Innovative Operational Equipment Tracking Solutions

Hardcat Lebosi® Managing Law Enforcement Critical Operational Equipment

We understand that there are safety considerations and compliances that need to be taken into consideration when working in Law Enforcement – the safety of the public and Police members is paramount. Operational equipment used by members must be regularly maintained/calibrated and responsibly issued to members on a day-to-day basis and tracked.

The Hardcat Lebosi operational equipment tracking solution will provide you with everything you need in one solution. Track, manage, maintain and analyse what’s going on across your entire organisation. Standardise your department’s processes around the issuing and returning of operational safety equipment, and automate the governance and compliance around these critical assets. Be certain at all times about who has what and where. With a complete audit trail of all movements and history of transfer of custodianship.

Operational Equipment Tracking and Officer Safety

1. Enterprise register and visibility of operational equipment:

• Equipment status across all stations and organisational units managed in a single enterprise software solution

2. Tracking daily use:

• Tracking daily use of operational equipment, electronic issues and returns (check-out/check-in) process
• Real-time accountability and visibility of equipment usage
• Powerful exception-based reporting
• Email/dashboard notifications of equipment overdue

3. Officer safety – Police OSTT qualifications and impairments checks:

• Real-time qualification and impairment checks to ensure the issue of equipment (ie: firearms) to qualified members
• Register all violations of policies and limits

4. System-generated station end-of-shift exception reports:

• No need for a time-consuming end-of-shift audit – managing through exceptions of overdue or missing items

5. Bi-annual firearm audits:

• Bi-annual firearm audits at every site through system-generated audit jobs
• Speedy audits of firearms by every station within a designated time to ensure compliances are met and exceptions are identified immediately
• Flexible audit jobs at the site, region, district or state level

6. Firearms rotation process management:

• A planned approach to the rotation of firearms at each site
• Managing rotation dates around individual firearms to avoid over or under servicing – increased ROI

7. Safety of operational equipment:

• Managing safety and reliability of equipment through planned maintenance and calibrations (i.e.: firearms, speed detection devices, breath testing devices)

8. Restrictions and control:

• Control specialist equipment by authorised and owning organisational units – to ensure control and ongoing management of sensitive equipment to meet legislative requirements (i.e.: ITAR).

9. The simplicity:

• The simplicity of the role-based user interface and efficiencies for front-line officers and organisational management – ensure that role-based functions are presented to users with ease.

10. Industry-standard technologies:

• Tried and tested technologies
• Role-based security
• Integration with Active Directory
• Web-based browser
• Mobility applications – iOS or Android
• No end-client software installations needed

Thin Blue Line Takes The High-Tech Road To Tracking Equipment

The “thin blue line”, the popular phrase to describe the role of police in society, may in future be known as the “thin digital line” as technology changes the face of policing around the world. Police departments, like other large organisations, have embraced information technology to simplify internal processes and improve administrative efficiencies. But technology is also playing a more prominent role on the front line.

Hardcat’s latest product is its enterprise law enforcement equipment tracking solution. Hardcat Lebosi software tracks equipment, controls firearm allocation and compliance. The platform is scalable, web-based and can be deployed “in the cloud”, enabling multiple applications to be added and allowing 50,000-plus users online simultaneously.

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