If you are working with law enforcement, they generraly need FIPs compliance on anything that touches their network.
John >-----Original Message----- >From: Robert West [mailto:robert.w...@just-micro.com] >Sent: Saturday, October 17, 2009 12:05 PM >To: lakel...@gbcx.net, ''WISPA General List'' >Subject: Re: [WISPA] Ideas on Police Department Wireless Link from >Stationto Cruiser > >Yeah, that's the part I was leery of when he asked. I knew there were some >sort of safeguards that had to be followed and I'm totally green in that >area. We've done a few medical sites that had to be HIPPA compliant and it >wasn't such a big deal but I hate messing with the cops. They have other >ways to complain other than not paying an invoice. > > > >-----Original Message----- >From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On >Behalf Of lakel...@gbcx.net >Sent: Saturday, October 17, 2009 1:49 PM >To: WISPA General List >Subject: Re: [WISPA] Ideas on Police Department Wireless Link from Stationto >Cruiser > >Be careful of the new federal encryption requirements for anything hooked up >to the National Crime Computers. > >A lot of states have new rules also when interfacing to the state DMV and >crime networks > >Just FYI > >-B- >Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry > >-----Original Message----- >From: Jayson Baker <jay...@spectrasurf.com> >Date: Sat, 17 Oct 2009 11:37:26 >To: WISPA General List<wireless@wispa.org> >Subject: Re: [WISPA] Ideas on Police Department Wireless Link from Station > to Cruiser > >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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