Bowling Green Police Department Puts High-Tech Spin on Community Policing, Achieves Statewide Recognition.

Business Editors/Technology Writers

BOWLING GREEN, Ky.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 27, 2000

Kentucky's Bowling Green Police Department (BGPD) earned top honors in 1999 in both state and industry arenas for developing unusual and innovative applications in the area of public safety. One such award was presented to the Department in December 1999 by the Certified Communities Partnership of the Kentucky Chamber of Commerce.

After thorough consideration of various organizations throughout the state, BGPD won second place for the Innovation Award in the Most Progressive Local Government category. This award recognized BGPD for successfully uniting area residents and businesses as well as fire, medical, corrections and other organizations to enhance community-driven policing efforts.

&uot;The Communicator!(TM) interactive notification system from Dialogic Communications Corporation (DCC) played an important role in BGPD's community-driven policing campaigns,&uot; said Dave Krikac, DCC Vice President of Marketing. &uot;We are proud to have been a factor in helping this top-notch department obtain recognition.&uot;

In place in over 600 operations, The Communicator contacts persons by phone, pager and cellular; delivers incident-specific information and/or instruction; confirms message receipt through touch-tone response; logs individual response times; and documents call-out results in comprehensive reports.

BGPD also received the 1999 National Award of Excellence for Law Enforcement/Public Safety from DCC in 1999. Out of the company's 300 law enforcement agencies and emergency management clients considered across the country, BGPD was found to employ The Communicator in the most unique and inventive ways for community-driven policing:

--   PharmAlert: Notifies pharmacies when prescription pads are stolen
     from doctor's offices.
--   Bank Notifications: Alerts bank staff of counterfeit bills, check
     scams and robberies.
--   Community Policing: Informs Neighborhood Watch participants of
     criminal activity, missing persons and other events affecting an
     area.
--   Emergency Notification: Warns hospitals, nursing homes, daycare
     centers, news media, utilities, etc. within minutes when
     situations like severe weather threaten public safety.
--   Crime Prevention: Alerts businesses to take precautions when
     jeopardized by burglaries and other criminal activity.

&uot;The Communicator is a powerful weapon for law enforcement,&uot; explained Officer Barry Pruitt from the BGPD. &uot;In situations where timing is everything, The Communicator gives us the rapid notification and deployment capabilities we need to fight crime and ensure public safety.&uot;

Visit www.bgky.org/communicator.htm for more about the Bowling Green Police Department and its use of The Communicator interactive notification system from DCC.

About Dialogic Communications Corporation

Founded in 1982, Franklin, Tennessee-based DCC is the pioneer and established leader in interactive notification technology. Hundreds of business, industry and government organizations currently use DCC's notification and response solutions worldwide. For more information, call 800.723.3207 or visit (www.dccusa.com).