How e-Citation Systems Increase Productivity & Revenues While Improving Officer Safety
Electronic citation (e-Citation) systems represent one of the most succcessful uses of mobile and wireless technology in public safety operations. Electronic citation systems have earned high user satisfaction ratings from state highway patrol agencies, police departments, parking authorities and campus security organizations across the country because of their well-proven ability to save time for officers, improve safety while issuing tickets, reduce errors and illegible tickets, and improve collection rates.
The only significant obstacles to more widespread use of electronic citation systems are insufficient awareness, understanding and budgets. This white paper will provide the background information needed to pursue an e-Citation initiative, plus benefit data and tips to help win funding for it.
e-Citations in Action
The Snohomish County (WA) Sheriff’s Office experience with electronic citation systems is typical. Deputies in the traffic unit each used to write about 12 to 15 paper citations a day. Each citation took four to five minutes to write, and a similar amount of time back at headquarters to enter into the computer system. With 20 traffic deputies working on a typical day, the sheriff’s office collectively spent between 43 and 47.5 hours daily writing and entering citations.
Snohomish County switched to creating citations on handheld computers, which produce a copy for the offender on a vehicle mounted printer and automatically download the citation information to the headquarters computer system without manual data entry. Productivity – and citation revenue – have since soared.
Honeywell Announces New TotalFreedom Software Plug-ins EasyParse
New TotalFreedom Software Plug-ins EasyParse for Motor Vehicle Documents (MVD) and EasyParse for GS1
Honeywell’s new EasyParse for Motor Vehicle Documents plug-in parses the bar code data on US government-issued non-identity documents and compliments the TotalFreedom plug-in for identity documents, EasyDL. Ideal for accelerating e-citation and/or vehicle inspection applications, EasyParse for Motor Vehicle Documents enables users to transmit data fields for vehicle titles and registrations used by police departments, motor vehicle agencies, vehicle service centers and other organizations, improving administrative efficiency and customer satisfaction by reducing wasted time associated with document renewal, inspection and verification.
Honeywell’s EasyParse for GS1 software plug-in parses application identifiers (AI) found in various bar code symbologies as outlined in the GS1 General Specifications, and delivers the selected data sets in the format supported by the host application. Organizations in many industries—including retail, healthcare, transportation and logistics, consumer electronics manufacturing and defense—have a need to achieve compliance with various GS1 Sunrise initiatives in order to maximize efficiency and maintain positive trade relationships. For example, retail customers with the Easy Parse for GS1 plug-in can more easily parse the longer 70 character coupon codes to extract only the promotional items that are of interest to their point-of-sale (POS) software. And, with this plug-in, retailers no longer need to invest in a costly and time intensive core POS software upgrade to be able to meet the GS1 General Specifications.
Feel free to contact us to obtain these new plug-ins for your Honeywell devices.
New Thermal Printers From Wasp – WPL25 and WHC25
WPL25 Desktop Barcode Printer and the WHC25 Desktop Wristband Printer Provide the Latest in Quick and Durable Labeling
Wasp Barcode Technologies has announced the launch of the WPL25 Desktop Barcode Printer and the WHC25 Desktop Wristband Printer. Designed specifically for speed and durability, both products use direct thermal technology to provide accurate images and barcodes of the highest quality. The thermal printing technology used in both printers uses heat as opposed to ink, making the printed label or wristband smudge proof and durable.
Wasp’s WPL25 Desktop Barcode Printer features a high-quality clamshell design thatmakes the WPL25 ideal for printing high performance labels for healthcare, retail, shipping, and office environments. The WPL25 barcode printer uses a 200 MHz processor that prints labels at speeds up to 5 inches per second at 203 dpi print resolution. For easy integration into various business environments, the Wasp WPL25 comes standard with USB and serial interfaces. The WPL25 also comes with optional peeler, cutter, and stand-alone keyboard making it easy to create an all-in-one barcoding and scanning solution.
Motorola ET1 Updates Designed for a Better Retail Shopping Experience
Motorola Solutions delivers new accessories that will help retailers extend the functionality of the ET1 Tablet for improved sales support, mobile point of sale.
Motorola announced the availability of a suite of accessories for the ET1 Tablet. Offering a consumer-class user experience on a true enterprise-class tablet, the ET1 helps retailers offer a better shopping experience by providing the tools store associates need to answer questions, provide feedback and close a sale without leaving the customer’s side. Motorola introduced its ET1 accessories along with its vision of the future retail shopping experience and the results of the 2012 Future of Retail study.
