If you can find it. ;-)
----- Mike Hammett Intelligent Computing Solutions http://www.ics-il.com -------------------------------------------------- From: "Josh Luthman" <j...@imaginenetworksllc.com> Sent: Saturday, October 17, 2009 12:45 PM To: "WISPA General List" <wireless@wispa.org> Subject: Re: [WISPA] Ideas on Police Department Wireless Link from Stationto Cruiser > I strongly advise avoiding AT&T's 3G service. I haven't been impressed at > all. > > Josh Luthman > Office: 937-552-2340 > Direct: 937-552-2343 > 1100 Wayne St > Suite 1337 > Troy, OH 45373 > > "When you have eliminated the impossible, that which remains, however > improbable, must be the truth." > --- Sir Arthur Conan Doyle > > > On Sat, Oct 17, 2009 at 1:37 PM, Jayson Baker > <jay...@spectrasurf.com>wrote: > >> We currently do this for a local PD. They have 13 of those ruggedized >> Dell >> laptops, mounted in all the cars. >> We looked at 2.4GHz and 900MHz. Even though the town is only 5sqmi, we >> decided to go with Verizon Aircards. >> >> Worked out well, because the laptops are tied directly into their CAD >> system, which is tied into the whole state. >> So now they could, theoretically, go anywhere in the state and be >> dispatched >> on a call, run plates/people through NCIC, etc. >> >> I believe that because of that, they actually got the state to pay for a >> lot >> of it. >> >> Sure, we don't make anything on the Verizon service, but we do on the >> backend by tying their CAD into the Internet. >> >> Just something to keep in mind, if you have any sort of 3G service in >> that >> area. >> >> Jayson >> >> On Sat, Oct 17, 2009 at 9:05 AM, Robert West <robert.w...@just-micro.com >> >wrote: >> >> > I got a call Friday afternoon from the police chief of a small little >> spot >> > in the road asking about the possibility of connecting his cruisers to >> the >> > station network via a wireless link. (He is the "Police Chief" but I >> > suspect he is also the entire police force) He said that the local >> > Wal-Mart >> > has agreed to donate to him a few of those little Acer 7" screen >> > laptops, >> > which are a big piece of crap from the number of repairs we've had to >> > do >> on >> > them... Anyhow, he wants to be able to be in the cruiser and connect >> > to >> > the >> > network back at the station and use the websites from the Attorney >> > General's >> > office where he can run plates, drivers license info and also fill out >> his >> > reports. >> > >> > >> > >> > Here's the setup.. >> > >> > >> > >> > This Burg is a bit less than 2 miles long and about one and a half >> > miles >> > wide. The town hall is equivalent to a 4 story building and they also >> have >> > a water tower that looks to be 100 foot tall. The terrain is flat as >> > can >> > be >> > and they have the normal scattering of trees. The Town Hall and water >> > tower >> > are the tallest structures by far aside from a large grain elevator >> > right >> > outside of town. Boy wants to connect to his network anywhere in town >> from >> > his cop-mobile as well as when he is at home, also within the town. >> > >> > >> > >> > We've done plenty of private networks but it's all been in the 2.4 and >> 5ghz >> > band. He was thinking he could just throw up a 2.4ghz link and be good >> but >> > I told him to hold on, I didn't think he could broadcast the Attorney >> > Generals network to every antenna in town, I had to do some research. >> > So >> > this, because of my utterly blatant laziness, is my research. J >> > >> > >> > >> > Has anyone been down this path? What can we do and not do? >> > >> > >> > >> > I have a meeting with the guy next Wednesday and want to have some idea >> of >> > what we're up against on this one. (Hopefully he doesn't recognize me >> > as >> > the guy who took him to court over a ticket he wrote for a crooked >> license >> > plate... I won that one by the way) >> > >> > >> > >> > Thanks for any help! >> > >> > >> > >> > Robert West >> > >> > Just Micro Digital Services Inc. >> > >> > 740-335-7020 >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >> > WISPA Wants You! Join today! >> > http://signup.wispa.org/ >> > >> > >> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >> > >> > WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org >> > >> > Subscribe/Unsubscribe: >> > http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless >> > >> > Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ >> > >> >> >> >> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >> WISPA Wants You! 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