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Pryme Radio Accessories and hardware/software maker PositionPTT join forces to advance hands-free communications and ensure Department of Transportation compliance using an integrated system of push-to-talk platforms, devices, and audio equipment.
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CrimeTrax from Pro Tech Monitoring electronically links the movement of GPS-tracked offenders with reported crime incidents and notifies police and corrections officials when an offender is detected at or near a crime scene. The system offers two options: centrally warehousing crime data for comparison with GPS tracking data or integrating offender track data into existing local crime analysis systems.
Read More →Some agencies and unions have agreed that GPS results will not be used against officers unless a complaint has been made, but other agencies have purchased computer software that will monitor an officer's speed and print out a report. Alerts can also send out if the vehicle's speed exceeds a predetermined maximum.
Read More →The GLOBETrekker is a rugged, intelligent, portable satellite system that enables users to establish a reliable broadband connection on short notice anywhere in the world, even in harsh and hostile conditions. It is sleekly designed to be carried in a backpack, is airline checkable, fits in small vehicles, and is even helicopter- and parachute- friendly.
Read More →For officers who aren't issued patrol vehicles equipped with GPS for positioning and call routing, Google Maps offers a very useful alternative. GPS will always be the best choice, but it's more costly, making Google Maps a tool that's within easy reach.
Read More →The StarChase GPS vehicle tagging and tracking system is so new it’s still in the development stages, but it could soon help to reduce the number of high-speed pursuits.
Read More →Police and fire unions in Columbus, Ohio, have filed a grievance stating they won't accept any discipline stemming from newly installed GPS units that track the movements of patrol and fire vehicles.
Read More →As preparations for hosting Super Bowl 50 got underway, Santa Clara County, CA, turned to GPS Logic Mobile Data Systems to assure a network of emergency vehicles with automated vehicle location, data capture and exchange technologies.
Read More →Police officers can now use tracking devices to trail suspects. The issue up for debate now in Washington state is whether police should need a warrant to do so.
Read More →The Philadelphia Pretrial Service Division is testing Global Positioning Surveillance as a monitoring device to keep track of high-risk defendants and probationers under community supervision.
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