This subsystem contains programs used for general inquiry into case records and defendant records. Users can perform name and case searches and use general inquiries to find person-related information such as names, addresses and ID numbers. Other inquiries show jail-time status including the number of days in a sentence and the credit given.

This subsystem, used mainly by the District Clerk's Office, contains the programs used to initiate cases in the system. It includes officer complaint, entry and verification, case location and case initiation programs. It also contains programs that perform cross-reference updates to the Person Master file.

The warrants subsystem, which records all activities associated with the life of a warrant, is utilized primarily by the Sheriff's Department. Certain screens are used to initiate and generate warrants, while others are used to acknowledge receipt of a warrant and record its location. The results of service attempts are also recorded, as are the recalls, returns and results of execution. All of this information is available to users through several general and specific warrant inquiry transactions.

The pre-booking subsystem is designed to increase the speed with which inmates can be identified and processed once they arrive at the county jail so that bonding agents, attorneys and relatives can locate them. Defendants can go through the pre-booking process while their SPNs are being researched and their cases are being filed. Pre-booking records can be combined with other information attached to the SPN at a later date once the defendants' identities are positively determined.

The criminal booking subsystem automates one of the major procedures of the Sheriff's Department and is one of the most heavily used subsystems in JIMS. Among its many online and batch programs are those used to book defendants into jail, book subsequent cases when a defendant is already in jail, count the number of persons in jail at any time, indicate which defendants have been in jail for a specific period of time and show the location of each inmate in the jail. Other programs are used for releasing prisoners, producing jail cards, adding or lifting holds and recording inmates' personal property. Specialized programs within this subsystem are outlined below.

This system contains detailed inventories of the personal property of all Harris County inmates. Items are descriptively entered into the system and assigned to an available locker. Valuable property is assigned an envelope number corresponding to the locker number, simplifying property collection upon release. Receipts and reports are produced.

Classification is a highly specialized subsystem used to classify inmates in the county jail. The Sheriff's Department uses these programs to record a defendant's age, sex, frequency of offense, type of offense, health, mental state and sexual orientation. Based on responses to these questions, the inmate is placed in a specific area of the jail. Classification screens show which cellblocks and bunks in each area are open. The deputy assigns the inmate to a bunk and enters that location into the system.

The PTSA subsystem allows Pre-Trial Services employees to track defendants who have been interviewed, the results of such interviews, the defendants who have qualified for a PTSA personal bond, and those whose bonds have been terminated or revoked.

The docketing subsystem is used by both the County Criminal Courts at Law and the Criminal District Courts. Its programs allow court personnel to create, add to, delete from and change dockets for their courts. The subsystem produces several types of reports: preliminary and final printed dockets that are distributed to all courts early each day and reports showing docket conflicts and exceptions. Through the docketing subsystem, county employees can check the docket for any county or district court by case number, court, date, docket type and time.

This criminal subsystem is used for both misdemeanor and felony bond forfeitures. It produces reports on bond forfeitures by court and case type, contains bond forfeiture initiation and inquiry screens, shows when a bond has been revoked or reinstated and when a Pre-Trial Services Agency bond has been forfeited. It also produces daily and weekly reports of bond forfeiture activity for court use.

The appeals subsystem serves both the County Criminal Courts at Law and the Criminal District Courts. Its batch and online programs count the number of pending appeals in the county, record notices of appeal, and maintain appeal histories. The appeals subsystem produces a report of post-conviction writs along with lists of felony and misdemeanor appeals.

The worthless checks subsystem was created to help process the large flow of worthless checks written in Harris County. Programs allow personnel to enter the names and addresses of those passing worthless checks, initiate worthless check cases and process worthless check warrants.

This subsystem is used by the District Attorney's Office to track several types of specific information. Its programs attach assistant district attorneys to cases, store information on DWI videotapes of defendants, produce a misdemeanor child-desertion docket, and allow personnel to update defendant ID numbers.

The cost-bill tracking system documents money paid by defendants for court fees, court-ordered fines and attorney fees. Defendants can pay for these costs in one lump sum, in two payments, by installments or by performing community service in lieu of fines. This system records when payments were made, the dollar amount of each payment and the outstanding balance for each defendant.

The 16 decentralized Justice of the Peace courts in Harris County have collaborated on a system designed by Nixdorf that is used to initiate JP cases, create dockets, record dispositions, and create warrants and other instruments for each court. This database was developed to allow for integration into JIMS so that other departments, especially the county and district courts and CSCD, can monitor defendants' class C misdemeanor offenses.

The Justices of the Peace, with the authorization of the Commissioners' Court, have begun implementing the use of stand-alone hardware and software systems in each JP court. These systems are being used to process civil and criminal cases and to allow for interaction with the JIMS mainframe. The Justices of the Peace are also working with the Constables to develop the most efficient system of integrating class C misdemeanor cases and warrants into JIMS so that each office has access to warrant information.

The DIM subsystem allows peace officers to file charges against adults by entering information directly into the JIMS database. This information is then shared with other county departments, including the District Clerk's Office, the Sheriff's Department, Pre-Trial Services, and Community Supervision and Corrections. Harris County's Automated Fingerprint Iden-tifi-cation System (AFIS) is now integrated with the DIM subsystem and provides for countywide transmission of charges directly from a variety of different computer devices used by non-county agencies.

The inmate health screening (IHS) subsystem is designed to meet legislative requirements for immediate health screening during defendant booking. One IHS transaction is used to record the defendant's answers to required health questions. If any answer indicates the need for immediate medical attention, a report is automatically printed in the jail's medical division. Other screens help the nursing staff most efficiently distribute medication to inmates in jail locations throughout the county.