RE: 911:: MDT conversations

[Guest guest]

What's a MDT?

[Guest guest]

I have a couple little stories to back up the statement that MDT's are

definitely

NOT private.

We had one dispatcher who made a joke about one of the officers to another

officer

via the MDT. Unfortunately, both officers were sitting in the car and the

officer

who was the " butt " of the joke actually received the message. It created a small

problem I am sure you can imagine.

But worse yet.....

One of our " new hires " apparently did not heed the warning about MDT

conversation.

She was what some of you call a " badge bunny. " (i love that term)

She was working a daywork after a night out with one of the officers in the

southern region of the county. The two of them were working, and proceeded to

have

a rather explicit conversation about their previous nights " activities. " Go

ahead.... use your imagination..... your thoughts will probably be fairly

accurate! Anyway,... the system apparently encountered a small glitch, and all

messages from both dispatcher and officer were being sent to an officers

terminal

in the northern region. This officer in the north was getting a blow by blow

description of our couples little party! Needless to say, when the north officer

" finally " decided to get to a phone and call us to advise us of the incident,

the

entire room was in hysterics. With the exception of one obviously.

I think that pretty much schooled everyone at the center that the MDT's were to

be

used appropriately. And I do agree that the terminals do allow for some level of

personalization and comraderie between dispatch and the street. You just need to

be

cuthfull. (sp?)

J. Fred Ayars

Senior PST

Salem County NJ

[Guest guest]

What's a MDT?

Its a MOBILE DATA TERMINAL..installed in police cars..like a small computer

[Guest guest]

mdt=mobile data terminal

It's an onboard computer connected to the computer-aided dispatch system.

Not all agencies have them. If you have watched cops, and you have seen the

little computers, those are mdt's.

Kim

[Guest guest]

In a message dated 3/31/00 6:04:24 AM Pacific Standard Time,

kjkinsey@... writes:

<< mdt=mobile data terminal

It's an onboard computer connected to the computer-aided dispatch system. >>

-- not all of them are connected to the cad system though.......our officers

have mdt's, and in dispatch we have cad, but the 2 systems are not currently

connected -- they are supposed to be sometime within the next 12-18 months,

but for now the officers are just connected with the other mdts.....--kim

[Guest guest]

OOOOOOOOHHHHHHH. Then EPD just got that in ALL of the units last month. Ok.

Thanks.

Thanks for e-ducating me about this stuff.

Oh, and by the way..... tell me if I ever start making so many questions.

I'll stop. ok?

Thanks everybody.

Victor Cabrales.

NJ