Personnel Management System Helps Police Nab Cell Phone Thief
Precise Trax Software Locates Phone, Leads Law Enforcement to Suspect
NEW YORK, November 20, 2009 – Precise Trax, a software system designed to maximize personnel resources, yielded an additional benefit to one of its users this week when it helped local police recover an employee’s stolen cell phone and arrest the suspect.
Precise Trax is a GPS-enabled case management system developed by Health Systems Solutions (HSS) for a leading provider of background investigation and screening services. Each of the company’s investigators carries a smartphone running HSS’ proprietary iCompass software; iCompass transmits location coordinates to the Precise Trax server, providing case managers with a real-time global view of each investigator’s current location.
Earlier this week, a man broke into an investigator’s car and took the owner’s cell phone and other personal effects. Little did the suspect realize that the stolen phone was revealing his movements on the company’s Precise Trax desktop. Through real-time signal transmission and Precise Trax travel reports, the company was able to supply local law enforcement with the suspect’s location and route, enabling police officers to arrest him and recover the stolen items.
"Part of the reason our client needed this system was to increase the safety of its employees, and Precise Trax delivered on that promise this week," said Stan Vashovsky, CEO of HSS. "While the system’s main purpose is to expedite and manage case assignments, those assignments often take investigators into potentially dangerous situations. The system’s real-time tracking and communication capabilities provide the company with an extra layer of security for its employees, and we saw that at work this week."
HSS is a technology and services company dedicated to bringing innovation to the mobile workforce industries. With a proven suite of anytime-anywhere applications for home health care agencies, HSS is leveraging its expertise in next-generation Web- and smartphone-based technologies to expand into other markets requiring handheld solutions for their mobile workers.
