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Harris County, Texas, Installs $8.7 million Public Safety and Integrated Justice System from CompuDyne’s Tiburon Unit
Date: Tuesday, November 13, 2007
ANNAPOLIS, MD, November 13, 2007 – CompuDyne Corp. announced today that its Tiburon Inc. subsidiary has completed the installation of a new $8.7 million public safety system for Harris County, Texas.
This comprehensive system includes new Computer Aided Dispatch (CAD), Records Management, Mobile Communication, and Field Reporting to support the law enforcement agencies that serve the citizens of Harris County, the third most populous county in the nation, with Houston as the county seat.
CompuDyne is an industry leader in sophisticated security products, integration, and technology for the public security markets. Its Tiburon subsidiary, based in Pleasanton, CA, is an industry-leading provider of automated public safety and justice systems to meet the demanding and complex needs of law enforcement, fire, rescue, corrections, and justice environments.
“With the successful collaboration between Tiburon and Harris County to advance the use of technology for our law enforcement agencies, the county has achieved greater operational efficiencies and enhanced communication between departments, which results in better service to our community,” said Tommy Thomas, Sheriff of Harris County.
The new CAD system networks nine separate dispatch locations throughout Harris County. It operates on fully-distributed Microsoft Windows® workstations and provides server-independent processing of all critical CAD functions for a reliable configuration with virtually 100% system availability. If any component fails, the system continues to function. Tiburon has successfully deployed this unique system architecture in more than 40 city, county, and statewide public safety communication centers across the country.
The comprehensive Records Management System consolidates and automates records-processing and criminal investigations for the Harris County law enforcement agencies.
In addition, a comprehensive mobile communications component that includes mobile mapping and automated report writing is installed in the county’s 6,000 vehicles. The mobile map allows the officers to view the location of an incident and other units in the area, enhancing officer safety and response coordination.
Officers can also enter and access their case and accident reports while in their vehicles. Tiburon’s accident-reporting component includes an advanced drawing tool to diagram the accident and generates accident-report information compliant with Texas Department of Public Safety requirements. Additionally, officers can transmit arrest reports electronically to the District Attorney’s office and, with Tiburon’s electronic citation capability, citations are automatically uploaded to the court. This integrated mobile solution increases the speed and accuracy of reporting and allows officers to spend more time in the community.
The new Computer Aided Dispatch system supports Phase I of the county’s initiative for a Regional Integrated Computer Aided Dispatch system for the Sheriff’s Office and Constable Precincts. Phase I has the capability of expanding to support the 12 counties in and near the Houston-Galveston metropolitan area. The flexibility of the Tiburon’s web-based user interface allows for enhanced interoperability between participating agencies to help officers solve crimes and track suspects that inevitably cross agency boundaries.
“Tiburon has built its 27-year reputation on providing public safety solutions to complex and demanding operations such as Harris County,” said Gary Bunyard, President and CEO of Tiburon. “We are extremely proud of what we have accomplished in our partnership with Harris County and look forward to many more shared successes in the years ahead.”
About CompuDyne Corp. and Tiburon, Inc.
CompuDyne, headquartered in Annapolis, MD, is an industry leader in sophisticated security products, integration, and technology for the public security markets. The company operates a number of divisions and has more than 700 employees in 11 states and the United Kingdom. CompuDyne’s Tiburon, Inc. division, based in Pleasanton, CA, provides fully integrated command and control, information management, and analysis solutions to public safety and justice organizations. Established in 1980, Tiburon is the industry-leading provider of automated solutions to meet the demanding and complex needs of law enforcement, fire and rescue, corrections, and justice agencies. For more information, go to www.compudyne.com and www.tiburoninc.com.
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Contact:
Jean Schommer
Director of Marketing
Tiburon Division of CompuDyne Corporation
(925) 621-2784
jean.schommer@tiburoninc.com
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