![]() ![]() This information can be used to speed up their ability to obtain information on possible suspects, and areas in the community that need additional patrol assistance. The only difference is that the regulated information is now available to the street officer. MDT's have the same access to information that the dispatcher would often provide the police officers in the field. The amount of information provided by the dispatcher was often regulated by federal and state regulations. MDT's as they are referred to in law enforcement, allows police officer access to information in the field which over that last thirty some years has been given to them by dispatchers. Today's technology is bringing the past to the present with mobile data terminals in police vehicles. As a police officer, we have very little access to information in the field. While that speed is not always what people are looking for, they are looking for quick, fast resolve to their personal and sometimes embarrassing problems in today’s society. Speed in this instance can cause crashes and might even cause death. This type of speed police officers frown on. In that, rare, but quick decision you might face a fine and you might have a court date. If you are deciding to fly down the roadway, law enforcement will stop you in a heartbeat. In law enforcement, speed seems to be a contradiction in terms. In anyway, shape or form the technology can be beneficial to the public and the officer with down time being cut in half, allowing officers more time on patrol tactics and being in the communities eyes. In the many methods it can be used can also reduce officers time at the station by being able to obtain the information the field rather than returning to the station to research the information. It can also be used as a mobile traffic citation device were the information can be inputted and used for the benefit of the department. Such can be the use of the Internet to look up case law, state laws, and news information on supreme court rulings. PDA's in Tucson Arizona are being used by the police to those listed previously but they can access a wealth of benefits with it as well. PDA now on the market have calenders, can be used often as a cell phone but are there other options? In law enforcement we believe in stepping out of the box and using everything to our advantage when it comes to our job. Something that if you forget the suspect(s) might get out of what you have charged leaving some poor victim left out there with no set of ease knowing the police departments are doing their job. For police officers a schedule is a way of life. Keeping track of court cases, dates to be remember and many other needs. Caltrans will post updates on Twitter at Anyone without a Twitter account can still view the information online.Ĭaltrans reminds motorists to “ Be Work Zone Alert” and “ Slow Down and Move Over.In law enforcement the old calender did a lot for a police officer. Motorists can check highway closures at .gov or by calling 1-80. This emergency project is repairing damage at the landslide, located at postmile 66.57 north of Templin Highway.Ĭaltrans strongly advises motorists to allow extra travel time and expect delays in both directions on I-5 in northern Los Angeles County. Southbound I-5 has four lanes which have been reduced to two lanes where the landslide undermined the shoulder of the highway. The schedule is subject to change due to weather or operational reasons. Southbound I-5 will remain open south of Templin Highway. Northbound I-5 is not involved in these closures. The westbound SR-138 connector to Southbound I-5 and the Quail Lake Road, Smokey Bear Road and Vista Del Lago Road on-ramps to Southbound I-5 will also be closed. Sunday, May 21ĭetour: Southbound I-5 traffic will detour east on SR-138 and south on SR-14 to Southbound I-5 at Santa Clarita. Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, to 5 a.m. Two southbound lanes will reopen for traffic each morning at 5 a.m., except at 8 a.m. Phone: (213) 500-5840 Closures are for Emergency Work at Landslide in CastaicĬastaic - The California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) advises motorists that all lanes on Southbound Interstate 5 (I-5) will be closed overnight at State Route 138 (SR-138) in northern Los Angeles County starting tonight (Monday, May 15) and on each night through Thursday night (May 18), and again on Saturday night (May 20) for pavement work where crews are repairing landslide damage.Įach night, Southbound I-5 will be closed to all traffic between State Route 138 and Templin Highway. ![]() District: 7 – Los Angeles and Ventura counties ![]()
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