February 3, 2006

Handheld Devices Help Campus Officers Coordinate Crime Response

By DAN CARNEVALE

Drexel University researchers have developed a communication system for security personnel that lets officers see constantly updated computerized maps indicating the location of other officers.

They call it DragonForce, named after the Drexel mascot. With it, security personnel can talk, exchange text messages, and see the digital map of their locations using devices similar to PDA's. A central dispatcher can also track where each officer is on the campus, down to which floor of a

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