Command & Control, Emergency Comms

Mexico City's new measure against crime

By Jianggan Li | 6 January 2009

Mexico City Auxiliary Police are using the GPS function in Sepura TETRA digital radios to help curb the city of its drugs war, which has seen thousands of deaths over the years.

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Administration Director for Mexico City Auxiliary Police, Yuki Susuda, says that “the GPS tools will allow us to improve the rapid operation and management of our forces”, thus emphasising the importance of GPS and its accurate position reporting of incidents.

The Sepura GPS radios were issued to officers in Mexico City’s most troubled areas in efforts to reduce crime by providing secure and reliable voice communications. This is also part of a wide-ranging ‘clean-up’ initiative which includes a network of CCTV cameras and an increase in the total number of police.

The mapping application in the radio tracks the location of each officer through GPS technology therefore giving quick and accurate reports of their positions. In addition, an emergency button can summon urgent support or help with the GPS pinpointing the radio user’s whereabouts. A brand-new control centre acts as the hub that oversees all these operations.

Tim Mills, Regional Director of Sepura commented that “in time, this technology can be used by other TETRA users, so that other services, such as fire, ambulance and utilities can benefit from the information that GPS offers”.