Bill Moore's presentation at Geomatics Atlantic 2012 (www.geomaticsatlantic.com) in Halifax, June 2012. More session details at http://lanyrd.com/2012/geomaticsatlantic2012/stbgx/

1. A Picture is Worth…
Technology Overview

2. Introduction
 Deputy Chief Bill Moore
– 26 Years in policing
– Operations
– CACP Informatics Committee
 Chair of the Interoperability Sub-committee
 700 MHz Public Safety Broadband Police Lead

3. Areas of Interest
 Integration of data
 Wireless Video
 Operational Awareness/Command & Control
 Officer safety anything
 Expert services on demand
 Interoperability

4. Future
 We want it all, everything, right now … and it
must be:
– Low cost or free
– Easy to introduce to 700 plus persons
– Leverage existing systems/open architecture
– Provide a direct return on investment
– Increase effectiveness
– Low cost or free or better yet vendor pays us

5. Interoperability
 “Communications interoperability refers to
the ability of public safety agencies to talk
across disciplines and jurisdictions via radio
(replace with voice) communications
systems, exchanging voice and/or data with
one another on demand, in real time, when
needed, and as authorized.”
 http://www.safecomprogram.gov/SAFECOM/

6. Interoperability Continuum

7. Canadian Interoperability Technology Interest
Group (CITIG): An Investment in Public Safety
Interoperability
Working together to improve public safety interoperability…

8. CITIG
 Visit www.citig.ca for more info and to
join.

9. Our Reality
 We are not CSI, but most people think we are…
 We still arrest people and have not charged a
computer yet with a crime…
 We have a shrinking budget
 We have procurement rules and long timelines
 We need to keep up, but change is getting faster
 We can not quit

10. Crime Mapping

11. Crime Mapping

12. Intelligence Analysis

13. 3D in-building

14. 700 MHz

15. MASAS

16. The Experience…

17. The Experience…

18. The Future
 View video: http://precisioninformation.org

19. Conclusion
 Technology is not going to slow down
anytime soon, we must keep up
 We have to be wary of “snake oil salesman”
 Remember that technology supports people,
not the other way around
 And a picture is worth ….

20. Questions ?
Deputy Chief Bill Moore
Halifax Regional Police
Office: 902-490-7138
Cell: 902-497-4620
mooreb@halifax.ca