WATS Mobile

Overview of System

WATSMobile is a web-based system which permits authorised access to information relating to Warrants issued by Magistrates’ Courts.

Access is via a standard web browser, such as Internet Explorer, with restrictions on facilities by use of a log in name and password.

Warrants are issued by business processes effected by Magistrates’ Courts and mainly comprise of two types

Financial Warrants e.g. for non payment of fines

Bench Warrants, e.g. for non appearance at court following a charge or summons

Details of Warrants issued by the business processes of the Courts are made available to WATSMobile in an electronic format from both the Libra/Equis and Fujitsu MCS Systems. A user can then import the records into the WATSMobile database.

During the import process details of a defendant’s surname, forename and date of birth are matched against existing records to collate all warrants for that person wherever they may have been issued.

This core defendant and warrant data can then be updated by the addition of warning signals, notes or payments.   Warrants can be allocated to individuals, such as a Bailiff Company or to enforcement officers by automatic address matching against allocation areas.

Breach of a probation or community service order can be manually added to the system, linking to defendants with financial or non appearance warrants where appropriate.

The updating of warrant cancellations or payments is a manual process by users using data from the Libra application as there is currently no cancellations file available.  Fujitsu MCS cancellations are automatic on import of a file.

Details of cancelled warrants are held by WATSMobile together with any notes, warning signals or allocations to provide a complete history should further warrants be issued against the defendant.

Advanced searching assists in providing statistics and bulk allocation or cancellations of warrants by a number of parameters.