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How Law Enforcement Uses Technology
PENSACOLA - ITGULFCOAST, an Information Technology Association for the Gulf Coast, will hold their regular monthly meeting on Wednesday, July 27, at the Pensacola State College Main Campus (Bldg 17, Room 1716). Guest speaker will be Chris Rawson from CTS America (aka SmartCOP). He will discuss how law enforcement benefits from and uses technology.
Have you ever wondered how law enforcement agencies get critical information so quickly or how they communicate through all the various departments and remain effective?
Join Chris Rawson, project manager at CTS America, as he discusses the workflows of an everyday incident (or call for service), the working environment and key software technology that improves the process. He will describe how software technology has helped improve safety, situational awareness, force multiplication (the enhancement of limited recourses). Chris will discuss the development of Law Enforcement Mobile Computer Terminal software solutions that increase efficiency, improve response times, and expand officer and citizen safety.
Presenter
Chris Rawson, a Pensacola native, gained early business experience with his family’s successful small business, Superior Termite & Pest Management. He obtained his Bachelor’s Degree in Organizational Communications from the University of West Florida in 2008 and is currently pursuing his Master’s Degree in Strategic Communications and Leadership at UWF.
Chris Rawson is a Project Manager at CTS America and has managed software implementation projects from Montana to the Virgin Islands. Chris works closely with state and local public safety agencies from purchase through the software implementation. Chris collaborates with customers and CTS software designers to further enhance the company's products.
CTS America (SmartCOP), headquartered in Pensacola, is involved in system development, implementation, and support services for a fully integrated suite of public safety products for law enforcement agencies across America including: Computer Aided Dispatch (CAD), Records Management System (RMS), Mobile Computing with Field Based Reporting, and Jail Management System (JMS).
CTS provide customers with the most advanced, complete software solution available to yield the benefits of reducing crime, increasing safety, and boosting agency efficiency with a fully integrated, single source solution. CTS utilize Commercial Off-the-Shelf (COTS) software that is unique and customized. The software design serves the needs of an agency and provides interoperability among outside agencies.
Meeting Details
This meeting will be held at the Pensacola State College Main Campus (Bldg 17, Room 1716). Turn into the campus from 9th Avenue just north of Airport intersection. (See Map of campus). The meeting starts at 11:30 am and ends at 1:00 pm. The cost for lunch is $12 per person. The fee to attend without lunch is $5 per person. The student rate is $5 with lunch, free with no lunch.
Register for this event online. Payment can be made by cash or check (made out to ITGULFCOAST.ORG) at the event or during online registration with Paypal. No-shows should send payment after the event via Paypal to payments@itgulfcoast.org. The meeting is open to all ITGULFCOAST members, guests and to the public.
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