British Transport Police file reports via mobile.
The combination of O2 PDAs, mobile printers and GPRS is being tested by 150 British Transport Police officers, allowing them to file official "stop and account" reports while out on the beat. Previously, officers would fill out a paper form, retain one copy and give the subject one copy. The change to using the PDA is saving an average of one hour for each eight-hour shift.
The information is now also more detailed: "Information is being put in with a view to how useful it will be in the future. Reports used to be rather scant because officers had their own hard copies to refer to", said Andrew Watson, BTP chief information officer.
Reported by Computing, 14 December 2006, p. 6.
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