HP Partners with Roseville Police for Mobile Computing Solutions

Roseville, Calif., police officers will begin riding in police vehicles equipped with enhanced technology specifically designed and integrated by HP (www.hp.com) to meet their needs quickly and easily.

"Each patrol car is not only a police vehicle, but also a mobile police office," said Roseville Police Chief Joel A. Neves. "The modern police vehicle is packed with numerous communication and information technology devices that deliver a level of access to data that was unheard of just a few years ago."

HP has already completed installations in 19 of the 60 police cars in the Roseville Police Department's (Roseville PD) fleet. Fleet installation is expected to be completed by the end of this year, incorporating customized upgraded mobile computers and power management systems.

Tailor-made for the Roseville PD, the HP solution provides more space in officers' vehicles, robust technology and effective power management. The customized solution combines technology from HP partners, including L3 Communications, ComTech Communications Inc., Havis-Shields, Major Power and D&R Electronics.

HP worked closely with the Roseville PD team to develop prototype vehicles that integrate computer systems in the vehicles' interior.

HP and the Roseville PD worked to identify and understand the department's business needs and existing technical equipment, and then conducted a series of field tests with the officers during the past year to ensure a superior final product.

"This is so much more than just fitting computers into a squad car -- we literally gutted a police vehicle and started from scratch to design the best solution for the officers," said Mark Bateson, senior solution architect, Public Sector, HP.

The Roseville Police Department is a full-service police department serving a city of 100,000 residents in rapidly growing south Placer County. The city of Roseville is a major high-technology job center for the northern Sacramento Valley.

The Roseville Police Department has 122 sworn officers and 70 professional staff positions. The department's 2003/2004 fiscal year budget was $24.1 million.