Collinsville Police Department receives funds to aid in purchase of new laptops for patrol cars
The Collinsville Police Department recently received a $13,500 check from Dist. 8 Senator Steve Livingston, Dist. 10 Senator Andrew Jones and Representative Becky Nordgren for purchasing new Mobile Digital Terminals. Collinsville Police Chief Rex Leath said they are replacing all the laptop computers in their patrol cars because they are notably outdated. Mobile Digital terminal (MDT), also referred to as Police Mobile Computers or Mobile Digital Computers according to www.police-techonolgy.net, is a computer most often a laptop mounted on a dock inside a patrol vehicle used by officers to co...
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