Steve Martell
Public Safety Information Technology Manager
Public Safety

Twenty five years ago as a Police Communication Coordinator, Steve’s work environment included manually typing radio and telephone logs and telephones with round dials and six buttons to place calls on hold. Computers were just beginning to come into use. As time passed, computers became a more common and necessary tool for police officer’s and dispatchers. Steve was right there, working hard to make the best use of the new technology.

Today the telephones have number pads and lots more buttons, typewriters are machines of the past, and if the computer is down, a police department can not effectively function. Steve is now the Public Safety Information Technology Manager (as if anyone could “manage” this ever-changing stuff).

Luckily, Steve is an individual who is technically inclined. He is constantly up to his elbows in video that is controlled and recorded by computers, in Smart Boards that you can write on electronically in many colors, in the Record Management System (certified as a Spillman System Administrator), computers in police cruisers that allow officers to write their reports, computers that track parking registrations and tickets, and many other wonderful devices that are all designed to let police officers do so much more than was ever imagined possible.

Steve, thank you for doing so much for all of us, at Public Safety and at Parking and Transportation!