FAQs: BTAFile IMS® – Law Enforcement
YES, in preparation for a Team Meeting, you can link existing BTAs to the meeting record so they can easily be reviewed during the meeting.
YES, along with the basic information covered in each Law Enforcement’s meeting. Notes from the meetings can also be uploaded into BTAFile IMS – Law Enforcement as a PDF document.
Yes, access can be restricted via user rights and access codes.
YES with a selection list to choose from accordingly.
YES, we refer to that as the Date of Occurrence. We also track the Day, Date and Time the assessment was entered into the system which we refer to as the Report Date.
YES, there is a REFERENCE TOOLS section where these documents can be placed for review and inclusion in the assessment.
Yes, for a given subject who has threatened to self-harm, you can enter data into the system from the suicide screening form you completed when interviewing the subject. A number of suicide screening-based analytical reports are also available with the system.
YES, an unlimited number can be uploaded, as well as any other digital images or video considered essential to the assessment.
YES via email or text for assigned tasks, follow ups and updates.
YES. Currently there are several reports that can be customized by the user by adding some selection criteria. If you want to create your own, you may purchase the Reports Designer. And those reports can then be stored in the BTA system for quick and easy retrieval.
Yes, most of our analytical reports can be added to the Report Scheduler. This is how you schedule the Threshold Analysis By Person report to run and the result appear in your in-box, say, every Monday morning.
Yes, the Assessments By Disposition report will show a graph depicting various Dispositions.
YES, over 100 are included. Ask for a demo!
Yes, during data entry, the system will alert the user of any previous assessments involving that person.
Does BTAFile IMS – Law Enforcement track Tasks/Interventions/Responses that have not been completed?
YES, BTAFile IMS – Law Enforcement tracks Tasks/Interventions/Responses that have not been completed via an analytical report that can be retrieved on demand and/or be a scheduled report that is emailed automatically.
YES, you can schedule a Task/Intervention/Response for an assessment along with a starting and ending date and frequency of the Task/Intervention/Response and it will be created, assigned and emailed automatically over time (weekly, specific day, etc).
YES, you can add your own items to the Tasks/Interventions/ Responses list in addition to those already delivered with the product.
YES, we allow an unlimited number of these for each assessment.
Yes, BTAFile IMS – Law Enforcement helps you answer the “11 questions” from NTAC.
YES. They are built into application and can be rendered as PDFs. Subject Interview, Witness Interview, Mental Health Interviews, and so on are included. You can also incorporate your own Interview Forms as well.
YES, we track Attempted-Averted, Not Attempted and Carried Out. We also have an Analytical Report showing those results in a chart.
YES, showing either Imminent, High, Moderate, Low, or None.
Yes, the “Virginia Model” is the basis for our Law Enforcement version of BTAFile IMS.