Wednesday, February 22, 2006

Detroit Police Department Uses Technology to Manage Public Safety During Super Bowl / Government Technology, 20 Feb 2006

http://www.govtech.net/magazine/channel_story.php/98501
"The Detroit Police Department worked with more than 100 local, state and federal agencies to assure Super Bowl XL was a safe experience for everyone. In addition to serving the public safety agencies of the city of Detroit, the CompuDyne system also provided support to the Department of Homeland Security. Federal agencies were provided access to the CAD data warehouse to receive real-time updates to all law enforcement events occurring throughout the city during Super Bowl activities.
Incident information was interfaced to an external system used by the Department of Homeland Security to provide a consolidated view of police, fire and emergency medical activities to more than 400 public safety managers and coordinators at all levels of government.
The CAD system processed over 6,280 calls for emergency service in the 24 hours surrounding Super Bowl XL. The city of Detroit deployed a special command post in the communication center to handle the increased call volume. By establishing a unique routing code for police service, the system automatically rerouted the Super Bowl related calls to the Command Post.
The new CAD system is phase two of a multi-million dollar public safety project with CompuDyne to upgrade the city's public safety technology. Having the new system up and operational in time for Super Bowl XL was mandatory for the city of Detroit." [Snippet]