We have all been bothered by those pop-up
advertisements while trying to search the Internet. Recently those
annoying ads also plagued the Philadelphia Police Department.
There have been computers on board police patrol cars for a number of
years. They are called MDTs or mobile data terminals. They are now as
much of a part of police equipment as a gun or a radio.
The information gets updated in the MDT as you're in route to the
scene, said Sgt. Thomas Macartney.
Information is what officers normally see and expect to see on their
computer terminal screen. But a week ago Saturday, some of the cops
using the 300 newest MDTs had quite a surprise.
