When fully completed, the project will provide mobile units with real-time access to all available public safety information including mug shots, arrest warrants, criminal intelligence, hazardous materials data and medical emergency protocols.
The initial deployment of ASP will support all law enforcement, fire department and emergency medical services within Hancock, Harrison and Jackson counties.
The complete ASP system will be rolled out in three distinct phases. The first phase, which was completed in February of 2004, provided a single point of access to the existing jail management system of three county jails. The second phase, initiated in June 2004, allows integrated records management and computer aided dispatch for fire and law enforcement. The third and final phase of the project, which is expected to be deployed in October 2004, will implement the mobile data infrastructure -- connecting laptops in all police, fire and emergency vehicles to multiple databases.
U.S. Senators Thad Cochran and Trent Lott secured federal funding for the pilot project, which may become a national model for linking states together using a centralized software applications model.
$14 million in federal grants to The University of Southern Mississippi is funding the initial deployment.
