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Mentalix Customer Testimonial
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Pixel!FX Helps Florida Police Keep The City Of Largo Safe
Because of the nature of domestic violence cases, the collected evidence must often be assembled on short notice. "Time is critical," Mike Pearlman, systems administrator, said. "We must get the evidence to the District Attorney before the trial. Often, when someone is charged with domestic violence, they may be picked up and jailed overnight, and then taken to court the next morning. If the D.A. doesn't have all of the correct evidence there in time, the suspects may be released the next morning. "With this system, we can get it there every morning. We input the data into our system and transfer it electronically, instead of collecting it and then driving it over." The City of Largo's police department utilizes a Hewlett-Packard HP-UX system, with an HP ScanJet 5p scanner. After evaluating other products, they selected Mentalix Inc.'s Pixel!FX imaging software suite because it met their specific needs. "We were looking for a solution in which we could convert the evidence into computer form and use Web forms and Web pages to transfer the information to the D.A.," Pearlman stated. "We chose Pixel!FX because we needed a really robust program for UNIX. Pixel!FX offered the most options as far as output settings, and it had the best user interface." "Also," he continued, "since we wanted to use a Web format, we needed more than just the TIFF file formats, which is what most scanning programs offer. We needed the GIF and JPEG capabilities that Mentalix's software has." The Pixel!FX suite includes three imaging applications: Pixel!SCAN, Pixel!EDIT and Pixel!VIEW. The domestic violence prevention team primarily uses Pixel!SCAN to scan in case-related evidence, such as crime scene reports, witness statements and photographs. Occasionally, they also employ Pixel!EDIT's image processing tools, and they utilize Pixel!VIEW to save the images in the required file formats. They then transfer the information to the District Attorney's office via an Intranet-like solution. According to Pearlman, Largo's police department is also discussing an expansion of the program's computerized evidence recording capabilities, including migrating to a different operating system which handles video capabilities. Fortunately, Pixel!FX's versatility allows for such transitions, so the law enforcement office can add to or change its imaging system without the hassle of replacing its current scanning software. Since Pixel!FX supports the most popular UNIX operating systems, it can easily accommodate a platform change. With its supportive role in the City of Largo's Community Oriented Policing efforts, the domestic violence prevention team applies the latest in imaging technology to help prevent the recurrence of these often tragic crimes. Such innovation helps the City of Largo maintain its standing as one of the safest communities in Florida. |
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Frequently,
effective crime prevention boils down to one crucial
factor: good timing. When the members of the police
department in Largo, Florida, decided to create a
domestic violence prevention program, one of their
goals was to implement a quick, reliable method for
collecting and transferring evidence records to the
District Attorney. Last year, the City of Largo received
a federal grant to set up a victim assistance program,
and this revolutionary effort has proven to be successful
in assisting with the rapid prosecution of domestic
violence perpetrators.