Call Tools for Lieutenant/Sgt.

[M]

Short explanation (in notes):
- In the F3 menu, the LT and Sargents will get a new tab. (alternatively, this could be added to the phone app for them, the call log could become an overall thing for everyone).
- Tracing a number would work like DNA. You should enter the number, and between 2-5 minutes later you receive a text from the cell operator of the result. 0
- The location is approximate.

Detailed description (why should it become added/...):
At present, unless a caller is your acquaintance, the police can't identify them. In situations where it is imperative to know who is behind something or where they are (as you can see with the text based messages), there should be a feature to help the police: in real life, eventually police are able to track down a caller.

Optional additions:
- Also logs text based 911 calls.
- Police may also be able to get a log of their phone activity if they have an active warrant, showing incoming/outgoing calls (the potential for knowing who they contact and possibly having them spill the beans in a setup), and seeing their text messages. This would also take some time to retrieve, and would have other limitations.

Concept

 

[StephenPuffs]

So what safeguards do you have on a system like this? Are you able to check the location of any citizen you happen to have the phone number of? Or is it warranted people only? How often can this be used? How approximate is approximate? Are police able to find out the person behind any phone number? If so, what stops someone using this to gain the numbers of some rivals then using to their own advantage?

Anything that intrudes into someone's personal information such as that, I feel there need to be adequate protections as to avoid misuse. I felt and sometimes feel the same for staff members having the ability to check inventories, despite this being important at times.

Here are some other questions based on what you said too.

Would you prefer all emergency calls and such come in as the number instead of their name, if you have added to buddies? Keeping track of their phone call history would not only be difficult, but require an insane amount of information be kept, as how long does it stay relevant? Also what do police really gain by this information? Are they supposed to use those numbers and track down those people as well?

There's just a few questions to consider, just seems to me it would allow police to access perhaps too much information for simply being a local police department and not a national agency although I can see where you're coming from with this.

 

[M]

@StephenPuffs
Firstly, to ensure the system isn't abused:
Add a law under section 11 which defines the boundaries for when it is appropriate to trace someone: just like privacy and data protection laws.

Are you able to check the location of any citizen you happen to have the phone number of?
Let's say any citizen that had made a call during the session.

Or is it warranted people only?
As defined in the first point.

How often can this be used?
"being a local police department" - Since the results would come from a third party in this case, it would have an outstanding fee; therefore the Mayor should have the option to fund this service or not.

How approximate is approximate?
Approximate as in: 'Suburbs Houses' collectively rather than 'Suburbs House 6'; only the location their last call was made from.

Are police able to find out the person behind any phone number?
This links up with my prior idea: if someone wanted to use a form of proxy, they could use a phone box to avoid their call activity being monitored by identity.

If so, what stops someone using this to gain the numbers of some rivals then using to their own advantage?
A section 11 law.

Would you prefer all emergency calls and such come in as the number instead of their name, if you have added to buddies?
I don't see why a 911 operator would even use their own phone under any circumstance: it would always be a landline. Caller-ID should be enough.

require an insane amount of information be kept, as how long does it stay relevant?
Only per session, it shouldn't be persistent.

Also what do police really gain by this information?
If they really need to track someone down, this gives them a little bit of a lead as to where to look. If they have an extremely recent phone call made from the suburbs, for example, it gives them an idea where to create their checkpoints: they will close down on them eventually.

perhaps too much information for simply being a local police department and not a national agency
In order to retain this ethos, it's not some super-powered tool they have at their disposal: it costs the city funds, and the work is done by a third party which gets back to them over time. Text based calls to 911 have a location anyway, and 911 dispatchers do have access to that information: that should also be incorporated somehow.

 

[Bolli]

Accepted-ish