Advanced Public Safety, Inc. (APS) develops innovative technology solutions that improve the safety and effectiveness of law enforcement officers. As the market leader in voice solutions, electronic ticketing applications, reporting and data transfer to court/RMS systems, we have deployed our technologies to over 750 law enforcement agencies throughout the U.S. and Canada.

The solutions created by APS are unique because all of the company’s applications are designed, developed and tested by and for police and sheriffs’ officers, men and women uniquely qualified to understand today’s public safety needs.

Founded in 1998 by Officer Jeff Rubenstein of the Delray Beach, FL, Police Department, APS began developing customized solutions for mobile computers, earning patents for our innovative mobile query voice response, voice input, auto-population and electronic data transfer technologies.  When approached by many of the handheld/PDA device manufacturers, APS developed a user-friendly, electronic ticketing system for handhelds that incorporates the most advanced PocketPC, Windows Mobile, and Windows CE technologies.  Now, after multiple requests from customers, APS has a state-of-the art field based reporting back-end to help manage and analyze the data within the citations.

APS President Jeffrey D. Rubenstein is an accomplished technology executive, entrepreneur, attorney and public safety officer. Mr. Rubenstein is the President and CEO of Advanced Public Safety, Inc., and an auxiliary law enforcement officer with the Delray Beach Police Department. Prior to founding Advanced Public Safety, Mr. Rubenstein was Chief Operating Officer of Cenetec L.L.C., a technology accelerator company in South Florida.

APS also offers products through our sister company Visual Statement.  Visual Statement provides state-of-the-art desktop software tools for crime and collision incident investigation, analysis and reconstruction, as well as state-wide enterprise solutions for reporting and analysis used by public safety agencies.  Visual Statements software provides real-time mapping and diagramming of traffic accidents and crime scenes through direct communications with all types of electronic measuring tools used by law enforcement specialists. The software applications, loaded onto a handheld, notebook or desktop computer, allow officers to collect data at the scene in electronic form, which significantly reduces paperwork and facilitates the reporting and review process. Visual Statements desktop software, Vista FX3, is an innovative 3-D incident diagramming and reconstruction software product developed in Microsofts .Net environment. Vista FX can be used with a total station to add accurate positioning information. With the addition of its Smart Roads module, the software provides animations to recreate incidents, which may be used in reports and court room proceedings. Visual Statements enterprise software, ReportBeam, links state agencies via the Internet to one report management system making information easily accessible to multiple organizations. For more information, go to the Visual Statement website.

APS is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Trimble Navigation, LTD. (NASDAQ: TRMB), and operates as the Trimble Public Safety Division. Trimble is a world leader in public safety technologies, which are used in over 100 countries around the world.   Trimble is a also a leading innovator of Global Positioning System (GPS) technology.  In addition to providing advanced GPS components, Trimble augments GPS with other positioning technologies as well as wireless communications and software to create complete customer solutions.  Founded in 1978 and headquartered in Sunnyvale, Calif., Trimble has more than 2,000 employees in more than 20 countries worldwide. For more information, go the the Trimble website.