new gps system for madison county

[ShawnCowden]

new gps for all public safety in the madison county area

 

[unitcharlie]

any details about the new system?

 

[ShawnCowden]

not really i heard it on wkyt news website
little info
their suppose to run liscenses and stuff via computer rather then radio now, warrents, etc
says it takes more off dispatch probably similar to the computer system ksp uses but itll be on their network and analog

 

[rdale]

"their suppose to run liscenses and stuff via computer rather then radio now, warrents, etc"

That wouldn't be GPS. GPS is a satellite location system.

"ksp uses but itll be on their network and analog"

If it is computer-based, it is digital.

 

[ShawnCowden]

well digital burst on their analog system gps system is what their calling the new computer system

wkyt had more info on it

rdale........ ur always right so y dont u tell us more about madison county's system (nobody is perfect im sorry to tell u that)

 

[rdale]

"ur always right"

I am not always right - but I only post on things that I know to be right.

 

[ShawnCowden]

go down to madison county richmond, berea ky and talk to those folks and then post what u know on here post what they tell u itll help us all out

 

[n4voxgill]

sounds like a MDT with AVL. Mobile Data Units are laptops that allow the officer to run all the queries you mentioned. Automatic Vehicle Location is GPS based and keeps the dispatcher updated as to the vehicles location. This allows the closest unit to be dispatched. The cars will have a strange looking antenna added to pick up the GPS signals.

 

[ShawnCowden]

i think ur right wkyt showed the computer its a laptop in the cars and ems squads and maps on them.

 

[CCEMS703]

If you look at the KSP web site home page you can see them having a class on how to work the computers in the car... also the computers are not GPS computers all they do is Run tags and allow officers to do reports and send them in instead of going back to the station and doing them. I do ride along with the department and the system is not all the way ready. All they can do is reports un till sometime Early next year when they get all the satellites up around town. Also it is the KSP system they are just going to link us onto them. The department Here (Murray PD) is the only little town Department that has them does anyone else know if their department does.

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