Police district in Norway at the forefront of technology

Police district in Norway at the forefront of technology

Asker & Bærum have successfully been using Indico Video client since 2003. In connection with moving in to a new head office for the police district, Indico Systems has supplied the district with two new interview suites in addition to the two they had already. Since 1999 the Police in Norway have conducted hundreds of interviews on the Indico Video Client and burned the interviews onto DVD discs.

Change in requirements The Police district is now located in one big building with different blocks, and therefore evidence sharing takes time - a requirement from Police Management therefore was to be more efficient in sharing police interviews and to move a more secure and easier way of information handling than today. Asker & Bærum found that the Indico Server Solution would give the police a robust, secure and easy to use solution which fully lived up to the new requirements.

Indico Server is now installed and connected with the 4 interview rooms; the Police can now monitor in realtime or playback interviews conducted in the four rooms from every PC in the Police district. Already during this first week of the installation the Indico Server has proved its functionality and saved significant administration time for the police.

The Police district support 2 councils –Asker & Bærum is Norway’s smallest police district when compared in area (292 Km2). There are a total of 161.180 inhabitants in the district and the district has borders to Olso, Follo and Søndre & Nordre Buskerud police districts.