Police force to get digital tracking unit

Police force to get digital tracking unit

JAKARTA (JP): The Agency for the Assessment and Application of
Technology has offered the National Police a digital vehicle
tracking system to help improve the force's efficiency, the
National Police chief said late last week.

Lt. Gen. Dibyo Widodo said the high technology Global
Positioning System would increase police mobility and efficiency.

"The digital tracking system would be useful not only to
monitor the location of police mobile units but also to transmit
quickly details about the location of incidents," Dibyo said.

He also said the adoption of such a system would be very
effective in coordinating the flow of information between mobile
units and police headquarters.

"Mobile units provided with such a system could also be used
to help the police monitor the May 29 general election," he said
following a demonstration at National Police Headquarters
involving two police cars equipped with the proposed system.

The head of the agency's Directorate for Technology and
Natural Resources Inventory, Indroyono Gunawan, said the Global
Positioning System was supported by 24 satellites which would
enable all nine police precincts in the Greater Jakarta area to
be covered.

"The digital system, which provides the exact geographical
position of each mobile unit, will also enable the police to map
all areas under its authority," he said.

Touching on the investment of the project, Indroyono said each
Global Positioning System monitor cost at least Rp 5 million
(US$2,083). (04)