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BAPCO Journal Trials
BAPCO Journal undertook a trial of their own with the Blackberry Curve 8310 to see how they worked and what they might be like to use on the street as an officer would.
Symantec Government Internet Security Threat Report
Download the PDF of the Symantec Government Internet Security Threat Report here.
The importance of protecting against data-loss
The past couple of years have seen a huge rise in the use of remote, wireless and mobile access to computer networks. Many people now use laptops to carry files and data from place to place and can use wireless connections to work from almost anywhere they please. But there are dangers of data loss with these new advancements.
Brother’s plans for BAPCO exhibition
Bearing in mind the contents of Sir Ronnie Flanagan’s report, it is likely that the Brother stand (number 444) at BAPCO exhibition will be very busy indeed. Unless public safety professionals can print in situ, Michelle Molloy, Brother Business Development Manager (Mobile Solutions), believes the full benefits of mobile data will never be realised.
A Guide to Personal Digital Assistants (PDAs)
By Peter Harris, Head of Mobile Data at Arqiva’s Public Safety division
The use of mobile technology within the emergency services is on the rise. Mobile Data is evolving and the extent of its potential usage is huge, opening up invaluable opportunities and benefits for all those within the field.
FREDOM for Bucks FRS
Buckingham Fire and Rescue Service Station Manager Doug Gruchy talks to BAPCO Journal about a new system that aims to dramatically cut down the time spent on administration work and allow more time to be spent working within the community.
Collaboration to provide common records management, despatch and location services between fire and police departments
The Wisconsin cities of Fitchburg, Middleton, and Sun Prairie made a strategic decision to collaborate on a joint effort to provide common records management, dispatch, and locationing services for and between their individual municipal police and fire departments. A joint task force with members of each of these cities was formed and named the Multi-Jurisdictional Public Safety Information System (MPSIS) team. The MPSIS team designed much needed upgrades to their shared network infrastructure to facilitate their objectives.
Preventing careless data breaches – who’s responsible?
Nick Hughes, Business Development Manager, 3M Optical Systems takes a closer look at security breaches resulting from lost or stolen laptops...
enhanced efficiency and performance insight at South Gloucestershire Council
Consistent and Timely Data gives South Gloucestershire Council a ‘Single Version of the Truth’ Locally and Nationally with Actuate Performancesoft Views. The BAPCO Journal reports...
Smarter policing increases productivity of front-line officers
Bedfordshire Police is currently rolling out 1100 BlackBerry smartphones to front-line officers in a move to increase efficiency. Dawn Davison-Read talks to Insp. Jim Hitch, Project Manager, Bedfordshire Police and Graham Baker, Senior Strategic Account Manager, Research in Motion, to identify how the use of these mobile handsets are helping to keep officers out on the beat...
Driving command and control for safer roads
SunGard’s DS2000 Integrated Communication Control System coupled with its NSPIS Command and Control system has been central in helping the Highways Agency deliver on its commitment to the public to provide safer roads, more reliable journey times and better informed drivers. The BAPCO Journal reports...
Mobile email for efficient community policing
Humberside Police is about to begin trialing ‘smart phones’ from Orange as part of its Neighbourhood Policing Pathfinder Project. Dawn Davison-Read discusses the project with Roy Macdona, Computer Development Manager, Humberside Police and reports on why the decision to arm its neighbourhood beat officers with mobile email is likely to prove beneficial...
Controlling cross agency collaboration
Gloucestershire Police is about to begin a trial with Extent Software’s Collaborator application, which is designed to help share data and manage incidents across agencies. Currently the trial is being rolled out to include the force and the Highways Agency, The BAPCO Journal speaks to Stuart Ashdown, Command and Control Applications Manager, Gloucestershire Police to identify what the trial aims to achieve…
BTP leads the way with plans for new GIS
In recognising that the sharing of and accessibility to data is vital to ensure all officers of the British Transport Police can respond to any and all emergency situations, the force is implementing a an integrated spatial management solution based upon open solutions, linking all their key systems including Command and Control into an open spatial environment with single address database based upon the NLPG...
IP infrastructure improves policing efficiency and collaboration
North Wales Police is boosting workforce efficiency across all 75 stations by transforming and upgrading its network to an IP communications infrastructure through a cost neutral managed service deal. The BAPCO Journal reports...
A healthy scaleable IT solution
Hertfordshire Health Informatics Service (HHIS) manages the IT systems for two NHS Primary Care Trusts (PCTs) and Hertfordshire Partnership Trust. When eight PCTs were merged into a single management structure, HHIS needed to consolidate the existing hardware to create a more manageable and scalable infrastructure.
rapid data management at Dorset County Council
Garry Phipps, ICT Analyst, Dorset County Council, explains how the council has improved its data management capabilities and processes with EVault…
critical communications solution for Beijing's Olympic airport
Following the successful upgrade of Beijing Capital International Airport’s critical communication system, Zenitel’s Stentofon system will now be expanded to the new airport terminal in preparation for the Olympics in 2008...
GIS technology supports Surrey neighbourhood policing strategy
image courtesy of Surrey Police.
Operational data captured by Surrey Police’s Intergraph I/CAD command and control system and the force’s crime recording database are helping to improve performance and service levels...
A defensive command
Taking a closer analysis of command and control systems Sungard Vivista provides a detailed explanation regarding the implementation of NSPIS Command & Control at the Ministry of Defence Police, and why they elected for the NSPIS C&C as a means to improve the business of responding to incidents and improve information management...
