GPS tracking for law enforcement offers many benefits to state troopers and more — enough benefits that it should be a priority for all law enforcement agencies to equip their fleet vehicles and patrol cars with. These are among the top benefits to state troopers and other law enforcement agencies when it comes to GPS fleet tracking.

Improve Safety and Response Times by Always Knowing Trooper Locations

GPS tracking, in its nature, provides a precise location of officer and trooper whereabouts, at all times when they are on patrol and in, or near, their cars. In these contentious times, it means that help arrives promptly and at the correct locations when officers are hurt in the line of duty or call for assistance.

This, combined with prompt routing to help officers get the fastest route to the location improves response times, and helps to save lives in some cases, and quickly de-escalate tense situations in other cases.

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Coronavirus. It’s something few Americans gave much of a thought about while ringing in 2020 on New Year’s Eve. Just three short months later, it’s all Americans can think about. As nurses and doctors many the front lines in this fight and American citizens practice social distancing, wash our hands, and hunker down to ride out this storm, it’s truckers who are among the unsung heroes delivering critical medical supplies and essential goods to hospitals and grocery stores across the country.

As the world tilts and shifts for everyone across the country, citizens have flocked to grocery stores to stock up on essentials. Items everyone takes for granted, such as hand soap, sanitizer, toilet paper, and even food are suddenly in short supply on retail shelves. It has been up to America’s truck drivers to step up to the plate to deliver the home run for the American people.

Now, the American Trucking Associations, ATA, which is the largest national trade association for the trucking industry, is calling on Americans to salute the men and women who are working long hours, pulling extra shifts, and travelling extra miles across the country.

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Companies in the U.S. are pushing for, or required to mandate, staff members to stay home while coronavirus cases continue climbing. Unfortunately, along with healthcare providers, service workers and other individuals with at-risk jobs, a common job title in the U.S. where employees can’t work from their home is fleet drivers.

As public health officials and medical professionals work diligently to slow down the spread of this virus, truck drivers have to work 24/7 to deliver food, critical medical supplies and other essentials to grocery stores and hospitals nationwide. In fact, around 1.8 million individuals in the U.S. are truck drivers, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

And, the job calls for truck drivers to travel all over the country, and come in contact with shipped goods from overseas, which can not only impact them, but everyone they come into contact with. So, what can truck drivers do to stay protected from the coronavirus?

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