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CECE
Citizen-Empowered Code Enforcement

Sales inquiries: justin@krasama.com

Purpose

• CECE is a Web-based tool empowering citizens to become involved in simple environmental code enforcement.
• A citizen agent may take photographs of code violations, such as graffiti, garbage, or improperly-posted signs, and submit them online along with details of the location and any other available information.
• An official agent may then process those submitted violations and decide whether to issue actual citations. CECE provides documentation in several formats to support any issued citations.

Features

• A citizen agent may upload digital photographs from their digital camera into the CECE database. Date and time information is automatically collected from the uploaded photographs.
• Unprocessed photographs may be reviewed by the citizen agent before they are submitted. Photographs are displayed in thumbnail form, organized by date and labeled with the filename and timestamp assigned by the digital camera. The citizen agent may rotate and darken or lighten the photographs directly through a convenient Web interface.
• The citizen agent may then create a violation report by selecting several related photographs (e.g., a wide-angle shot of the surrounding area together with close-up shots of the code violation itself). Additional photographs may be attached to a violation report later as well. The citizen agent may also delete photographs that aren't of sufficient quality, and can restore photographs that were accidentally deleted.
• On a violation report, the citizen agent may enter additional information including a citizen-assigned reference number, the name of the responsible party (if known—for example, from the name on an improperly posted sign), the location (street address closest to the violation), the type of fixture vandalized, the code section allegedly violated, and any additional comments.
• An official agent can review all submitted violation reports on the violation spreadsheet. Data shown on the spreadsheet includes reference numbers, citation numbers, fixture types, code sections violated, responsible parties, locations, links to photographs, violation and citation dates, disposition of the report and any legal actions taken, and fine amounts due, paid, and outstanding. The spreadsheet view can be narrowed to show just reports that have not been processed yet, or reports for which citations have been issued, or reports for which no citation will be issued, or all reports, as well as by searching on the most significant data fields. The total potential fines of all the violations listed is also calculated and shown, along with total fines actually levied, paid, and still outstanding.
• To process an individual violation report, the official agent may review the information submitted by the citizen agent and enter additional citation information such as citation number (or a note that a citation will not be issued), citation date, disposition, legal action, fine amounts due, paid, and outstanding, and additional comments. When viewing an individual violation report, all associated photographs are shown in thumbnail form, and can be downloaded together in a PDF file (either all or selected photographs) to use as supporting documentation for a citation, including each photograph (normal size, full-page, or 4 or 9 photographs on a page) along with associated violation information.
• Anywhere that a photograph thumbnail appears, it may be enlarged to show photograph details. On the photograph detail page, the photograph may be rotated, lightened, or darkened, as well as downloaded either in its original high-resolution format, or as a PDF file including the photograph and associated violation information.
• CECE also maintains a database of responsible parties, since many will be repeat offenders. For each responsible party, a name, website, mailing address, contact person, and additional comments may be specified. Contact information may be looked up automatically using an integrated "Whois" search based on the supplied website address.

System Requirements

• Server: Any operating system supporting Java SE 5.0 (e.g., Windows, Linux, or Solaris).
• Desktop: Any major Web browser (e.g., Internet Explorer, Firefox, or Safari).

Pricing

• CECE is offered at a base price of $9,995.00, with any desired customization or other support offered at a negotiable hourly rate or package price. Contact justin@krasama.com for sales inquiries.