What alternatives are available to paper-based data capture?
In the UK, the following alternatives are available: • The main non card-based alternative is lightpen data capture, through scanning barcodes and downloading the information into an Access database. These lightpen systems are made by TMSInsight. Their system is called TelPARS and is used by the MPS and Thames Valley, among others. We tested this in the recent review of Data Capture products (a summary of which has been distributed to forces and can be found on the website at www.policeabc.co.uk under Data & Reporting > Software. • Cardiff Teleform has produced an online version of their card, which B-Plan has recently installed in North Wales Police. • Some forces use some element of Command & Control (Dorset and Cleveland) to record what officers are doing, but neither can use this for comprehensive activity analysis as yet. There is also significant interest in using C&C from other forces. • Mobile data terminals – Lancashire, Staffordshire and Sussex are investigating the feasibili
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- What alternatives are available to paper-based data capture?
