Government Technology - September 2008 - (Page S4)

Video in Hand Officers in Cook County, Ill., use Wallace Information Communicator to view video from countywide network of cameras for crime-fighting. When Cook County, Ill., began deploying cameras as part of a public safety initiative, the IT managers there were enthusiastic about how much local law enforcement would gain from the effort. Since 2006, some 90 cameras have come online throughout the county. They record continuously at high-profile public locations, such as train stations, malls and various other spots deemed potential public safety incident risks. The system also supplies real-time visual data to incident management personnel, thanks to a network assembled by Sprint, BlackBerry smartphones and Wallace Wireless. The Wallace Information Communicator comes with a suite of helpful communications tools: chat module, access to current county emergency information and a continuously updated emergency management contact list. But it is the video capability that excites Dudley Donelson, the county’s director of network infrastructure. To see these applications live on a BlackBerry smartphone please visit www.wallacewireless.com/wic-public-safety and register for a webinar or 30-day demo. “We put the equipment in at these locations hoping we never have to use it. But in the event of an incident, we want to make sure our first responders know how to do it.” Dudley Donelson, director of network infrastructure, Cook County, Ill. He described a recent incident. Officers on the scene contacted control center personnel who had access to the video system. The control center was able to locate a camera within view of the incident that was capable of feeding live video to the manager’s BlackBerry smartphone in the field. “We put the equipment in at these locations hoping we never have to use it,” Donelson said. “But in the event of an incident, we want to make sure our first responders know how to do it. So with the public safety use, our guys are being highly trained on an ongoing basis. We have been using Wallace for seven months, and it has already become invaluable.” For additional information visit www.blackberry.com/go/publicsafety For additional information visit www.sprint.com/government This Government Technology custom publication is sponsored by BlackBerry and Sprint © 2008 e.Republic Inc. All rights reserved. Printed in the U.S.A. http://www.wallacewireless.com/wic-public-safety http://www.blackberry.com/go/publicsafety http://www.blackberry.com/go/publicsafety http://www.sprint.com/government http://www.sprint.com/government

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Government Technology - September 2008 Contents Point of View On the Scene Big Picture Four Questions for... Up Close Fork in the Road On Time and On Target On the Record, Off the Charts Government’s Greatest Asset? Easy Access Finding the Money Security in the Wireless World The Case for Mobility Spectrum Products Two Cents signal:noise Digital Communities Contents A New Government Paradigm News is Now Transformation Web 2.0 Style Protecting Community Media Thinking Regionally Government at La-Z-Boy Speed

Government Technology - September 2008

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