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Purple Communications(TM) Partners with Metropolitan Police Department for Unprecedented Communications Initiative Serving the Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing in the Nation's Capitol - MarketWatch
Purple Communications(TM), Inc. (Pink Sheets: PRPL), a leading provider of text, video relay (VRS) and on-site interpreting services, announced today its partnership with the Washington D.C. Metropolitan Police Department (MPD), to supply proprietary video software technology utilizing Purple's cutting-edge P3 software which will allow the MPD to better respond to the needs of deaf and hard of hearing persons.
There will be an official press announcement and demonstration on Wednesday, June 16, 2010 from 1:00-1:30 p.m. EDT as part of the "Purple Your Way" open house at the Kellogg Conference Center at Gallaudet University. MPD Chief Cathy Lanier and Gallaudet University President Dr. Alan Hurwitz will join Purple to discuss this ground-breaking effort benefitting the deaf and hard-of-hearing community.
"Purple is a strong advocate for functional equivalency, which ensures that the deaf and hard of hearing community will have equal opportunity to communicate with the same ease as hearing persons," said Purple Vice Chairman Ronald E. Obray. "As part of our efforts, we seek out strong partnerships with organizations and agencies like the Metropolitan Police Department that are extremely progressive in their willingness to serve a community that is too often overlooked. Chief Lanier has been an instrumental part of this initiative. We believe that when other police departments learn how our services will benefit their mission, that they will follow MPD's lead and implement similar programs to serve their deaf and hard of hearing citizens."
The program, which is already under implementation is being piloted at no current cost to MPD and is already available within all seven patrol districts and three substations. In addition, MPD is the first police department in the nation to outfit squad cars with the VRS technology. It has outfitted 15 take-home scout cars with the software and an integrated easy-to-call MPD telephone directory that allows officers to make available to deaf and hard of hearing persons access to MPD services through the use of VRS. In addition, the software has been installed in seven detectives' offices and in six specialized units that include homicide, check and fraud, sex branch, internal affairs bureau, youth investigations branch and the MPD mobile command bus utilized for major events, including parades, inaugurals and demonstrations.
The program will be evaluated for effectiveness and future use after the initial pilot phase. For more information on the Purple/MPD pilot program and P3 software, email refer@purple.us.
Purple Communications(TM), Inc. (Pink Sheets: PRPL), a leading provider of text, video relay (VRS) and on-site interpreting services, announced today its partnership with the Washington D.C. Metropolitan Police Department (MPD), to supply proprietary video software technology utilizing Purple's cutting-edge P3 software which will allow the MPD to better respond to the needs of deaf and hard of hearing persons.
There will be an official press announcement and demonstration on Wednesday, June 16, 2010 from 1:00-1:30 p.m. EDT as part of the "Purple Your Way" open house at the Kellogg Conference Center at Gallaudet University. MPD Chief Cathy Lanier and Gallaudet University President Dr. Alan Hurwitz will join Purple to discuss this ground-breaking effort benefitting the deaf and hard-of-hearing community.
"Purple is a strong advocate for functional equivalency, which ensures that the deaf and hard of hearing community will have equal opportunity to communicate with the same ease as hearing persons," said Purple Vice Chairman Ronald E. Obray. "As part of our efforts, we seek out strong partnerships with organizations and agencies like the Metropolitan Police Department that are extremely progressive in their willingness to serve a community that is too often overlooked. Chief Lanier has been an instrumental part of this initiative. We believe that when other police departments learn how our services will benefit their mission, that they will follow MPD's lead and implement similar programs to serve their deaf and hard of hearing citizens."
The program, which is already under implementation is being piloted at no current cost to MPD and is already available within all seven patrol districts and three substations. In addition, MPD is the first police department in the nation to outfit squad cars with the VRS technology. It has outfitted 15 take-home scout cars with the software and an integrated easy-to-call MPD telephone directory that allows officers to make available to deaf and hard of hearing persons access to MPD services through the use of VRS. In addition, the software has been installed in seven detectives' offices and in six specialized units that include homicide, check and fraud, sex branch, internal affairs bureau, youth investigations branch and the MPD mobile command bus utilized for major events, including parades, inaugurals and demonstrations.
The program will be evaluated for effectiveness and future use after the initial pilot phase. For more information on the Purple/MPD pilot program and P3 software, email refer@purple.us.