Cameras will be monitored from Police Headquarters. The cameras have received local news coverage by the Everett Herald . Another exciting photographic capacity is the MP-5 Polaroid camera that is used for demonstrative evidence, trial charting, and A.F.I.S. fingerprint entry. The decreasing cost of cellular telephones and pagers over the last several years has increased the police department's ability to mobilize very rapidly. A large number of officers and supervisors carry cellular phones.
Cellular phones enable responding officers to make voice contact with the scene of an incident.
Pagers utilized by the department can be numeric, voice, or alphanumeric depending on the individual unit need. The City of Everett Telecommunications Division is very responsive and supportive of police department needs. Emergency Squadcar Lights Even Police Light Bars for squad cars have evolved over the past decade. Officers can surround their cars with a curtain of light using forward facing and side spacing spotlights. The light bars have forward and side facing spotlights as well as Red White and Blue rotating and flashing lights that face forward.