European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 12, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 2the stabs and stripes thursday december 12, 1985 it s a simple task for police dispatchers to Cate Rajil Fig on an in argement of he map of Stuttgart. There s a computer at the Ltd that can Caf a thief a do by Joseph Owen staff writer Stuttgart in a third floor room Uherc Tele phones ring every 1.6 minutes several police officer clustered around a Large lighted screed bearing diagrams and lots of notes. A jewelry store was being robbed in Wtown Stutt Gart. The officers dispatchers at a pol ill Headquarters in Stuttgart s Zuffo Hausen Section wer Tring to Stop it. The incident was Only a few mines old yet the Dis Patch Crew already had d igra map the situation on the screen compiled a list 01 30 Parol cars which were responding and called up a Dalai we map of the neighbor Hood on a video display vermin a the real life robbery occur during a visit by 22 americans to the computer despatching Center a land Caspoli Cid Iraklion ii the Bann Wuerttemberg stale police office with jurisdiction car Stuttgart. The military police a Security officers from . Bases around Stuttgart us Rcd that Ltd m s elaborate 5-year-old computer his proved an invaluable tool in helping police respond onto the 800 to 1,000 daily Emer gency Calls. The americans a ended the Ltd ii briefing on police dispatch and com uni Calion procedures to help them work better with lire German police. After Obj Irvin the dispatchers. Staff sgt. Terry an Derson of the 5jbth my co at Patch Barracks said the operation was a cynically sophisticated and extremely professional me said it was typical of his impressions of German Law enforcement during his 13 years with . Milicaj police in Germany. They have one of the Best police forces in the world Anderson said. Oleif americans marvelled at the capability of Ltd h s co put or which German police said is one of the nation s three most modern. Lot 11 commissioner Helmut Staerk said the computer f used about 16,000 times a Day. He said it can Vantly Tell a dispatcher which car to Send to an Emer gency Iler s location because it stores detailed information Abo All of Stuttgart s streets and alleys and about Thel cation and status of each Active patrol car. It also swes maps of the City plans of German and . To cities and diagrams of each significant building in should a skat special weapons and tactics team have to storm to place they know where the door is How Many Steps Toj ulc stack said. He said the Polk computer can Monitor and move television cameras Luide some Stuttgart Banks after alarms arc tripped he can scan nearby streets in a search for possible gel a cars. The computer also Haku Stuttgart area police radio traffic in half through a raw communication system that reduces transmission of son radio messages from sever Al seconds each to one fir of a second each Staer said. Ltd ii police vehicles Conan digital panels on which officers punch a single number a Send dispatchers the most common or Mast urgent no sages. Each number represents a different message Suc wis. I m responding to the scene or Send help the dispatchers have a similar arb of Standard responses transmitted Back to the Palyj cars through a series of single letter codes. During or after any police fire or Mission dispatchers can summon a computer Prii flout which re cords the times and types of All Telephone ogs and radio traffic during the Mission. These printouts arc accepted in court a and Are often introduced by the a s Disi nay s office at the trial said stack. Who that German judges tend to value physical More than the statements of witnesses. Responding to americans questions stack Safe the eight dispatchers on each shift Are police officers a formerly worked patrol duty. New dispatchers Are go a Day s instruction on the computer then a week of inc Job training under an expert s guidance. Id acc Tattoo gained dec acc s. Korean gets army award for in is so a South korean employee of the . Com Del to hostile gunfire at the demilitarized zone Lasiy baht me of 14 recipients of the army s highest honorary award also receiving the decoration for except ionic Llilian service is William 1. Gains executive assistant i commander Miessau army depot Germany. Gaines we commended for outstanding accomplishments a Reship in. Safety depot operations mint equal employment Opportunity a logistical sys tems Ana son Mun Kyu, commission a Ved the award for exceptional bravery and pro Ficini when he exposed himself to North korean gunfire Jowder to interpret and translate Communia Lions calling for a cease fire Olla of Smiel the incident too Cpl 1984 when a soviet citizen a map of a korean people s army tour group Whu Fyrnne dm2 joint Security area defected by Runny a Cross the military demarcation line. Orth korean soldiers pursued the defector and began a him and at . Come Security Force personnel. Hey mean user and at least three North Korea soldiers we wed. And one . Soldier was wounded in the half hour pc son was pinned do to area that came under the control of the North koreans Teri hey crossed the Demarca lion line. But he stepped into the Sph Hile gunfire was being exchanged and assisted the . Coll details of a cease fire proposal to the North military Roundup s
