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in si de ha lto n. co m O ak vi lle B ea ve r | T hu rs da y, N ov em be r 18 ,2 02 1 | 32 24 Hr Emergency Services Milton, Oakville &Mississauga echelon PeReGRIne oMnI TRIUMPh Closeout shoes 1001 langs Drive, unit 2,Cambridge DIAMOND WINNER 2021 Largest seLection in canada WIde & exTRaW Ide WIdThsnon-sLiP VoteD #1 shoe stoRe IN WAteRloo ReGIoN www.closeoutshoes.ca A police officer writing in a notepad is a well known image. The officer shows up at the scene of a crime, examines the evidence, takes state- ments and writes it all down in his or her paper notepad. But Halton Regional Police Service is now breaking with tradition by adopting electronic note-taking instead of paper- based notes. HRPS will be the first in Onta- rio, and the second in Canada, to adopt the system. "Note-taking in the policing sector has not evolved in over 100 years," said Deputy Chief Roger Wilkie. "This is just one of the latest ways the HRPS is striving to opti- mize effectiveness and efficiency by pur- posefully harnessing innovative technolo- gy." The software enhances an officer's note-taking ability by allowing them to add to and access databases and records sys- tems from anywhere. They are also given enhanced audio and photo recording abil- ities to that end. Officers will be issued service cell- phones with the Smart Squad application on them, an app developed by Faction Four Systems Inc. The eNotes function is of- fered through Smart Squad. About a third of the force has been fully trained on the app. HRPS hopes to have the whole service trained on it by 2022. NEWS HALTON POLICE FIRST IN ONTARIO TO ADOPT ENOTES SYSTEM A Halton police officer uses a paper notepad while investigating a crash. Graham Paine/Metroland MANSOOR TANWEER mtanweer@metroland.com