| Project Title: |
LAW ENFORCEMENT INTELLIGENT NETWORK SYSTEMS |
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| Project Status: | In Progress | |
| Project Type: |
Deployment/Integration |
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| Project Description: | The project objectives are to design and build a system that allows end-to-end data communication among Alliance members. The system consists of an Officer Assistant and Patrol Car Assistance connected by an Internet communications network. The proposed implementations will increase officer safety, improve mobile communications, enhance data sharing, and promote financial and life cycle efficiency of law enforcement communications technology. Both hardware and software will be designed in a modular fashion, using intelligent systems approaches and as far as possible, to use commercial off the shelf (COTS) components. The proposed units used by the officer in the field will be able to place relevant information near at hand to a variety of data sources. This is achieved by developing the units in an evolutionary manner through a series of levels starting with low bandwidth and at each phase increment, to increase bandwidth and graphical data transmission capability. This conforms with the ITS Guidelines in that the communications technology is separate from the architecture, allowing evolutionary advances as technology advances. ITS activities in Incident Management and Emergency Management will be high priority categories. As long as this path is standards based, not only will communication and cooperation among the Alliance members be enhanced, but a replicable model for other parts of the state and nation will be established and become the model for law enforcement technology overall. | |
| Project Location: | University of Alabama, Huntsville | |
| Project Partner(s): | University of Alabama in Huntsville, Huntsville-Madison County 9-1-1 Center, City of Huntsville | |
| Project Start Date: | September 1999 | |
| Project End Date: | January 2003 | |
| Estimated Total ITS Funds: | $791,469 | |
| Estimated Total Project Cost: | $2,020,727 |
| Project Contacts: | ||
Linda Guin |
FHWA Alabama Division, HDA-AL |
(334) 223-7377 |
Ext. |
Dr. Gary Workmann |
University of Alabama-Huntsville |
(256) 890-6578 |
Ext. 240 |