Hope officers to be linked to countywide data

Police officers in the Town of Hope will now be tied into Bartholomew County’s emergency information software system.

The town had been left out of the system which provides more detail to officers out on calls.

The Bartholomew County Commissioners reached an agreement with the town yesterday that would allow the small police force to receive the information for its dispatchers and officers from the county’s OSSI/CAD software system. Officers would receive more information, by computer or through their radios, about the location they are being called to such as prior incidents at that address, as well as information about suspects and other details.

J.T. Doane, the town manager, explains the impact

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The town had originally been left out of the network over a disagreement about what constitutes a third party having access to the data.