The system has been used to alert schools to an escaped gang member known to rob students as they leave school. And the program produces a color photo lineup. Agencies are Daly City PD, San Mateo PD, Half Moon Bay PD, Pacifica PD and the San Mateo County Sheriffs Office. Within the first 6 weeks of use, the San Mateo Police Department made several felony arrests attributable directly to having the TRAK system, according to Captain Ed Trucco. He set up a Community Alert Team program that uses TRAK on many types of cases.
All officers have the ability to create flyers and quickly spread the word.
The Daly City PD arrested a strong-armed robber as the result of an officer having a flyer in his possession while driving his beat, Lt. Steve Lowe said. Gordon McNeill, Supervisory Special Agent for the FBI's Child Abduction Unit based out of San Francisco, calls TRAK the missing link in the national effort to recover missing and abducted children. Immediate regional response to all jurisdictions and the community is possible using fax broadcast. Ernie Allen, President of the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, says TRAK's instant response capability is critical.