How Pointmaker Annotation Assists the NYPD & Other Gov't Centers

Military and government centers use the Pointmaker to diagram emergency strategies or important details in training and collaboration. In 1997, the New York Police Department Command & Control Center integrated a Pointmaker in their AV system to focus attention and draw over projected maps of major accidents, crimes, and security routes. Command Center technicians - who are also police officers - call up various computer and video images needed. These are then displayed on three large projection screens so that up to 40 police and city officials can collectively develop a plan of action and track progress using one of four drawing tablets. According to then Commanding Officer, Lt. Al Casella, the interaction of several officials annotating over the same large image creates highly effective and efficient meetings. "It's now much easier to focus everyone's attention," he says. Similar results have been experienced by the Brenham Fire Department in Brenham, Tex. , the City Council Chambers for the City of Corpus Christi