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The Traffic Officer Pocket Computer (TOPC) by NPS.
NPS-TOPC will be able to scan the driver’s licence and vehicle licence. The scan will return all the necessary details needed to issue a fine or check the driver/vehicle by law enforcement officers. This will save time during the issuing process as the Officer will not have to enter all the details manually.

The officer will be informed by the handheld if a driver has an outstanding warrant that has not been served yet and will arrest the driver accordingly. The officer will also print any outstanding infringement notices and enforcement orders and issue it to the driver.

The use of TOPC’s will improve the monitoring of Traffic Officers and will determine and improve the impact of traffic officers on road traffic control.

Capabilities

The Android app to scan and decode:

South African Vehicle Licence disks barcodes
South African Drivers Licence cards barcodes
Visible VIN detector and verifier
Vehicle numberplate detector and verifier
Driver facial recognition.

NPS-TOPC Scanner uses the camera on your phone to read and decode barcode information for vehicles and drivers licences.

Uses

Record keeping of all vehicles/drivers scanned per event
Roadside vehicle verification
Roadside driver verification
Vehicle check against law enforcement database
Check all infringement and warrants against the driver.

Cost & Pricing

We developed the NPS-TOPC to assist law enforcement agencies in South Africa.
Development and funding was provided solely by NPS.
We offer the first 500 scans done per verified law enforcement agency each month free of charge alternative usage will be charged per scan and pricing can be found here.

Account creation

Please contact info@topc.co.za to create, verify and setup your account.

App

The app as a minimum requires the following:

Phone with Android OS
Phone with internet access, data usage is about 200kb per scan
Phone with a good quality camera, we suggest a minimum of 5MP
Optional: Bluetooth printer for report printing.

See our supported devices section for tested devices.

Login

Login to the scanner application with the username and password provided by us.
NOTE:

First-time users will require to scan a drivers licence barcode to proof that their phone is capable to scan and decode a drivers barcode see our list of supported devices
See Account creation to create account credentials for NPS-TOPC.

Setup

Setup info related to the scanner and will be printed on the report.

Roadblock type

Selectable between:

Informal roadblock
K78 roadblock

Roadblock info

The Station and Officer in charge are setup during account creation, to change this please contact info@topc.co.za. Enter a reference number allocated to the roadblock, this will be printed on the report.

Duration

To be implemented.

Third party account details

Please contact info@topc.co.za to link and use third party accounts and we will develop an interface for you.

Scanner

Always ensure the barcode/subject is in full view in the camera viewfinder and is adduquitly illuminated.

Drivers licence barcode

Scan driver face

Point camera to the driver, the scanner will auto-detect the face of the subject and save/link it to the report.

Vehicle licence disk barcode

Verify vehicle

Scan visible VIN

Scan registration number

Reports

Show full report

Print Report

User interface

Workflow

Supported devices

If you test your device, and it works, please mail us at info@topc.co.za and we will update this list for users to reference to.
The following devices have been tested and worked with the NPS-TOPC scanner:

Bluetooth printers

Make	Model
GOOJPRT	PT-210
REGO	MTP588

Phones

Make	Model
LG	G6 (LG-H870)
Xiaomi Redmi	9A
Xiaomi Redmi	Note 9S

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 NPS-TOPC will be able to scan the driver’s licence and vehicle licence. The scan will return all the necessary details needed to issue a fine or check the driver/vehicle by law enforcement officers. This will save time during the issuing process as the Officer will not have to enter all the details manually.<br><br>
 The officer will be informed by the handheld if a driver has an outstanding warrant that has not been served yet and will arrest the driver accordingly. The officer will also print any outstanding infringement notices and enforcement orders and issue it to the driver.<br><br>
-The use of TOPC’s will improve the monitoring of Traffic Officers and will determine and improve the impact of traffic officers on road traffic control.<be>
+The use of TOPC’s will improve the monitoring of Traffic Officers and will determine and improve the impact of traffic officers on road traffic control.
 ==Capabilities==
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 * See [[#Account creation|Account creation]] to create account credentials for NPS-TOPC.<br>
 ===Setup===
+Setup info related to the scanner and will be printed on the report.
+====Roadblock type====
+Selectable between:
+*Informal roadblock
+*K78 roadblock
+====Roadblock info====
+The '''Station''' and '''Officer in charge''' are setup during account creation, to change this please contact info@topc.co.za.
+Enter a reference number allocated to the roadblock, this will be printed on the report.
+====Duration====
+To be implemented.
+====Third party account details====
+Please contact info@topc.co.za to link and use third party accounts and we will develop an interface for you.
 ===Scanner===
-Always ensure the barcode is in full view in the camera viewfinder and is adduquitly illuminated.<br>
+Always ensure the barcode/subject is in full view in the camera viewfinder and is adduquitly illuminated.<br>
 ====Drivers licence barcode====
 ====Scan driver face====
+Point camera to the driver, the scanner will auto-detect the face of the subject and save/link it to the report.
 ====Vehicle licence disk barcode====
 ====Verify vehicle====