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February 25, 2004
Los Angeles Police Foundation to Announce Partnership using BlackBerry with Cingular
Blackberry Devices Enable Senior Lead Officers to Increase Focus on Community Policing
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“BlackBerry® from Cingular provides several benefits to the Los Angeles community,” said Los Angeles Police Chief William Bratton. “Now our SLOs will have easy, wireless access to e-mail from members of the community, allowing them to find solutions and respond more quickly and efficiently.”
The donation announcement will take place at a press conference this morning at the Ahmanson Recruit Training Center in West Los Angeles. Attendees of this conference will include Police Chief Bratton and several SLOs as well as representatives from Cingular, RIM and the Los Angeles Police Foundation.
“Cingular is proud to be able to provide Blackberry voice and data services to this organization – services that ultimately will result in a safer and a higher-quality of living for the members of the Los Angeles community,” said Chris Percy, Vice President of Business Sales, Cingular Wireless. “We’re ecstatic to be involved in such a beneficial partnership.”
“With BlackBerry from Cingular, members of the community can enjoy faster response times and solutions to their e-mails and Senior Lead Officers can spend more time out of the office and with the community,” said Mark Guibert, Vice President, Corporate Marketing at Research In Motion. ”We are pleased to provide BlackBerry to the Los Angeles Police Foundation to help build a safer City,”
Senior Lead Officers work closely with the community. These officers often work directly with both LAPD and members of the community to ensure a safe area for all those involved.
In recent weeks, some of the Senior Lead Officers have had the opportunity to try out the BlackBerry handhelds. As liaisons to the communities, they have found that mobile e-mail access and phone services have truly been beneficial to their daily jobs by increasing productivity and responsiveness to the community. It has been made known that the SLOs expect nothing but good things to come out of this relationship.
About Los Angeles Police Foundation
The Los Angeles Police Foundation promotes public safety through partnerships which provide resources to the Los Angeles Police Department, funding essential equipment and projects not included in the city budget. Last year the foundation awarded $1,656,000 in grants, and facilitated many in-kind donations of equipment. Further information is available at www.lapolicefoundation.org.
About Cingular
Cingular Wireless, a joint venture between SBC Communications (NYSE - SBC) and BellSouth (NYSE - BLS), serves more than 24 million voice and data customers across the United States. A leader in mobile voice and data communications, Cingular is the only U.S. wireless carrier to offer RolloverSM, the wireless plan that lets customers keep their unused monthly minutes. Cingular has launched the world's first commercial deployment of wireless services using Enhanced Data for Global Evolution (EDGE) technology. Cingular provides cellular/PCS service in 43 of the top 50 markets nationwide, and provides corporate e-mail and other advanced data services through its GPRS, EDGE and Mobitex packet data networks. Details of the company are available at www.cingular.com.
About Research In Motion
Research In Motion is a leading designer, manufacturer and marketer of innovative wireless solutions for the worldwide mobile communications market. Through the development of integrated hardware, software and services that support multiple wireless network standards, RIM provides platforms and solutions for seamless access to time-sensitive information including email, phone, SMS messaging, Internet and intranet-based applications. RIM technology also enables a broad array of third party developers and manufacturers to enhance their products and services with wireless connectivity to data. RIM’s portfolio of award-winning products, services and embedded technologies are used by thousands of organizations around the world and include the BlackBerryÒ wireless platform, the RIM Wireless Handheld™ product line, software development tools, radio-modems and software/hardware licensing agreements. Founded in 1984 and based in Waterloo, Ontario, RIM operates offices in North America, Europe and Asia Pacific. RIM is listed on the Nasdaq Stock Market (Nasdaq: RIMM) and the Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX: RIM). For more information, visit www.rim.com or www.blackberry.com.