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est technologies with traditionally essential equipment into a single vehicle. With mo- bile data and robust telecommunications, the vehicle is able to support such solutions as GIS and mapping, police processes, ANPR, forensics, video streaming and capture, public involvement and facial recognition. The vehicle, as well as including automatic performance reporting and built in security measures, seamlessly brings together all of these technologies into one car.


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Vehicle platform The CAST Car is based on the Vauxhall (Opel) Astra Sports Tourer. This is a car that is widely selected by British police forces for its eco- nomic running costs and general robust- ness. The car is fully equipped with features familiar to the police, including full blue light arrangement, sirens, and features like ‘run-lock’. An important feature is that this


esigned to make the job of polic- ing on the front-line an easier task, the police vehicle merges the lat-


car is SVA (Single Vehicle Architecture) com- pliant. The solutions are designed to work in and away from the vehicle, creating a true mobile workforce environment.


Hardware platform Vauxhall has teamed up with TETRAtab and Goodmill Systems to implement the com- puting platform and robust telecommu- nications within the vehicle. There are two principle computers within the car, both of which are provided by TETRAtab. The prin- ciple computer is the TETRAtab V Series, which is a fi xed in vehicle computer fully integrated into the vehicle dash and the boot. There is also the TETRAtab C Series, a dockable PC with a fully integrated and AES Spec 5 approved docking solution in the glovebox of the car.


The telecommunications solution is pro-


vided by Goodmill Systems and integrated in the left hand side of the boot space. This allows any of the devices in the car, and when permitted, devices from the general public, to communicate via 3G and WiFi in a resilient and secure way. A WiFi hotspot bubble is created by this router around the vehicle and is also connected via Ethernet to the TETRAtab platform. The video equipment is provided by


VideoLAtitude and allows video streaming from both inside and around the vehicle to any device in the world. The cameras are discreetly integrated so as not to attract at- tention, and are managed from two control boxes under the fl oor of the luggage com- partment area. The car automatically reports vehicle


faults and driver performance via an Airmax system integrated into the car. This allows condition based maintenance of the vehicle and reduces the vehicle wear.


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