c. Joint dispatch grant application

vendors have realized this, and have now made these capabilities core part of their applications, providing seamless wireless access to information once held only on mainframes or paper. · This program would support Global Positioning Systems (GPS) and Automated Vehicle Location (A VL) that were once relegated to only the military due to cost and security and now have become commonplace off the shelf consumer technology. The substantial reduction in cost per unit has ereated enormous advantages in dispatch and mapping. This technology now allows not just shortest-path routing for CAD operators, but also allows for officer-to-officer location ill which enables backup unit locations and squad on squad accident avoidance. Many EAPs recognize the value of this capability and have built it into their core product, and others have developed synergy partnerships to provide it. · The aspect of intra-departmental efficiency has also changed. Most EAPs have either a fully integrated suite of modules, or have provided seamless synergy partners (CAD/Mobile/RMS/JMS) driven by the newly available architectures. This allows single entry data capture, where initial data is gathered from ALV9-1-1 call, is converted to a dispatch message and sent by wireless modems, which in turn is automatically utilized in an incident/ field report. The field report data is subsequently sent wirelessly, built upon and coded for records and investigation purposes, which then is followed by the transmittal or availability of this information to the downstream "customers", such as prosecutors, courts, state and other entities. · Many other new capabilities have become available such as voice recognition, automated ticket-writing, card swipe readers and bio-metric user identification that have also created 40f7