Pre-Huberman, the CPD gave itself two black eyes when it rolled out its 1999 case reporting component of CHRIS (Criminal History Records Information System). Developed without input from cops on the beat, rushed to meet Y2K deadlines, “there was no buy-in and no testing,” recalls IS Director Charles Padgurskis. “It went out as a big-bang rollout, and it just didn’t work.”

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