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News
Issue #2002 - 29
(July 2002)
(Updated July
31, 2002)
APPLICATIONS & DEVELOPMENT
Pa. State Police Award Data Network Contract
Lockheed Martin Management & Data Systems will serve as systems integrator for the Pennsylvania State Police Department's statewide rollout of its Incident Information Management System (IIMS). Deploying IIMS is a part of in the department's effort to use state-of-the-art computer technology to fight crime. The contract is valued at $123 million. The technology will revolutionize the way our department operates, said Lt. Col. Robert C. Hickes, Pennsylvania State Police (PSP). "Troopers will use computer technology to record information at the scene of incidents, process evidence and build information as the investigation continues.
IIMS also allows for the sharing of law enforcement information in real-time from other Commonwealth departments as well as other state and federal government agencies." As part of the project, the department will install dispatch and incident software into computers in 1,600 patrol vehicles; obtain bar-coding technology for processing evidence; and use computer-aided dispatching and geographic information systems to speed troopers to incidents. The new dispatch capability also includes modernization of both standard dial and cell phone access to enhance emergency call taking from the public. This allows the PSP dispatching centers to be streamlined from the current 81 locations to five. The system is scheduled to be fully deployed by May 2006.
MobileInfo Advisory & Comments: This is a good systems
integration win for Lockheed Martin .Public safety agencies all
across North America are going through a rejuvenation of their
wireless networks and law enforcement applications. New applications
need more network capacity as law enforcement officers send their
incident reports from the field and get access to
bandwidth-intensive applications such as criminal mug shots.
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