Title
Smartphones as an alerting, command and control system for the preparedness groups and civilians: Results of preliminary tests with the finnish police.
Abstract
Traditional mobile phones have been used for alerting purposes by utilizing their SMS and cell broadcasting features. They do however not suit for demanding alerting and command purposes, for the observation of special forces, rescue officers and civilians, or for the post-evaluation of the operation. Current 3G and 4G/LTE smartphones can do all this, but the empirical evidence is missing. This article reports of the preliminary tests which the University of Jyvaskyla has made with the Finnish Police for alerting civilians and for commanding two special groups of the police with smartphones. Smartphones were also used for observing police officers’ position and status and for post-evaluating action during and after the operation. The study supports using smartphones for alerting, command and control purposes. Because of external distractions alerts are noticed better at night than in the daytime. In active hours personal alerts should be given not only by a voice alarm but by stimulating 2-3 senses at the same time. Noticing of smartphone alerts might be improved also by using some additional reception device with the handset.
Year
Venue
Field
2013
ISCRAM
Broadcasting,Special forces,Empirical evidence,Command and control systems,ALARM,Simulation,Computer security,Command and control,Engineering,Handset,Preparedness
DocType
Citations 
PageRank 
Conference
3
0.44
References 
Authors
2
6
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Jaana Kuula130.44
Pauli Kettunen230.44
Vili Auvinen330.44
Santtu Viitanen430.44
Olli Kauppinen530.44
Tuomo Korhonen630.44