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Hampshire chooses APD vehicle locators
Hampshire Police chooses APD’s force-wide officer & vehicle location product. APD has signed a contract with the Hampshire Constabulary that will provide accurate location information for its vehicle resources. All vehicles in the force, including cars, boats, vans and motorbikes, will use the software when it is rolled out this summer. The products will ensure greater officer safety and enable the control room to dispatch officers located closest to the scenes of incidents, thereby shortening response times and potentially freeing up control room time to deal with more calls. This is expected to be the first stage of a wider officer location project that will included foot and cycle patrol officers. APD’s Co-ordinator software will be integrated into the Hampshire Constabulary’s control room technology and APD INCA units installed in 800 vehicles. Global positioning (GPS) capabilities will allow communication with the Co-ordinator software, so that control room staff can identify vehicle locations and dispatch accordingly. The software could also be used by other departments to aid fleet management and accident investigation. The new system will also becost effective by taking advantage of the bandwidth available on Airwave. Hampshire Police chose the APD solution because in additionto the GPS functionality, it also provides the ability to record vehicle activity.
