Hastings law enforcement benefits from technological advancements

HASTINGS, Neb. (KSNB) - Every year, new technology is released. Hastings Police Department is doing the best they can to keep up with the trends and use it to their advantage to do their jobs more efficiently.

The upgrades include staying up to date with body cameras, police cruiser and crime scene equipment, and more.

HPD Captain Mike Doremus told Local4 News technological advancement has come in handy with several different areas of their department, ranging from how a phone call is received, to how an officer investigates a call for service or a crime.

It’s not just the upgrades they’ve made within their department that’s helping law enforcement everyday while on shift.

“When it comes back to like cell phones on the scene prior to an officer arriving, somebody that’s witnessing a crime can snap pictures or snap a video of what’s taken place before police arrive on scene — And that’s something that we use a lot for our investigation,” said Doremus. “Whether it’s a cellphone, or it’s a doorbell, or just a camera on a business or a home.”

Doremus said they try to keep up with the latest technology as best they can and, because of it, officers have been able to have quicker response times.

“There’s always new and improved things,” he noted. “Sometimes there’s a budgetary impact so, we might not have everything that there is available but we do very well as an agency to have those many tools available to us.”

Currently, HPD is working to upgrade to a Next Generation 911 system. This would allow their dispatch to receive both photos and videos through a text message.

Copyright 2022 KSNB. All rights reserved.

Comments are closed.