Police GPS

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Announced December 14, 2007, Philadelphia Housing Authority Police became the first and only police force in the city with Global Positioning Systems in all of their marked vehicles. The system is designed to increase the department's efficiency and provide cost savings to PHA.

GPS tracks the movement and location of all police vehicles at all times. The system allows police to efficiently manage calls for service based on the location of the police cars, to produce a timely response.

The system pinpoints a vehicle's location within several feet and can also track a vehicle's speed, and stop and start patterns. With GPS, the PHA Police Department now has a new tool for combating crime and managing calls for service.

In addition to tracking a vehicle's location, GPS technology improves efficiency. The system monitors an engine's performance measurements such as idle time, and gasoline usage. It alerts the fleet manager, via e-mail, of engine malfunctions in real time.

GPS Tracking History allows a review up to ninety days of vehicle location history online (where the vehicle has been and for how long; miles per gallon; vehicle speed).

Geofencing allows supervisors to monitor vehicle movement into and out of restricted areas, and create geographical boundaries to monitor fleet whereabouts.

Problem Alerts are e-mailed to managers when a performance problem is reported by the vehicle's computerized diagnostic trouble code. This will reduce excessive or unnecessary billings by repair vendors.

A vehicle's speed is directly monitored from the engines of fleet vehicles. This will enhance the safety and performance of the fleet. The installed hardware also provides fuel consumption for each vehicle, as well as notifying the manager of scheduled maintenance and miles per gallon used by every vehicle.

The system PHA is using was purchased from Networkcar.