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Medina police detail technology upgrades, PSAP routing and new Square cameras
Summary
Police Chief Kenny updated the Medina City Council on digital timekeeping, background-check and training software, new breath and fingerprint equipment, P25 radio console upgrades, direct 911 routing for some carriers and four-corner camera coverage of the Square.
Chief Kenny, chief of the Medina Police Department, told the Medina City Council the department completed several technology and training upgrades and has a handful of projects it plans to present for budget approval.
Those upgrades include an electronic timekeeping and scheduling system called PowerTime, a background-check platform called PowerVetted and a field-training recording tool called PowerReady. "So at the end of their 12 week training period, we can hit print and it'll give everything that they've been trained on, all the policies they've signed off on," Chief Kenny said, describing PowerReady as a "far more organized way" than the department's prior paper and Word-document practice.
The department also replaced an older breathalyzer device, moved from…
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