What I found when we looked closer
Lumberton Township, incorporated in 1860, covers 13 square miles of Burlington County in the Philadelphia metro. It borders Eastampton, Hainesport, Medford, Mount Holly, Mount Laurel, and Southampton, and NJ Route 38 runs through it.
With six neighbors, many incidents involve another department, and officers spend real time finding the right moment in recorded footage.
Following one report through the building
The first thing we do with a new department is trace where a report goes after the officer hits submit. Here, it passes through 3 hands:
- 1Officer
- 2Sergeant
- 3Burlington County prosecutor
Every one of those readers needs the same facts from the first draft. That is what shaped what we built.
What we built for them
Officers can find the exact recorded moment when a neighboring department asks about a shared incident.
What we're watching
These are the signals that will tell us whether it's working here:
- Time to locate key statements
- Turnaround on partner-agency requests
Figures on this page come from the department's own published materials. We only publish Code Four results after the department reviews them.
