Oklahoma County Sheriff’s Office says “OK” to the OSL Software Suite 

Ottawa, Ontario – March 2005 – Our Software Ltd. (OSL) and the Oklahoma County Sheriff’s Office are pleased to announce the signing of a contract to provide a Time Keeping, Attendance and Scheduling (TAS) software solution for the Oklahoma County Sheriff’s Office. 

Oklahoma County, located in the State’s geographical center is home to more than 700,000 residents located in an area of 720 square miles. Mandated to provide professional and quality law enforcement, custodial and court-related services to its residents, the Oklahoma County Sheriff’s Office is staffed by 700 full-time officers and 300 reserve deputies. 

The Challenge: 

A major challenge facing the Sheriff’s office was managing employees’ and supervisors’ time-bank and payroll preparation activities. The existing process required employees and supervisors to manually enter time card data. Supervisors checked for accuracy before forwarding to payroll where the cards were checked a second time. Any discrepancy found by payroll required another supervisory clarification.  

The Solution:  

Implementing the OSL Time Keeping, Attendance and Scheduling (TAS) software will allow the Oklahoma County Sheriff’s Office to manage staff schedules, time owed to employees and prepare payroll. Users can create customized time banks to suit their needs. TAS also provides exceptional reporting capability to provide information quickly and accurately. 

The Benefits: 

The Oklahoma County Sheriff’s Office intends to use their new TAS software solution to realize the following benefits: 

Ø  More efficient by dramatically reducing the time spent calculating time cards

Ø   More effective by eliminating manual timecard processes for officers and supervisors

Ø   More productive by reducing the paperwork associated with accurate record keeping

Ø   More profitable by minimizing errors associated with manual timecard calculation and data collection 

“Computerization of timekeeping and payroll functions has been a vision and goal for several years”, stated Sheriff John Whetsel.  “We continue to streamline and professionalize our internal operations to save taxpayer dollars so they can better be used in fighting crime and keeping our citizens safe on our streets.”