Brief description of idea: Implement a "Minimal Viewing Mode" for the Police Computer that only shows you active/assigned incidents+the 3 green buttons on the right side of your screen without having to open a large menu all the time that would distract you from driving. Makes assigning easier and is just overall a QOL update, would hopefully encourage assigning incidents to your own Unit more when there is no Dispatcher on duty.
When Minimal Viewing Mode is enabled, pressing F3 should become a "Hold down to activate" option. The menu comes out from the right side and your mouse becomes enabled, once you let go of F3 the menu disappears to the right side of your screen again. There is a button you can select to toggle this sort of viewing mode, I just put it under the Quick Incident Button but would maybe fit more on the bottom of the menu.
This mode would be particularly useful for Firefighters and Paramedics who do not make use of such large screen space on the left that is reserved for use for Officers, though this would also benefit Officers if they don't run ANPRs (or similar) that often.
What benefits would this idea have for the department: Small QOL update that improves workflow of assigning or closing incidents, more useful when there is no Dispatcher on duty.
What potential negatives could this have for the department: None I can hopefully see, maybe more road accidents if you focus on the Police Computer instead (Although this reduces the number of traffic accidents as far as I see it, instead of seeing a big window that obstructs your screen)
Other additions: By @✪ lencz : Add a small overview of the Dispatchers Map on the space below the menu. Automatically zoom in to the general area of the incident to get a quick view of where the incident is located once you press on said incident. This would be especially useful for quickly locating life alerts and fires.
When Minimal Viewing Mode is enabled, pressing F3 should become a "Hold down to activate" option. The menu comes out from the right side and your mouse becomes enabled, once you let go of F3 the menu disappears to the right side of your screen again. There is a button you can select to toggle this sort of viewing mode, I just put it under the Quick Incident Button but would maybe fit more on the bottom of the menu.
This mode would be particularly useful for Firefighters and Paramedics who do not make use of such large screen space on the left that is reserved for use for Officers, though this would also benefit Officers if they don't run ANPRs (or similar) that often.
What benefits would this idea have for the department: Small QOL update that improves workflow of assigning or closing incidents, more useful when there is no Dispatcher on duty.
What potential negatives could this have for the department: None I can hopefully see, maybe more road accidents if you focus on the Police Computer instead (Although this reduces the number of traffic accidents as far as I see it, instead of seeing a big window that obstructs your screen)
Other additions: By @✪ lencz : Add a small overview of the Dispatchers Map on the space below the menu. Automatically zoom in to the general area of the incident to get a quick view of where the incident is located once you press on said incident. This would be especially useful for quickly locating life alerts and fires.
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