Castle Hayne, NC — VisionAIR, provider of the integrated Public Safety Suite of software, is quickly moving forward with its newest client, the County of Bucks, the fourth most populous county in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.  Situated in the southeastern corner of Pennsylvania, Bucks County is bounded by the Delaware River and Trenton, NJ to the east, and the historic city of Philadelphia to the southwest.  The contract, signed in the last quarter of 2010 after the County completed a rigorous search for the best functionality, includes a Law Enforcement Records Management and Process Control System for the County.

Prior to selecting VisionAIR, Bucks County operated a custom-built mainframe system that lacked the benefits provided by a true relational database system. Switching to the Microsoft Windows-based SQL server system provided by VisionAIR, the County will have an industry-standard comprehensive system from a proven leader in data sharing for the public safety community.

The new system will allow the Sheriff’s Office, District Attorney, Emergency Communications, and other County departments to openly share pertinent information. The VisionAIR solution not only performs the variety of business functions required to support these departments, but also integrates with Federal, State, and County automated systems, allowing for efficient identification of persons, addresses, vehicles and assets of interest.  This information is essential for active investigations as well as when performing activities such as processing civil actions, warrants, and initial subject contacts for law enforcement.  The ability to access data when coming into contact with persons or locations of interest enhances both public safety and first responder safety.

The integrated public safety system implementation is under way and consists of products from VisionAIR’s commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS) Public Safety Suite that leverages core products and streamlines operations by eliminating the need for the many disparate systems in place today at Bucks County.  This includes VisionRMS for records management, VisionMOBILE for mobile data communications, VisionINFORM for web-based data sharing, a Dashboard application, a Learning Management System, and a Disaster Recovery Backup Solution.  VisionAIR is also providing solutions for mapping, transport, and Law Enforcement Justice Information System (LEJIS) use.

“Several years ago, our County recognized the need to unify its various law enforcement records management practices, and to streamline the multiple instances of law enforcement and public safety data,” said Donald Jacobs, Chief Information Officer for Bucks County.  This will enable time and cost savings by increasing managerial efficiencies as well as intra- and inter-departmental efficiencies by streamlining business processes and eliminating redundancies and manual processes across the County.  “With VisionAIR our Public Safety Committee and Information Technology Department finally found an exceptional opportunity to leverage a single solution to take all of the separated practices and data stores, and make one true public safety model for Bucks County.”

“Additionally, VisionAIR was anxious to understand our LEJIS (inter-county/interstate regional data sharing) model and to start working toward implementation,” Mr. Jacobs continued.  “I knew we made the right choice when they started driving us on action items rather than the other way around.   We recommend VisionAIR at every turn.”

About VisionAIR
Drawing on extensive industry experience, VisionAIR has developed an open, integrated software solution — the Public Safety Suite.  This proven solution includes Computer Aided Dispatch and Mapping, Records Management, Mobile Data, and Web-Based Data Sharing for 911 centers, law enforcement, fire service, and corrections. As a Microsoft Gold Certified Partner and IJIS Institute Member, VisionAIR offers solutions built on industry standard platforms. VisionAIR enables public safety agencies to improve the quality of life through technology.  For more information, call 800-882-2108 or visit www.VisionAIR.com.