GRIDLEY, CA (MPG) - In an effort to increase transparency and ease public access to vital law enforcement information and activity happening within the community, Gridley-Biggs Police Department has launched Citizens RIMS. Gridley joins the Oroville Police Department, Chico Police Department and Butte County Sheriff’s Office and 168 other California agencies utilizing the live incident mapping system designed by RIMS Sun Ridge Systems, Inc. 

Police Chief Byers presented the Rims incident mapping program and hopes to implement the use of the system in the Gridley-Biggs Police Department to Gridley City Council during the 2019-2020 budget introduction and review in June. The Citizen Rims Crime Graphic program features live and historical crime mapping, information on missing persons, stolen vehicles, arrests, department press releases, power outages and security camera registration and more. All calls that come through GBPD Dispatch are immediately entered into the system and will appear on a map of Gridley color coded to reflect the nature of the call with incident details.

Gridley’s Citizen RIMS systems has just recently come online and is still in the test phase, so live updates are not available at this time. With that being said, the system updates incredibly quickly, leaving little delay, sometimes an hour, from the time of the call to the time that it is mapped on the Rims system. In the future, incidents “happening now” will be instantaneously available for public view. Gridley’s Citizen RIMS can be accessed through the City of Gridley website under the Police Department’s “Crime Statistics and Events” tab through the link, gpd.crimegraphics.com.

The GBPD invite citizens to visit the site and explore its resources, urging community members with security cameras to register them. GBPD Lieutenant Rodney Harr says that the GBPD will not have access to the cameras unless given so by the homeowner. In the event of criminal investigation, registered security cameras in the area could be beneficial in solving cases and the department may ask for their footage to help keep the community safe. Those interested can also sign up for daily email alerts, keeping you notified of area activity as Gridley-Biggs Police Department furthers their commitment to serve and protect our community.