Ready for Fully Connected Public Safety Solutions?

Public safety vehicles are full of valuable assets that need to be available for first responders to save lives and prevent crime. You need to know in real-time if any of these assets and first responders are in life-critical situations. Let's look at an example.

Officer Morrison is patrolling the highway leading out of the city and tries to call in a routine traffic stop, but the signal from his radio is blocked. Thankfully, when the cruiser left town the vehicle’s router automatically switched to the best available network. As Officer Morrison exits his vehicle several things happen: an alert shows up on the dispatcher’s dashboard, a Bluetooth tag in his police badge indicates he is within 30 feet of the cruiser, and the vehicle router directs the dash mounted video camera to stream a feed to the dispatcher. The dispatcher runs the license plate and puts other units on alert. As Officer Morrison approaches the vehicle, chaos breaks out as a passenger jumps out of the vehicle and runs for the bushes. The driver of the vehicle peels out. Morrison unclips his sidearm which triggers a signal to the vehicle router. All available officers are directed to the scene. Ten minutes later, Officer Morrison has the suspect in handcuffs and a duffel bag containing narcotics. Two miles away the suspect’s vehicle is pulled over by an officer who had received the vehicle information. In the trunk, more narcotics are found.

The review of the incident is aided by the data collected via the vehicle router, with a clear timeline and all weapons and other assets accounted for. The book is closed on a successful arrest. The arrest scenario may seem futuristic, but all this technology exists today and a purpose-built vehicle networking solution is required to tie it all together. In the world of Public Safety, mobile assets need to be controlled and managed, not simply tracked.