Testimonials
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| Inspector Gary Bullock of the Roads Policing, Operations Department at West Midlands Police said: 'ELVIS has made it possible to take the vehicle recovery scheme back in-house with minimal staffing by fully interfacing with our command and control system. For the first time we will have real-time information available on the status and location of every vehicle seized by our force. Not only will ELVIS improve the service we provide to the public by releasing their vehicle quicker, but also greatly assist in crime pattern analysis.' Sub Officer Mick Rodden, Fire Service representative on the Northamptonshire Arson Task Force said: 'The ATF is delighted to be associated with WPC Software in providing a solution to enable the efficient running of our End of Life Impound Scheme, this will contribute toward its success and simplify many of the tasks for our administration personnel. When you consider the legal work involved in handling 5000-9000 vehicles per year you need a good tracking system which ELVIS - VR provides.' Councillor Elgan Morgan, Executive Member for Environment and Transport at Cardiff County Council, said: 'The new software will enable the council to deal with abandoned and unwanted vehicles more quickly and efficiently so that they don't become a target for arsonists. The system provides us with a fast electronic link with our partners - previously we had to rely on faxes and the telephone - and automatically notifies our vehicle inspectors when a vehicle is reported abandoned.' Inspector Gary Bullock, of the Roads Policing, Operations Department at West Midlands Police, said: 'Since introducing the ELVIS-VR system the number of unlicensed and abandoned vehicles recovered by the force has jumped from about 23,000 a year to 38,000 - an increase of about 70 per cent. At the same time we have reduced the number of people engaged in vehicle recovery from 23 full and part-time staff to just three. These staff have now been able to take on other duties because of the time saved by the software. Not only does ELVIS-VR provide real-time information on the status of every vehicle seized by our force, it also allows us to deal with a lot more vehicles with far fewer staff and speeds up communications with our disposal agents. ELVIS has also greatly assisted the force in crime pattern analysis - helping us to identify problem hotspots where vehicles are regularly dumped or abandoned - and enables us to reunite members of the public with their vehicles much more quickly.' |