Digital Forms for Police Services

• Reduction in the need to re-enter data from forms as Handwriting Recognition software is deployed as part of the solution.
• Various options to upload forms information to other databases and applications
• Forms now have a permanent digital record as they are completed with the digital pen
• Lower administrative burden on police officers
• Automatic electronic archiving of forms
• Implementation costs and ongoing system maintenance costs are low
• Low training requirements compared to other options such as tablet computers

The benefits that can be achieved by iFORMation™ – Police Services solution can be extensive. The most obvious of these is the huge time saving that is achieved by police services staff no longer having to manually re-enter the data when they return their station. The fact that the data goes directly from the digital pen into the server is a huge savings in administrative effort. After the police verify the form information, it can then be sent to back office systems and other applications. The iFORMation™ – Polices Services solution has a low Total Cost of Ownership and a modest ongoing support cost. Digital forms can be modified in a matter of days and this compares to the weeks or months that can be required to modify a screen on a tablet PC application.

The forms completed with a digital pen are available on police systems as a permanent record and can be accessed by other staff members without searching through a file cabinet of paper documents. There are many different police applications that have been implemented world-wide using digital pen technology and the applications continue to be refined and enhanced.