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     In 2002, Helper City wanted to find technology that would enable our officers to have a permanent internet connection to their laptop computers in the Patrol Vehicles.  By allowing a permanent connection to the Net from our laptops, officers would have the capabilities to run driver’s licenses, license plates, check for statewide warrants, check for NCIC Hits, complete reports in the field, pull up digital photographs in the field, check probation and parole files, and have email for messages from our dispatch center.

      We began working with a company, Networks International out of Provo, Utah, that was able to install the right type of equipment that would allow such a connection.  In 2002, the equipment was installed in Helper with a grant received from the Utah Commission on Criminal and Juvenile Justice, State of Utah.

      To date, the equipment is performing very well with a bandwidth between 700 and 800 K.  This type of speed allows our officers to obtain information very fast thus making their jobs safer and more proficient.  Software has since been obtained from the Utah Highway Patrol and installed in the patrol vehicles allowing officers to complete citations electronically and have the citations auto filled using the internet with access to the statewide system.

      With the wireless internet in the vehicles, this also allows our officers to spend more time in the field preventing crime since they can complete reports in the field rather than having to respond to the department to complete them like in the past  

      Contact was made with Fatpot which developed software that allows our officers the capability to run driver's licenses, license plates, check for statewide warrants, serve warrants, check for NCIC Hits, receive immediate attempt to locates statewide, receive Amber alerts, and the ability to communicate with any other officer using the same technology statewide.  This software originally called PSI (Public Safety Inquiry) has been installed in all of our office computers and each laptop used by our officers.   The PSI technology has been a valuable tool for our agency in fighting crime.

      Other cities in our area have either installed the same equipment and/or in the process of installing the same equipment which will allow our cities and county to work together to create a much larger coverage area for all the patrol officers in Carbon County, thus saving money for our citizens and enhancing the tools available for our patrol officers.  We look forward to working with area Law Enforcement to enhance our tools to assist our citizens in Carbon County.