Using Imaging for Traffic Citations and Accident Reports

We have all heard the saying, “A picture is worth a thousand words,” but this is especially true in Law Enforcement.  Law Enforcement officers frequently find themselves in situations in which they rely on pictures to either make or break a case.  Take a crime scene, for instance.  It is important to carefully document each and every piece of evidence.  Pictures can also be …

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Signature Capture for e-Citations

By now, if you are a law enforcement officer, you have probably heard the term “e-Citation” and may have even had the opportunity to use an e-Citation solution on the job.  What you may not know, however, is that there are some great options for signature capture available to you.  During my business interactions with …

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Fight Crime, Not Paperwork with Electronic Law Enforcement Software

Is the tedium of paperwork keeping your officers from making an arrest or charging a suspect with multiple counts? Do you have clerks on your payroll specifically to type and sometimes retype the forms our legal system forces on the law enforcement community? If you answered yes, then you are part of the vast majority …

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Automating Your Mobile Employees

So you’re feeling positive about your operations since you automated many of your internal systems. What happens when one of your employee’s jobs takes them away from their computer? Imagine this scenario: They have to find something in the warehouse. They have to deliver product to a customer. They make a sales call. If these …

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Asset Management vs. Inventory Management

Is your company considering implementing an Asset Management System? Or maybe you are thinking about an Inventory Management System? What’s the difference, you ask? Well, Merriam-Webster defines an asset as an owned item of value.  In contrast, it defines inventory as the quantity of materials on hand.  Why does this difference matter?  If your company …

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Vehicle Industrial USB Hubs

I’ve noticed that more and more industries are putting computers into their vehicles these days.  This can make their mobile employees more productive, give them access to real-time data, and provide a better overall experience for customers.  When the computer lacks sufficient USB ports for connecting peripherals, a USB hub is used.  Because a vehicle …

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Using QuickView to Troubleshoot the 4810 Barcode Scanner

The default configuration of a 4810 Barcode Scanner has it connect to your computer using USB COM port emulation.  If you have already followed these troubleshooting steps but you still cannot get data into your application, you can use other applications to test the connection further. Download QuickView from the L-Tron web site and install …

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Using HyperTerminal to Troubleshoot the 4810 Barcode Scanner

The default configuration of a 4810 Barcode Scanner has it connect to your computer using USB COM port emulation.  If you have already followed these troubleshooting steps but you still cannot get data into your application, you can use other applications to test the connection further. This article walks you through using HyperTerminal to test …

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Troubleshooting a 4810 Barcode Scanner

About once a month I receive a phone call from one of our Law Enforcement customers saying they just installed a brand new 4810 Barcode Scanner and it doesn’t work.  Our ensuing conversation follows a similar route of troubleshooting the installation.  There are two areas where the problem may exist – within the software (about …

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