Springfield – The Municipal Council approved a $ 7.2 million package to bring inadequate computer software from the police service in the 21st century and improve worn out of the body and the paralyzing electronic pistols for all the officers that patrol streets.
“When it comes to updating our software system, in many ways, we are still stuck in the 20th century,” said police superintendent Lawrence Akers on Monday evening. “Our file management system has not been updated since 1994 or 1995, unless it is a fragmentary solution just to do without.”
Akers acknowledged that the $ 7.2 million package is “the elephant in the room”. But he said the cost will be spread over five years and said the department was hampered by outdated technology because it uses software that is no longer designed for many things it does today.