Police car cruiser computer. What does it show?

Like many of the old timers here, we were lucky to have working radios in the car. Forget portables or computers. When you left the car, you were on your own. During my last year, the county installed a box with a row of 7-8 buttons. One was a 10-33 (emergency) signal and the rest were routine status and request calls to the dispatcher. That was about as close to computers as we got back then. What hadn't been implemented yet was the 10-33 location signal. So even if you had to use it, you still had to call dispatch to let them know where you were.

Back then, you had to have the intestinal fortitude of a Texas Ranger. (One riot, one ranger.) One, sometimes two officers to a patrol car in a county district larger than most cities. I can remember doing 110mph on the way to a backup call in the next district. That was about all the cars would do and shook like an out of balance washing machine. It took 20 minutes to get there.

Yeah, that was the good ole days. :)
 
In PA, the Pennsylvania Justice Network (aka JNET) has a new program called Traffic Stop...

The HTML5-enabled responsive application, called Traffic Stop, combines data from the state police, the state Transportation Department, the state court system and the state Department of Human Services. The application is hosted on the Pennsylvania Justice Network, or JNET — a secure portal used by authorized criminal justice and public safety professionals to access data from local, state and federal sources.

As the name would suggest, during a traffic stop, a police officer can enter a license plate number into the app to determine if the vehicle is stolen or has an expired registration. Officers can also input the driver’s license number of someone they’ve pulled over to determine if any active warrants are out on that individual. The application also displays an alert if an individual has a suspended or revoked license, or is associated with a protection from abuse order.
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This is good. It makes gathering information easier and a lot quicker.
 
I would just assume it pulls up your personal info the DMV would have, and if running plates, the vehicle registration info. Also any warrants you may have. Can't imagine any other info, as anything beyond that is none of their business.


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Most current Moblie Data Terminals can access about everything dispatch can access, i.e., criminal history, DL status/record, wants/warrants, firearms/stolen property checks, internet, write police reports, etc. Access and capabilities vary between jurisdictions.
 
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They used to be able to access porn too-till a few years ago when Chief Simpson busted a couple young-uns using their car computer to look at it. S-f-a-r-r-sentence
 
yeah, they were going in just around the time I was thinking about retirement. Our originally had a chat feature, and the young coppers were flirting with the dispatchers. The commo Captain sent out a memo to be read at all roll calls that all data was stored,and that he could read any of it. The chat died, like right now!
 
I am debating how to answer this, because no matter what I say someone is going to take issue/or get angry/or feed the conspiracy theorists.

Let me say this: At least IN MY STATE you would be amazed at what we have access to. NC has been very proactive rolling out a system/program/application that bridges the information from MOST major systems the state uses. It also incorporates a large number of NCIC functions.

Now, after a little playing around, I can take some information and start plugging into other commonly available information from public databases: Voter records, tax records, register of deeds, property tax records.......surprisingly I make good use of Google and Google maps. Incredible what is freely available to the public that I make use of.

Certain counties in NC are getting ready to go live with a Domestic Violence eFile program. Again, more information. There really is a vast amount of information available.

Every car in my agency is a Wi-Fi hotspot. Our MDTs (mobile data terminals) are fully functioning laptops. We can surf the internet and do everything you can do on your own laptop. And of course, some guys have gotten themselves in trouble.

So to answer your question as simply as possible: What can we see?

A LOT!!!!
 
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I would just assume it pulls up your personal info the DMV would have, and if running plates, the vehicle registration info. Also any warrants you may have. Can't imagine any other info, as anything beyond that is none of their business.


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In NC it also includes whether the registered owner has a concealed carry permit.
 
Ohio also returns CCW info with Registration informantion, wants, warrants, Sex offender ststus, and a whole bunch of other stuff I never learned.
 
I was stopped for excessive speed in Oregon, my home state, last year. When the trooper walked up to my window, he already knew I had a CC permit. I had just driven thru Ca., so I had put the revolver on the passenger seat, unloaded, in case I was stopped going thru that state. I also was going home from the Reno gunshow and had a bunch of long guns on the floor in the back. The trooper was polite, checked the license, insurance and registration and said have a nice day and slow down. I lucked out.
 
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