Motorola’s Future of Retail study found that 39 percent of shoppers were least satisfied with the level of help or information that store associates were able to provide. The ET1 is a flexible and capable mobile device that can help enhance the shopping experience of both customers and sales associates. With the ET1 scan module, store associates can provide an improved shopping experience by offering more product information and better sales support. The powerful imager enables the capture of multiple barcode symbologies, including the ability to read mobile barcodes from cell phones. The ET1 scanner/magnetic stripe reader (MSR) expansion module adds the ability to read credit, gift and loyalty cards to the functionality of the scan module and turns the tablet into a mobile point of sale (MPOS) device. Now, store associates can provide more information and assisted selling, plus the MSR’s encryption technology can help the associate securely complete the sale, eliminating long lines at the cash register.
CognitiveTPG’s A798 & A799 Receipt Printers Certified for Aldelo Systems
CognitiveTPG, leading provider of on-demand barcode and transaction printers, is pleased to announce that its A799 and A798 receipt printers are now certified to work with Aldelo’s POS software.
The Aldelo For Restaurants software suite is a proven solution for thousand of restaurants and quick service operations around the world, offering software that enhances the customer operation and has an intuitive design. Aldelo’s products are based on an open architecture, allowing the customer choices when it comes to hardware selection.
Unitech MS180 – Hot Deal of the Month!
Finding the right scanner that will meet the demands of your business and not break your budget is always a challenge.
To help make the decision easier, the Unitech MS-180 is our current Hot Deal though the end of the month.
Unitech’s MS-series scanners are some of the most affordable and reliable on the market today. These scanners can benefit all aspecst of your business to save you time, money, and make your business more efficient. This video goes over just a few business scenarios, but the MS series can tackle almost anything you need it to do.
CognitiveTPG’s ‘Wanted Alive’ Summer Promotion
Celebrating the coming summer months, CognitiveTPG announced a promotion to entice its current, former, and possible future customers.
The promotion is a video contest calling for loyal Blaster and Advantage LX owners to show off their old dependable printer. “We are calling the promotion ‘Wanted Alive’ and challenging current and former customers to show us the oldest operational unit in the field. We know what true workhorses these printers are and we know there are still many 10-plus year old printers in the field today, working,” said Angela Mansfield-Swanson, CognitiveTPG’s Marketing Director. The customer with the oldest operational unit will win a $500 Visa gift card.
This promotion will run from June 1st through August 31, 2012.
The Falcon X3 Mobile Computer and Elf PDA Power Boosted with Upgraded Firmware
Firmware release v1.7 is now incorporated in the Falcon X3 mobile computer and Elf PDA. This release is available for both Windows Embedded Handheld 6.5 and CE6 models.
This release transitions Elf and Falcon X3 to the Windows Embedded Handheld 6.5 brand (latest Microsoft version), ensuring application compatibility with Windows Mobile 6.5 solutions and sustainability expected ‘out of the box’ with device management and security capabilities.
CE6 v1.7 release, similarly provides the latest AKU (Microsoft Update) as well as the reliability and flexibility Datalogic customers expect from mobile computers.
Some of the Features and Benefits provided with this upgrade include:
Intermec’s Most Innovative Industrial Printers – PM43 and PM43c
Intermec’s PM43 and PM43c ares some of the most capable and reliable mid-range industrial printers on the market today. These printers were designed for a wide range of applications within distribution center/warehouse and manufacturing environments. With full color touch displays, preloaded leading programing languages, support for mobile devices, and an incredible 12 inchs per second print speed, these printers are at the top of their class and will fit right in to your existing enterprise.
Intermec PM43/PM43c
Ready – Fastest to deploy. Seamlessly fits any environment.
- Large color multi-lingual tamper proof touch-screen or icon user interface
- No touch configuration capabilities
- Only CCX & WiFi certified fixed printers with standard IPv6 implementation
Reliable – Maximize uptime. Built from 40 years of printing innovations. 3rd generation platform.
- Precision Print for consistent barcode printing with pin point accuracy
- Multilingual Web page loaded on every printer ensure easy device monitoring
- Strong metal structure with metal door that can be locked for media protection
Perform – Increase productivity and process efficiencies. Simple to use.
- Fastest throughput in its class
- Powerful programmable capability with ability to directly connect peripherals
- Most connectivity options in the market
Motorola Solutions to Acquire Psion
Motorola Solutions and Psion announced that they have agreed on the terms of a recommended offer by Motorola Solutions for a buyout of all Psion stock shares.
Psion has been a pioneer in ruggedized mobile computing products and their application in industrial segments around the world. With headquarters in London and a major operational presence near Toronto, Canada, Psion has been a leader in mobile computing solutions since 1980. Psion has approximately 830 employees, customers in more than 50 countries.
