Loran-C Veidcle Tracking in Detroit's Public Safety Dispatch System

Laurence J. Cortland

Abstract:	In 1928, the city of Detroit had the distinction of being the first city in the world to introduce police radios and two-way radio police dispatch. Sixty years later another world first by the City of Detroit Police Department was announced by Mayor Coleman Young, that being the introduction of emergency vehicle tracking integrated with the "Enhanced 911" emergency telephone system. This system is the most ambitious undertaking of its kind and incorporates many innovative features, including automatic tracking of the largest fleet of Loran-C equipped vehicles. A complete floor of the Detroit Police Headquarters has been renovated to provide the most advanced facility for public safety dispatch. This paper will present concepts and some details of the Automatic Vehicle Location System (AVLS) developed jointly by II Morrow Inc. and Advanced Control Technology to complete the elements of the E911/Mobile Data Terminal (MDT)/Computer Aided Dispatch (CAD)/AVLS Detroit Public Safety Dispatch System.
Published in:	Proceedings of the 1989 National Technical Meeting of The Institute of Navigation January 23 - 26, 1989 San Mateo, CA
Pages:	9 - 14
Cite this article:	Cortland, Laurence J., "Loran-C Veidcle Tracking in Detroit's Public Safety Dispatch System," Proceedings of the 1989 National Technical Meeting of The Institute of Navigation, San Mateo, CA, January 1989, pp. 9-14.
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