Seligman Police Department receives laptops for patrol vehicles
Seligman Officer Joseph Arnold utilizes one of the new laptops to access their database while on patrol. The new computers make it more efficient for officers to complete paperwork while in the field.
June 3, 2015
Charlea Mills
Thanks to the Department of Public Safety, officers with the Seligman Police Department are spending more time on patrol keeping citizens safe and less in the office doing paperwork.
The Seligman Police Department received five new Dell laptop computers by the Department of Public Safety to use in the cruisers on the streets and at City Hall. The laptops work on a secure server so that all tickets written by the officers are automatically stored and available.
Seligman Police Chief Terry Burgess said, “The computers allow us to have access to our database, and the better accountability for reporting and tracking information.”
The department has been using the computers for a few months, and they are already seeing the benefits for its officers. Burgess said, “Efficiency-wise, the computers allow our officers to complete most of the work from the patrol vehicle thus requiring less time in the office.”
Prior to installing the laptops in the vehicles and having all of the information stored in their database, it was much more time consuming to complete the necessary paperwork. Officers would issues citations while working on the streets, then enter that information into a Microsoft Word document at City Hall. After that, the paper copies would be stored in physical files in the office, but no digital information would be immediately accessible within the department.
Burgess said that the training to get officers up to speed on the new system was minimal. He stated, “Training basically consisted of familiarization with the software which was very user-friendly.”
Since the computers were provided by the Department of Public Safety, the city did not have to invest financially in the equipment or the software making it a win-win for both the department and tax-payers in the city.
Charlea Mills
Thanks to the Department of Public Safety, officers with the Seligman Police Department are spending more time on patrol keeping citizens safe and less in the office doing paperwork.
The Seligman Police Department received five new Dell laptop computers by the Department of Public Safety to use in the cruisers on the streets and at City Hall. The laptops work on a secure server so that all tickets written by the officers are automatically stored and available.
Seligman Police Chief Terry Burgess said, “The computers allow us to have access to our database, and the better accountability for reporting and tracking information.”
The department has been using the computers for a few months, and they are already seeing the benefits for its officers. Burgess said, “Efficiency-wise, the computers allow our officers to complete most of the work from the patrol vehicle thus requiring less time in the office.”
Prior to installing the laptops in the vehicles and having all of the information stored in their database, it was much more time consuming to complete the necessary paperwork. Officers would issues citations while working on the streets, then enter that information into a Microsoft Word document at City Hall. After that, the paper copies would be stored in physical files in the office, but no digital information would be immediately accessible within the department.
Burgess said that the training to get officers up to speed on the new system was minimal. He stated, “Training basically consisted of familiarization with the software which was very user-friendly.”
Since the computers were provided by the Department of Public Safety, the city did not have to invest financially in the equipment or the software making it a win-win for both the department and tax-payers in the city.
