NCJ Number
13975
Date Published
1974
Length
255 pages
Annotation
IDENTIFICATION AND EVALUATION OF FEASIBLE SYSTEMS FOR POSSIBLE INCORPORATION INTO THE COMMAND/CONTROL SYSTEM OF THE ORLANDO POLICE DEPARTMENT.
Abstract
A SURVEY WAS CONDUCTED INITIALLY TO DETERMINE THE STATE-OF-THE-ART IN AUTOMATED VEHICLE LOCATOR (AVL) SYSTEMS BY MAILING A QUESTIONNAIRE TO 150 POTENTIAL SUPPLIERS. BASED ON THE INTEREST AND CAPABILITIES INDICATED BY THE QUESTIONNAIRE, THREE FIRMS REPRESENTING PROXIMITY, DEAD RECKONING, AND TRILATERATION IMPLEMENTED SYSTEMS WERE SELECTED FOR FURTHER CONSIDERATION. THE PROXIMITY TECHNIQUE WAS SELECTED TO IMPLEMENT A PROTOTYPE SYSTEM FOR THE ORLANDO POLICE DEPARTMENT. THIS DECISION WAS BASED ON ITS RELATIVE MATURITY, SIMPLICITY, AND AVAILABILITY OF OFF-THE-SHELF COMPONENTS. A COMPUTER SIMULATION MODEL OF THE DEPARTMENT'S COMMAND/CONTROL SYSTEM WAS USED TO ASSESS THE VALUE OF INTRODUCING AN AVL CAPABILITY. THE STUDY SHOWED THAT INCORPORATION OF AN AVL SYSTEM WOULD IMPROVE THE EFFICIENCY OF THE FIELD FORCE TO THE EXTENT THAT IT COULD BE REDUCED BY TWO PATROLCARS AND STILL MAINTAIN THE SAME RESPONSE TIME. THIS PROJECT WAS SELECTED AFTER A PREVIOUS PROJECT, SPECIFICALLY IDENTIFIED THE INHERENT ADVANTAGES OF INCORPORATING AVL SYSTEM INTO ORLANDO POLICE DEPARTMENT OPERATIONS. SEE NCJ-013974.