“I smelled the popcorn all the way out in the hall.  I had to come get some!”

“Aww!  These water bottles are so cute!”

“Is this a trade show booth or a party?  It’s like you’ve got groupies.”

“That was cool that you sent out an email so I knew you were giving away a prize.”

“I’ve been to a lot of these shows, and I’ve never seen one exhibitor DOMINATE like you have.”

“You’re bringing back the popcorn machine next year, right?  RIGHT?!”

OPS is offering fans of www.NoExcusesBlog.com  a sneak peek at the summer edition of Making Waves—before it’s even off the printing press!  

The latest newsletter features articles about upcoming conferences, news about GEARS videos and information about NE File Cabinet.  We hope  you  enjoy the spotlight on Director of Technology, Jason LaRue. 

 Making Waves delivers product spotlights, success stories, customer testimonials and staff information to  help you with your business and provide you with the opportunity to get to know our company on a more personal level.  Find archived issues of the newsletter online at www.OpenPortalSolutions.com in the “media and resources” section. 

Printed copies of the latest edition will be mailed in upcoming weeks.  If you would like to be added to our mailing list, please send an email to dholt@opsinc.cc with “add Making Waves” in the subject line.

Enjoy!

Open Portal Solutions has added a new marketing resource on www.NoExcusesBlog.com for agencies using www.BuyCrash.com to provide collision reports.  A new page on the blog provides templates for press releases, public service announcements, web site copy and more.  You can find Market BuyCrash.com for increased revenue! in the ”pages” section in the blue box on the right side of the blog.

Law enforcement agencies are encouraged to contact OPS corporate communications consultant, Michelle Hurst, at mhurst@openportalsolutions.com for help with www.BuyCrash.com press releases, personalized web site copy and more.

Six new tutorials are available for the Georgia Electronic Accident Reporting System (GEARS) in the Open Portal Solutions video library.  The GEARS video library can be found in the “media” section of www.OpenPortalSolutions.com. 

Current GEARS videos include:

• What Is GEARS?
• How Do I Download GEARS?
• How Do I Install GEARS?
• How Do I Complete a Report in GEARS?
• How Do I Review and Approve a Report in GEARS?
• How Do I Access a Report in GEARS?
• How Do I Supplement a Report in GEARS?
• How Do I Administer GEARS for my Agency?
• How Do I Use Quick Capture in GEARS?

Let us know what you think about the new tutorials by “commenting” on our blog!  We’d love to hear your feedback.

OPS has a fully staffed support team for the GEARS solution.  The OPS support team provides technical support for the GEARS Repository, GEARS Portal, www.BuyCrash.com and the GEARS Client site.  E-mail support@openportalsolutions.com or call the support line at (866) 495-4206.

Follow the news of Open Portal Solutions on www.NoExcusesBlog.com, as well as on FaceBook and Twitter.  We invite you to become a “fan”—or follow our “tweets”!

Powered by OPS’ NE Crash, GEARS is an electronic collision reporting system offered to law enforcement in Georgia that features tools that allow officials to complete collision reports more efficiently.  High-quality consistent, accurate and timely collision information can be collected through a wizard-based application that incorporates bar code reading of driver’s licenses, unlimited narrative with spell check, integrated diagramming and point and click mapping.

GEARS is available to all Georgia law enforcement agencies at ZERO COST.  The State of Georgia is saving millions of taxpayer dollars annually by utilizing the system.  The Georgia Department of Transportation engaged OPS to design, implement, and maintain GEARS.

To find out more about GEARS, click on the screencap above or on this link: What is GEARS?

Open Portal Solutions is delighted to unveil the newest phase of www.OpenPortalSolutions.com.  The restructured web site features video and up-to-the-minute information about all of OPS’s products and services.  We’re happy to offer an even more comprehensive web site for you!

The Spring  issue of Making Waves is being printed as we speak—but we’re giving our blog readers a sneak peek at our latest issue.

The latest issue of Making Waves features articles on Indiana’s recent NHTSA award, the piloting of NE Crash (through TITAN) in Tennessee, our long history of success in Kentucky, a primer on the CHRIS criminal history system and a profile of our resident High-Tech Redneck, Steve Roadcap!

Printed copies will be mailed next week.

We’d love to hear your comments about Making Waves.  Let us know what you think!

The next phase of www.OpenPortalSolutions.com is currently undergoing its final tweaks and will published online very soon!  We’ve updated information on our newest products and services to make it easy for you to find what you are looking for. 

Of course, we’re already working on some additional pages which will be added on the heels of this upgrade.  We’re constantly striving to improve!