Visual Alert  Information Sharing

Visual Alert empowers one agency
to tap the knowledge of many

View shared reports from other jurisdictions

Visual Alert® information sharing software enables police offers to search farther and wider than ever before to find the key facts needed to move forward with an investigation or close a case. Multiple local police departments using Visual Alert® can check information gathered by any other department in the regional network. Every officer with system access — whether at the station or in the field — can file a report and have information from that report accessed by other authorized users … all in real time.

With minimal effort or expense, suddenly officers across an entire region are working together with up-to-date information to solve crimes and protect the public. With so many crimes crossing local borders, the benefits of borderless information sharing are clear and present. For starters, there is no time delay in reporting wanted persons or missing persons. As soon as the information is entered into the system, it is available system-wide. 

Visual Alert® also provides officers with valuable background information, even when there was no arrest. For example, officers have access to local warnings, and traffic citations, as well as additional information on Protection From Abuse Orders such as the issue and expiration dates and names.

Every public safety agency could be more effective if it had more officers sharing information. With Visual Alert® information sharing software, multiple agencies join forces to make that happen. 

Fully integrated with your information system

Visual Alert® information sharing software is a fully integrated component of your Visual Alert® CAD and Records Management System and can fully integrate with other CAD and records systems seamlessly. It is not a bolt-on application burying your data in the bottom of some secret silo. Your data is under your control and Visual Alert® information sharing software serves as the secure controller for information access. You hold the keys to control what is shared and when it is shared.

Adaptable to public safety infrastructure

Visual Alert® information sharing software has been adapted for use on existing public safety infrastructure, specifically the highly respected Pennsylvania JNET network. Contact Metro Technology for more information on how the Visual Alert® information sharing software can be adapted to meet your unique requirements.

What if you have to build your own interagency infrastructure?

Metro Technology is ready to assist you with the consulting expertise necessary to help you and your IT provider design the interagency network you need for fast and efficient information sharing.

Advanced and always getting better

Advanced web services features and mapping capabilities are in development, making Visual Alert® information sharing software the most adaptable and flexible system available.
 

Features & Benefits
of Visual Alert
Information
Sharing Software

Information
Without Borders

Visual Alert® is a full-function information sharing application that is fully integrated with Visual Alert® CAD and RMS and enables officers working from any in-station or mobile computer on the network to access their own local data as well as data shared by other agencies across jurisdictional borders.

Easiest System
to Use

Visual Alert® is the simplest information sharing system to use because users see information from other jurisdictions as if it were their own. 

Capable Yet Affordable

Visual Alert® is far more capable than other information sharing software, yet is priced to be affordable for just about any size law enforcement agency.

Supports
Required Reporting

Visual Alert® can draw on any information already in the database to prepare key state reports and complete required forms.

Unmatched Search Capability

If the information has been entered by anyone on the network, Visual Alert® users can find it easily by using the query function to search the shared database.

Superior
Security Controls

Visual Alert® provides each agency on the network with security controls that let them determine what information will be shared with the region and what will not.

Adheres to
Industry Standards 

The Visual Alert® system is built with 100% Microsoft® development tools and industry standard Microsoft® SQL databases. The product operates in any industry standard network and with all industry standard interfaces. Applications are implemented in Microsoft® Windows environments.

Certified Information Technology

Visual Alert® is developed, upgraded and maintained by industry-leading IT experts who are Microsoft Certified Professionals (MCP), Microsoft Certified System Engineers (MCSE), and members of the Microsoft Developers Network (MSDN).