Step 1 in the booking process
The crucial first step in any booking is to determine if the offender has a prior record on the system. If there is, the system reactivates this record when you book the person, and assigns a new booking number to identify this admission in the offender’s record. This approach saves time because, instead of re-entering all the offender’s biographical information, you only have to update it.
To discover if an offender has a prior record:
If you are sure of the correct spelling of the offender’s name, use the Exact Name Search screen.
If you are not sure of the spelling of the offender’s name, use the Partial/ Soundex Name Search screen. You can do a partial search on a portion of the name (for instance, to bring up all names beginning with a certain letter), or a soundex search (which generates a list of names that sound similar but are spelled differently).
You can also use the Identifier Search screen to try and locate the offender record using numbers (such as driver’s license, date of birth, birth certificate or social security number).
All these screens search across every caseload.
In some cases, you may need to add many new offenders to TAG quickly, and add the booking details later. Use the Offender Quick Book screen to add offenders in a batch.
Next step of the booking procedure:
if you don’t find a prior record for an offender, go to Step 2: Assign Offender#.
if you do find a prior record, skip to Step 3: Booking an Offender.