Washington State Dpt. of Fish and Wildlife Provides Wireless Data Solution from NetMotion to 135 Enforcement Officers
Seattle, WA - More than 135 field officers for the Washington State Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) now use in-car computers and wireless data services enabled by Mobility XE from NetMotion Wireless. This new wireless system has become an essential law enforcement tool for the officers who patrol more than 66,000 square miles of public and private land, 4,721 square miles of public and private waterways, and 800,000 acres of forest. Most officers work almost exclusively in the field and rely on the new wireless data solution to obtain criminal records from state and federal databases, check for outstanding warrants, and file reports with supervisors and court officers. The Department of Fish and Wildlife estimates this wireless data solution saves an average of two hours per day for each officer.
“We conducted an exhaustive search for a mobility management solution that would enable our enforcement officers to securely and reliably use wide area wireless data networks for access to the information they need to be effective,” said Captain John Broome, WDFW Enforcement Program. “Only NetMotion Mobility provided us with the solution that we were looking for. It improved our response times and overall communications efficiency.”
The job of enforcement officers is to protect wildlife resources of the state, check on people engaged in hunting and fishing activities, and undertake construction projects that could affect wildlife and fish habitats.
Using a U.S. Department of Justice COPSMore Grant, the WDFW was able to purchase all the computers, infrastructure, software, wireless network interface cards and servers to create their wireless infrastructure.
Mobile wireless access is now an essential and inseparable part of enforcement officers’ daily lives. Real-time access to criminal records increases officer safety. In addition, officers use the system to check the status of hunting and fishing licenses, and to communicate with other WDFW officers. The system has saved many hours of time the officers once spent driving to an office to complete reports.
About NetMotion Wireless Inc.
NetMotion Wireless is the developer of Mobility XE, an easily deployed, software-only mobile computing solution that enables mobile workers to get connected and stay connected to mission-critical applications over wireless networks. NetMotion Mobility XE enables mobile workers to operate as effectively on wireless networks as they do on wired ones—with secure, uninterrupted access to the same data and applications available on their desktop PCs. More than 500 leading organizations now use Mobility to eliminate the frustration and complexity of managing their mobile computing deployments. The company has won more than 20 awards, including Technology of the Year (Wireless Networking) from InfoWorld magazine, Business Product of the Year from the WSA, and Investors’ Choice/Most Likely to Succeed at the Technologic Partners’ Wireless Ventures conference. For more information about NetMotion Wireless or its products, please visit www.netmotionwireless.com, call (206) 691-5500, or write 701 N. 34th Street, Suite 250, Seattle, Wash. 98103.
