Bexar County Sheriff`s Office

Bexar County Sheriff’s Office
Overview
After years of planning and implementation, the Bexar
A critical component of the new system included
County Sheriff’s Office, Bexar County Fire Marshal,
TriTech’s Inform Mobile data solution which provides
Bexar County Constables, and several municipal police
an automated and accelerated flow of data, including
departments supported by Bexar County, went live on a
locations, incident information, and historical information
new public safety command and control system in August
directly to resources in the field. With immediate access
2010. The new system was developed through a regional
to comprehensive data and extensive messaging
partnership including Bexar County, Bexar Metro 911, City
capabilities, Inform Mobile serves as a seamless
of San Antonio and City of Schertz to improve the flow
extension of Inform computer aided dispatch (CAD). With
of information between the participating communication
real-time information, field personnel are empowered to
centers and field personnel.
make quick, informed decisions.
Agencies Served
16 Law Enforcement Agencies:
Bexar County Sheriff’s Office
Constable Pct. 1
Constable Pct. 2
Constable Pct. 3
Constable Pct. 4
Fire Marshal’s Office
China Grove PD
Elmendorf PD
Hill Country Village PD
Hollywood Park PD
Somerset PD
Von Ormy City Marshal
East Central ISD PD
Judson ISD PD
Southside ISD PD
Texas A&M University PD
Vital Statistics
Area Served 1,257 sq. miles
Population 1,714,773
Annual Call Volume
395,070
Go Live2010
Contact: (858) 799-7900 l Website: www.tritech.com
Products
Inform CAD; Inform Mobile; Inform Browser; Inform GISLink
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Inform Mobile was an upgrade from the previous
County took ownership of the Inform Mobile project
mobile data solution used by law enforcement
and customized it for a solution that was easy to learn
personnel from Bexar County. The previous system,
and use by their personnel. The reviews from the
a terminal-based solution, provided no two-way
field speak volumes in the ease of use of their Inform
interaction with their old, mainframe-based CAD. The
Mobile solution.
only functionality provided was a way for field units to
run criminal justice inquiries. Updating CAD incident
information was done 100% on the radio.
“I hardly ever use the current LMDT. The new Mobile
is just like the iPhone and I get it! I might actually
enjoy using this,” said Deputy Sandy Atherton
Inform Mobile reshapes the way Bexar County
“I am not a technical person. I do not know much
personnel receive, manage and enter information
about computers. But, you made it so easy to use –
from the field. In order to accommodate for the
just find the icon and press the button,” said Deputy
increased functionality available to deputies, the
Bob O’Donnell.
Bexar County CAD and Mobile administrators
leveraged the flexibility in configurations available
within Inform Mobile. They developed a solution
that was intuitive to ease user adoption and facilitate
quick, easy access to important incident and criminal
information.
“You made it so
easy to use—just
find the icon and
press the button.”
The flexibility of Inform Mobile allowed Bexar County
Mobile Administrators the ability to customize their
buttons with transparent graphical icons. Similar to
today’s smartphones, the iconography changes
provide an intuitive application for a smoother look
and feel to facilitate quicker processing and action
by deputies. By building a mobile solution that was
intuitive and easy to use, training and user adoption
was easy and seamless. The Administrators at Bexar