-09

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Oahu Served Stats

Oahu Served Stats – Total vs eBW

707640

738

3095

283

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Total Served

eBW Served

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Oahu Recalled Stats

Oahu Recalled Stats – Total vs eBW

306 313

344

397

226245

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Total Recalled

eBW Recalled

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Accomplishments

● Oahu Sheriffs arrested about 12-15 people and serve 20-25 warrants on average during sweeps prior to eBW. These numbers have more than doubled.● Oahu Sheriffs save about 40 hours of prep time for each sweep using eBW due to the search and sorting capabilities.● Warrant data is available 24/7● eBW provides search and reporting capabilities that make it easier to find warrant and defendant info (and provides data beyond what is currently available through existing systems for law enforcement)● Improved delivery system

- Judiciary no longer needs to deliver paper warrants to law enforcement

- Sheriffs no longer need to pickup paper warrants from courts and file into

cabinets

- No lag time for hard copies to be made, delivered, and filed

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Accomplishments Cont’d

● Simplified recall procedure; no more phone calls

● HPD no longer needs to call Sheriffs to check on a warrant

● eBW allows for remote printing of traffic warrants for service

● Improve public safety -

eBW prioritizes violators by highest number of warrants and highest bail amount

- eBW allows for geographical searches

● Reduce risk of a false arrest due to real-time status update of a warrant

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Future of eBW

● 4Q 2009 – Maui to have access to eBW

● 2010 – criminal warrants will be added to JIMS and we can begin including these warrants in eBW

● Expand user base and add enhancements to eBW

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Janet PickProject ManagerHawaii Information Consortium, LLC808.695.4625janet@ehawaii.gov

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