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Chicago Police Department Partnering with Samsung for in-Vehicle Smartphone Docking

posted by martyb on Thursday August 22 2019, @08:37PM   Printer-friendly
from the hickory-dickory dept.

takyon writes:

Chicago Police Department Piloting Samsung DeX in Vehicle

Chicago Police Department is rolling out a pilot of Samsung's DeX in Vehicle solution, providing officers the ability to dock their Galaxy smartphones and access policing applications on a dash-mounted display and keyboard.

The mobile-first initiative, announced at a press conference on August 21, aims to leverage the power of officer smartphones to streamline in-vehicle computing access. Officers participating in the pilot will be able to access computer-aided dispatch and other Chicago Police Department systems to conduct background checks and complete reports. Photo and video evidence captured on the smartphone will also be immediately accessible to attach to reports. The initial pilot will roll out for CPD's 11th district.

Also at Engadget.

See also: Living up to the promise of Continuum for Windows Phone, Samsung Dex makes its way into police cars

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  • (Score: 1, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday August 22 2019, @09:56PM (1 child)

    by Anonymous Coward on Thursday August 22 2019, @09:56PM (#883798)
    Maybe city cops can live with just smartphones, but police vehicles are equipped with mobile terminals that do not depend on the cellular network. This is necessary for counties, and likely will stay this way for now. City police may or may not want to be tied to commercial services as their only line of communication. Police radios and repeaters cost money, but they are police's own toys, with guaranteed access. If, say, an earthquake happens, cell services will be overloaded - but the police/fire/ambulance will be communicating.
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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday August 23 2019, @02:54AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Friday August 23 2019, @02:54AM (#883900)

    Hogwash! We need to move them all to the Cloud!