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As seen in the Bay City Times:
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TEXT A new weapon in the Homeland Security arsenal looks like a cell phone, acts like a cell phone and sounds like a cell phone.
But it could help a police officer find an abducted child.
"This has the capability of displaying the latest Amber Alert message and picture of the child," said Sgt. James Chlebowski, of the Bay County Sheriff's Office.
The pocket telephone display scrolls through a nationwide list of missing persons, including children, and displays pictures and descriptions of the individuals. A new message will automatically alert the officer.
"If you hit another button, you are put in direct contact with the police department that put out the alert," Chlebowski said. "This could help tremendously identifying a lost child you have found or in alerting police about who is missing."
The Sheriff's Office recently purchased six of the Nextel phones and armed them with software through Wirehound, a Nevada-based company that is expanding the technology of the cell phones to benefit law enforcement and public safety.
Funding for the phones came through the Homeland Security Department, said Undersheriff Joel Luethjohann.
The county was given about $2,800 to purchase the phones, and the software and money should be available in the future to help maintain the system, Chlebowski said.
The phones can transmit and receive information through the national Law Enforcement Information Network to determine if an individual is wanted for questioning or if there are warrants out. Information on driver's licenses and records also are available.
"It saves some time and it allows the officer to receive the information directly," Luethjohann said.
Wirehound is on the cutting edge of technology aimed at homeland security across the nation, said company CEO Ron White.
The company also has developed systems for facial recognition scanners in airports and other high-traffic areas. It helps security officers identify and detain anyone who poses a threat or who already is on a restricted person list.
The scanned facial image is sent to a central database; when it finds a match it sends the information right back to the officer.
Cell phones in the future also will be able to record and send fingerprints to a database for a matching identification, White said.
The most promising use of the cell phone technology for police is in the Amber Alert notice, which broadcasts a message about an abducted child.
Through an Internet consortium of companies across the country, it is possible to issue a localized, regional or national alert of an abducted child in minutes instead of hours.
"It had taken about three hours to get out an alert, but that has been reduced to between 10 and 15 minutes," White said. It means children have a much better chance of being spotted by alert police and citizens than ever before.
"The image of the child will be sent to the media and to cell phone users, and to such places as casinos and lottery machines where people can see them," White said. Citizens will get the image right away and millions of eyes could be on the lookout for the abductor and child.
All of the software is transferable not only to cell phones but to the laptop or in-car computers used by police officers.
White, a retired Los Angeles County Sheriff's deputy, said customers in Michigan besides Bay County include the Monroe County Sheriff's Department and the city police of Monroe and Milan. :::::
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As seen in the Bay City Times:
(quoted)
TEXT A new weapon in the Homeland Security arsenal looks like a cell phone, acts like a cell phone and sounds like a cell phone.
But it could help a police officer find an abducted child.
"This has the capability of displaying the latest Amber Alert message and picture of the child," said Sgt. James Chlebowski, of the Bay County Sheriff's Office.
The pocket telephone display scrolls through a nationwide list of missing persons, including children, and displays pictures and descriptions of the individuals. A new message will automatically alert the officer.
"If you hit another button, you are put in direct contact with the police department that put out the alert," Chlebowski said. "This could help tremendously identifying a lost child you have found or in alerting police about who is missing."
The Sheriff's Office recently purchased six of the Nextel phones and armed them with software through Wirehound, a Nevada-based company that is expanding the technology of the cell phones to benefit law enforcement and public safety.
Funding for the phones came through the Homeland Security Department, said Undersheriff Joel Luethjohann.
The county was given about $2,800 to purchase the phones, and the software and money should be available in the future to help maintain the system, Chlebowski said.
The phones can transmit and receive information through the national Law Enforcement Information Network to determine if an individual is wanted for questioning or if there are warrants out. Information on driver's licenses and records also are available.
"It saves some time and it allows the officer to receive the information directly," Luethjohann said.
Wirehound is on the cutting edge of technology aimed at homeland security across the nation, said company CEO Ron White.
The company also has developed systems for facial recognition scanners in airports and other high-traffic areas. It helps security officers identify and detain anyone who poses a threat or who already is on a restricted person list.
The scanned facial image is sent to a central database; when it finds a match it sends the information right back to the officer.
Cell phones in the future also will be able to record and send fingerprints to a database for a matching identification, White said.
The most promising use of the cell phone technology for police is in the Amber Alert notice, which broadcasts a message about an abducted child.
Through an Internet consortium of companies across the country, it is possible to issue a localized, regional or national alert of an abducted child in minutes instead of hours.
"It had taken about three hours to get out an alert, but that has been reduced to between 10 and 15 minutes," White said. It means children have a much better chance of being spotted by alert police and citizens than ever before.
"The image of the child will be sent to the media and to cell phone users, and to such places as casinos and lottery machines where people can see them," White said. Citizens will get the image right away and millions of eyes could be on the lookout for the abductor and child.
All of the software is transferable not only to cell phones but to the laptop or in-car computers used by police officers.
White, a retired Los Angeles County Sheriff's deputy, said customers in Michigan besides Bay County include the Monroe County Sheriff's Department and the city police of Monroe and Milan. :::::
Local public safety offficials contact MOBILE MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS TODAY for additional details and pricing. Software can be utilized with your current NEXTEL serivce!
MOBILE MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS
Certified Public Sector Firm
989.213.3542
mleveling@charter.net