New Police Records System Costs More than Expected
A more integrated police records system along the North Shore will provide an instant line of communication from the dispatch center to police squads, but will cost more than was budgeted.
Installation of a new police records system, which Shorewood’s police chief heralded as the "complete package," will cost 2 1/2 times more than the village planned. The North Shore Consolidated Dispatch Center in Bayside opened in June, supporting police and fire dispatching services for Bayside, Brown Deer, Fox Point, River Hills, Glendale, Shorewood, and Whitefish Bay Currently, the communities use three records management providers that do not work together, creating a variety of problems including squads on the street aren't aware of where other officers are, dispatch cannot contact all cars via the computer systems or track the location of the squads. In an effort to maximize the available technology at the new dispatch center, North …
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