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What is Patrolfinder? Patrolfinder is a revolutionary new policing software created to: Increase Equitable Policing Improve Department Transparency Improve Officer Safety Improve Officer Efficiency

Patrolfinder will help ensure that your community is safer by making sure each corner of your region is being patrolled regularly. Using your city’s street maps, your department’s vehicles, patrol zones, and patrol goals, Patrolfinder provides patrol officers and administrators with insights into where and when patrols have occurred. With this information departments can better serve communities, officers can more efficiently patrol, and administrators can analyze coverage and observe real-time patrol.

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Using NFC technology, Patrolfinder can be used by security teams and patrol officers to record a patrol with precision. School resource officers and can record where patrols have occurred inside a building using the mobile app. Patrolfinder provides you the ability to capture patrols using either option within the same data, giving your department the tools it needs to ensure coverage anywhere officers are stationed.

Now, with Patrolfinder, information is being relayed from shift to shift so officers can see on a map what areas have been covered and what zones need attention. And during their shifts, officers also know where their fellow officers are in case of an emergency, increasing their own safety on the job.

Patrolfinder is a browser-based application that can be accessed from anywhere. Patrols can be done from any laptop computer with access to the internet and a web browser.  Officers on foot or indoors can download the mobile app to use on their device. With both the browser-based and mobile apps, patrol officers can view their patrol zone and see which streets and points of interest require more patrolling. Patrolfinder features hands-free voice commands, allowing officers to safely start, pause and end a patrol while driving, cycling or walking their patrol zone.

Patrolfinder Administration gives admins the tools they need to manage patrol zones, view a live map of patrol officers, add and update bulletins, maintain vehicles and devices, and more.

Identifying Where to Patrol
Patrolfinder uses Patrol Points and Attention Points to indicate where an officer needs to patrol. Patrol Points are located on your city’s streets. Attention Points can be placed in any location that requires additional attention or officer awareness. As an officer patrols and passes through a designated Patrol Point or Attention Point, Patrolfinder will update the map to indicate the area has been patrolled and will automatically determine when the next patrol should occur. When each zone should be covered can be individually set based on data used to determine what areas need more of a police presence.

What is a Patrol Point?
Patrol Points are a set of X-Y coordinates on a street. At minimum, there will always be one Patrol Point between where a street intersects with another street and one point at the end of every dead end. This includes if the intersection is simply to take a left or right onto a new street.

Patrolfinder will already have Patrol Points defined for your department, however, additional Patrol Points can be created by Patrolfinder Admins if needed.

What is an Attention Point?
Attention Points can be a set of X-Y coordinates or an NFC tag to identify a location that requires patrol in addition to an area’s Patrol Points.

Attention Points can be on a street but do not necessarily need to be. These are areas where there has been some sort of disturbance or concern raised, perhaps by a member of the community or an indoor location where you want to ensure a patrol has occurred.

Examples of Attention Points include public parks, gas stations, private residences, or rooms and areas located inside schools, apartment buildings, or businesses.

Patrol Goal Times
With Patrolfinder, Goal Times can be configured to ensure Patrol Points and Attention Points are patrolled within a time period determined by your department. The Patrol Goal time is the length of time between patrols. For example, if your department requires a zone to be patrolled every 12 hours, the Patrol Points in that area will have a Goal Time of 12 hours. When an officer traverses a Patrol Point, the current time will be used to determine when the next patrol will be required. For example, if an officer patrols a zone’s Patrol Points and crosses a point at 6:00 AM, the next patrol for that point will need to be done by 6:00 PM. If the Patrol Point is traversed prior to 6:00 PM the next patrol will be 12 hours from the most recent patrol.

"We want officers to be mindful that when they are patrolling neighborhoods that they are doing it in an equitable way. Patrolfinder will help us show the community that we are patrolling more equitably."

Chief Eric Clifford, Schenectady (NY) Police Department

 

 

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For additional information, please contact Rick D’Errico, Director, Public Relations. Office: (518) 723-8303 / Cell: (518) 857-3053 / Email: rderrico@transfinder.com

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Patrolfinder for Schools

Patrolfinder for Schools, built upon the Patrolfinder Platform, is an innovative solution customed to enhance the safety and security of each school environment, including students, staff and security personnel.  

How it works 
Patrolfinder for Schools utilizes a proprietary Transfinder-built mobile app and strategically placed tags on school campuses to help safety personnel and School Resource Officers (SROs) monitor all necessary areas and adhere to each school's established safety policies. The Patrolfinder system records a time stamp at each checkpoint visited by the team members, allowing for immediate verification and reporting.

Key features of Patrolfinder for Schools include: 

• Real-Time Tracking: This feature enables school safety team members to log real-time patrols, ensuring comprehensive coverage and immediate location visibility.
• Situational Awareness: Safety Team members can see other team members' school layout map so they know where each other is in the event they need help.
• Policy Compliance and Resource Allocation: Verifies that all designated attention points are visited regularly to ensure that safety protocols are strictly followed. 
• Comprehensive Dashboarding & Reporting: Generates detailed reports on patrol activities, offering school safety officials the data they need to evaluate performance and enhance safety measures.

Safety Team members can create Attention Points, report incidents or mark locations that need attention.

Patrolfinder also allows school emergency plans to be placed on the map. Evacuation Zones, fire hydrants and extinguishers, emergency exits and the location of automated external defibrillators or automatic electronic defibrillators (AED) can be marked on the map, allowing for a shared source of information to increase safety and security on campuses. 

By using Patrolfinder for School’s proprietary whiteboard features, school officials or School Resource Officers can make real-time collaborative edits during an incident that can quickly be shared with all emergency personnel.

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