Names and Unknown Suspects
The red dot in Names indicates that there is a need for Victim details. To add victim details, click on the Add Involved Person button on the top right corner of the screen.
Adding Involved Person
The first thing this does is to ask the officer to search first before adding it as a new entry to avoid duplicity of records. After adding the Last name officer can click the Search button.
If there are no matches then click the "Add New" button on the bottom left corner of the screen or if they found whom they are looking for, then they can select the person from the list and click "Next".
It's better to search by last name, once you click on Add New button it will show all details prefilled that you added from the search. Race, Sex and Ethnicity are required fields, in case you don't know any of them you can select Unknown from the options. Multiple optional fields can also be added by an officer.
It is up to the Department's discretion to utilize the Misc tab.
The IDs tab allows to add users ID details like SSN (Social Security Number), FBI Id, Driver's License, Fingerprint Id, Driver's License State, Alien Id, Student Id, CII number, and State Id. Once the officer cl the "Save" button, it will add that person to the Names List of ARMS.
After the officer receives the success message, ARMS will prompt them to link the name in ARMS, which requires him to enter the person's involvement and name type. There are multiple fields that an officer can add like Addresses, Phones, Descriptions, Field Interviews, Vehicles, Complaints, Moving Citations, and Warrants. Trespass Orders, Restraining Orders, Notes, Photos, Other Media, Licensing, Aliases.
After clicking Save, it will show a success message associating a name with the Case.
Adding Unknown Suspect
The required fields are Sex, Race, Age from, and Age to. The rest is up to the officers. They can provide as many details as they know. Like name if the officer does not know the details, then they can select Unknown from the list.
