2014年8月3日 星期日

警用車輛安裝“黑盒子”可以增加員警存活機率嗎?

新一代的遠程信息處理技術可讓警察機關不僅解決問題,還能獎勵那些安全設定上的最佳模範

遠程信息處理技術是一種發送、接收,以及意圖監視或控制來源儲存信息的技術。警界使用'黑盒子' 技術從曾經碰撞的車輛中提取數據。

最近科技的進步已經徹底改變了遠程信息處理。無論你是否知道有這種東西,你可能已經遭到遠程信息技術監控。

遠程信息處理技術常見於汽車租賃,許多機構已經使用GPS接收器,以監控車輛速度。此技術經常被用在碰撞發生後,但最近已有機構開始運用監測速度組件,以防止發生事故悲劇或了解不良的駕駛習慣。


Telogis 和下一代的執法人員遠端資訊處理系統

2012年後的警用福特汽車可以收集下列數據:

•加速
•緊急剎車
•安全帶使用
•牽引力控制
• ABS剎車啟動
•氣囊展開


警察安全與責任

可 操作的數據是對警察人員安全是很重要。我們將不再需要等待發生交通事故或悲劇才處理安全問題。如果警察人員經常無正當理由的超速行駛或啟動牽引力控制系 統,則可能是介入的重要原因。該數據是實時的,所以當氣囊展開時,其他人可以立即經由事件和位置的電子郵件等文字訊息通知及時防處。

雖然警察人員可能不喜歡接受這種技術,但管理階層需要體認到員警排斥這種新科技的理由。管理階層有時經常運用這種工具來處罰員警,而不是用於指導和輔導員警。



Source: http://www.policeone.com/Officer-Safety/articles/7404077-Can-this-police-driving-black-box-keep-your-officers-alive/

Can this police driving 'black box' keep your officers alive?
The latest generation of telematics technologies allows police agencies to not only remediate problems, but reward those setting the best examples for safety

Telematics is a technology that sends, receives, and stores information from a source with the intent to monitor or control that source. In the cop world we know it as ‘the black box’ and we’ve generally used this technology to pull data from vehicles which have been involved in collisions.
Recent advancements have completely changed the game when it comes to telematics. Whether or not you’ve known it, telematics has very likely been monitoring you.
Telematics is common in rental cars, and many agencies have used a simple GPS receiver to monitor speed of officers’ vehicles. Often the technology has been used after collisions occur but recently agencies have started to monitor the single component of speed in order to prevent tragedy or to recognize poor driving habits.

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Telogis and the Next Level of Telematics for LE
It’s the same practice that has been used in civilian fleet vehicles and the trucking industry for close to two decades but law enforcement has been slow in recognizing the benefits. While telematics can certainly be misused, according to Gary Oldham, a former police officer and a current manager for Telogis, “Most of the time the technology will validate the actions and support an officer.”
Telogis has been involved in Fleet Telematics since 2001 but later this year they will be bringing a technology package exclusively to the Ford Taurus and Ford Explorer police cars that will forever change how law enforcement looks at and uses telematics.
Data from the car will be sent to The Cloud that will enable those designated to see driving behavior to do so in real time via a secure website. Further, the historical driving behavior of the officer can be viewed. Any police package Ford vehicle built after 2012 can be collecting data on:

•    Acceleration
•    Harsh braking
•    Seatbelt use
•    Traction control
•    ABS Brake activation
•    Air bag deployment
Further, Telogis can collect data on various speed parameters such as a percentage over the speed limit as well as set speeds which can be determined by the individual agency.
Referred to as a “Driver Scorecard,” these driving behaviors can be combined and calculated on a percentage basis to reveal what kind of a driver an officer is, allowing agencies to not only remediate problems, but reward those setting the best examples for safety.

Officer Safety and Responsibility
This actionable data is important for officer safety. We will no longer have to wait for a collision or tragedy to address safety-related issues. If an officer is consistently driving in excess of the speed limit or activating traction control for no reason, it could be a cause to intervene. The data is real-time so if an air bag deploys, others can be notified immediately by text or email of the event and location.
While officers may be hesitant to embrace this technology, management needs to realize that this hesitation is for good reason. Too often, our leadership uses tools like this to hammer someone rather than for mentoring and coaching.
Oldham explained, “Using this technology as a micromanagement tool would be a mistake. You can’t evaluate an officer working a 10-hour shift like a truck driver.”
Indeed, a few harsh braking events with a delivery driver should cause concern while a police officer working a shift may have to do that behavior because of the nature of his assignment or the traffic encountered. We need to look at those exceptions.
If we see dangerous behavior, it needs to be seen as a training tool. There are certainly exceptions and we should treat them as a learning opportunity. Oldham refers to this technology as a “proactive coaching tool from an officer safety perspective” that needs to be “socialized” at each agency.
Training and evaluation is a must and for our telematics to be successful, law enforcement leadership must see it as the same way.
Finally, telematics has a budgetary upside as well — it provides the ability to save fuel and maintenance costs. Why did brakes have to be replaced so early or why does a particular vehicle get worse gas mileage than others in the fleet? With telematics, driving behavior can be looked at and changes made that can save future maintenance costs of the vehicles.

Telematics is Needed, and it’s Coming
A few years ago, I mentioned to a colleague the ability to use this technology and I was laughed at.
“A good supervisor knows who the bad drivers are,” I was told.
While I agree, it is one thing to know and quite another to know and also have proven documentation. That documentation can and should be used to make safer police officers. With vehicle-related incidents killing more police officers than anything else, there is no reason to ignore technology that can help us save lives.
During Oldham’s law enforcement career, he never had one hour of driver training after the basic academy. He watched friends get hurt and family die behind the wheel. His own brother, Max Oldham, died in the line of duty with the Albuquerque Police Department and while that incident was the fault of a drunk driver and technology was not present to assist, the loss is never far from Gary’s mind.
His goal is to save lives, and beginning in September your agency will have the opportunity to do their part when this technology is released.


About the author
Major Travis Yates is a Commander with the Tulsa (OK) Police Department. His Seminars in Risk Management & Officer Safety have been taught across the United States & Canada. Major Yates has a Master of Science Degree in Criminal Justice and is a graduate of the FBI National Academy. He is the Director of Training for SAFETAC Training and the Director of Ten-Four Ministries, dedicated to providing practical and spiritual support to the law enforcement community.

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