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Chronological List Events For Project

The following list of events/actions is a representative sample of what each coordinator encountered or accomplished during the Model States Project, of course the items varied from state to state. This list as detailed by the California coordinator - highlights (18) eighteen months of general activity.

11/04/1997 Interviewed by Chief Brobeck, Stan Martin, Frank Burke – Irvine PD
11/5-20 ’97 Background check, drug testing
12/01/1997Effective date of hire
12/02/1997Met with Calif. Peace Officers Assn. Executive Director re: office space
12/3-5/1997Set up office/phones/internet/paging/computer, etc
12/08/1997Dallas, Texas for training w/Stan Martin @ADI
12/09/1997Dallas, Texas for training w/Stan Martin @ADI
12/10/1997Dallas, Texas for training w/Stan Martin @ADI
12/11/1997Dallas, Texas for training w/Stan Martin @ADI
12/12/1997Dallas, Texas for training w/Stan Martin @ADI – flew to SFO
12/13/1997California Alarm Assn. (CAA) Winter Conference – San Francisco
12/16/1997Contacted the Department of Consumer Affairs, Bureau of Security Investigative Services to obtain state alarm company license numbers to enter into the False Alarm Analysis Program (FAAP) software
01/28/1998Orientation meeting with Southern California agencies/FAAP/manuals
01/29/1998Orientation meeting with Northern California agencies/FAAP/manuals
Jan/Feb 98Profile data gathered for each participating agency
02/01/1998Timelines established
02/01/1998"Letters of Intent" requested from each Chief of Police
02/03/1998Sacramento Area Alarm Assn. (SAAA) Meeting – Rancho Cordova, CA
Model States Presentation
02/05/1998Fremont PD – Ord. modeled after NBFAA. Following IACP guidelines.
02/05/1998San Bruno PD – currently do not have an alarm ordinance; however, they are looking at Model Ord. I suggested they utilize the CAA.
02/10/1998Riverside PD–too large to participate (243,000); incorporate MS concepts
02/10/1998Costa Mesa PD – decides not to participate in MS Program
02/11/1998Ventura PD – forwarded FAAP software and dealer list
02/12/1998Oakland PD – forwarded FAAP software and instruction book
02/13/1998Deadline for agencies to confirm participation in the program
03/01/1998Data collection begun
03/03/1998Escondido PD – forwarded FAAP software, books, list of dealers.
03/05/1998CAA Board of Directors Meeting – Burbank, CA (Model States update)
03/06/1998CAA Board of Directors Meeting – Burbank, CA (Model States update)
03/21/1998LAPD - Spoke w/Jack Ng re: Model States Program/Sent FAAP/binder
03/23/1998International Security Conference & Exposition – Las Vegas, NV
03/24/1998International Security Conference & Exposition – Las Vegas, NV
03/25/1998International Security Conference & Exposition – Las Vegas, NV
03/26/1998International Security Conference & Exposition – Las Vegas, NV
(SIA False Alarm Reduction Committee & various other committees and meetings)
03/30/1998Santa Ana generating permit numbers off the CAD system
03/30/1998Monrovia PD – Web site, interest in Model Ord. Never implemented 1994 ordinance
03/31/1998Covina PD, Captain Harvey – MS information
04/01/1998Redding PD, Pat Hanes, Systems Specialist – working on CAD system
04/01/1998Newport Beach PD – Dealer list to Todd Hickerson (Corel Paradox)
04/02/1998Redding PD – getting close to extracting data from CAD
04/02/1998Chula Vista PD – needed to empty data folder to enter their data
04/02/1998Newport Beach PD – FAAP questions
04/02/1998Mailed letters to each agency reminding them of data collection timelines
04/03/1998Generation of first month’s reports from data collection due
04/07/1998Reminded all participants to use FAAP 33

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