The system was launched in April 2000 and combines state of the art GPS tracking technology in addition to a specially developed GSM module, supported by the powerful Trafficmaster telematics platform. This system is recognised as providing one of the most comprehensive fleet management solutions on the market.
With over 800 cars, vans and motorcycles covering around 15 million miles a year, improvements in incident response times are extremely important. Hampshire Police has already started to integrate Trafficmaster’s speech based Oracle system into its fleet to aid officers in their operational duties, and are now adopting the latest Fleetstar fleet management system to further enhance its overall performance and ensure the efficient operation of its fleet. In its bid to continually improve performance, Hampshire Police has already won a number of prestigious fleet awards, including:-
Fleet News Special Award – Winner 2000
Fleet News Environmental Initiative Award – Highly commended
Winchester City Green Fleet Award – Gold
Law & Order Magazine – Fleet Corporate Image
Fleetstar provides a comprehensive yet simple solution to many of the day to day problems encountered by managers of vehicle fleets, by combining the ability to view both historic and real time activity and providing a range of key performance indicators on driver and fleet activity. Fleetstar enables users to optimise the control and management of their vehicle fleets, providing improvements in fleet efficiency and productivity, enhanced service levels and a significant reduction on fleet operating costs.
John Bradley, Fleet Manager, Hampshire Police, commented: The Fleetstar system will allow us to deliver improvements in fleet utilisation by ensuring we have the right vehicle in the right place at the right time. It really assists our ability to deliver front line emergency services in the most effective manner.
He continued: This new technology identifies fuel costs saving opportunities, by removing unnecessary vehicle mileage and ineffective coverage duplication. In doing so, we can reduce not only fuel and maintenance costs but also deliver a positive environmental contribution. The Fleetstar system provides best value, whilst having the potential to deliver significant cost savings.
Mr Bradley has the full backing for this partnership from Paul Kernaghan, QPM, Chief Constable of Hampshire Constabulary and his A.C.P.O colleagues.
Peter Johnson, Fleetstar Director of European Strategy added: The partnership with Hampshire Police is a major opportunity to demonstrate the impressive capability of Fleetstar. The system will help to maximise their fleet performance, whilst delivering very tangible improvements in this critical emergency service environment. We are confident the Fleetstar system will provide enormous benefit to both the police and the public.
