APPLICATION OF AUTOMATIC VEHICLE LOCATION IN LAW ENFORCEMENT - AN INTRODUCTORY PLANNING GUIDE

• NCJ Number: 32263
• Author(s): G R HANSEN; W G LEFLANG
• Date Published: 1978
• Length: 52 pages
• Contract Number(s): NAS 7-100
• Sponsoring Agency: National Criminal Justice Information & Statistics Service; National Aeronautics and Space Admin
• Corporate Author: California Institute of Technology
• Sale Source: Superintendent of Documents, GPO; National Institute of Justice/
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

SOME ESSENTIAL CHARACTERISTICS AND APPLICATIONS OF AUTOMATIC VEHICLE LOCATION (AVL) ARE OUTLINED AND SYSTEMS IN THE OPERATIONAL OR PLANNING PHASES ARE DISCUSSED.

Abstract

LAW ENFORCEMENT INTEREST IN AUTOMATIC VEHICLE LOCATION (AVL) SYSTEMS STEMS FROM THE RAPID AND ACCURATE CAR LOCATION INFORMATION PROVIDED TO DISPATCHING AND POLICE SUPERVISORY PERSONNEL. THIS INFORMATION PROVIDES THE ABILITY TO DEPLOY PATROL CARS IN SUCH A WAY AS TO REDUCE THE POLICE RESPONSE TIME TO THE SCENE OF A CRIME, IMPROVE COORDINATION OF POLICE ACTIVITIES, BETTER SUPERVISE OFFICERS' DAILY ACTIONS, AND IMPROVE OFFICER SAFETY BY MONITORING THE LOCATION OF PATROL CARS. ALL THIS IS DONE WITHOUT THE NEED FOR LOCATION REPORTING BY VOICE, THUS REDUCING THE WORK LOAD OF BOTH THE FIELD OFFICER AND DISPATCHER, AND REDUCING CONGESTION ON THE CROWDED VOICE RADIO CHANNELS. THE PURPOSE OF THIS INTRODUCTORY GUIDELINES DOCUMENT IS TO ASSIST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES IN UNDERSTANDING, PLANNING FOR, AND IMPLEMENTING AVL SYSTEMS. REQUIREMENTS ANALYSIS, SYSTEM CONCEPT DESIGN, IMPLEMENTATION PLANNING, AND PERFORMANCE AND COST MODELING ARE DESCRIBED AND DEMONSTRATED WITH NUMEROUS EXAMPLES. THE CHAPTER ON SELECTION OF SYSTEM DESIGN PRESENTS SEVERAL CONCEPTS FOR TYPICAL CITIES. A DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF A TYPICAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AVL SYSTEM, AND A LIST OF VENDOR SOURCES ARE GIVEN IN THE APPENDIXES. (SNI ABSTRACT)