BAR HARBOR — Laptop computers in three police cruisers, three ambulances, and two fire vehicles will be outfitted with licenses to access the Crimestar data system, following the award of a bid of $26,000 to Crimestar Corporation for the service.
The purchase is being made as part of a Department of Homeland Security grant of $647,000 given to the town in 2008, and includes a 25 percent match on behalf of the town.
The software licensing agreement comes on the heels of a recent $69,000 purchase of a radio frequency system that will allow emergency vehicles and eventually public works vehicles to access the Internet and their own in-house networks in real time from anywhere in town.
Nicole Ouellette
Columnist at Breaking Even Communications
When Nicole isn't giving advice she's completely unqualified to give, she runs an Internet marketing company in Bar Harbor, where she lives with her husband Derrick and their short dog Gidget. She loves young adult novels, cooking and talking French to anyone who'll talk back. [email protected]
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