Los Angeles, Calif. -- AMULET Development Corp. is pleased to announce the launch of the new Official Police Garages of Los Angeles website for use by the public in locating impounded vehicles. The site is found at: www.opglaviic.com, where public users can determine where their vehicle is located by entering the state of registration and either the license number or VIN. Developed by AMULET, the web application provides information pertaining to the impound: location and phone number of the tow-yard where the vehicle was impounded, date of impound, impounding agency (e.g. LAPD), reason for impound, and break-down of charges and total amount due to release the vehicle. The development project was funded by a consortium of eighteen official police garages (OPGs) in order to provide a useful service to the public as well as to streamline their operations.

AMULET developed the OPG website as a showcase of Microsoft web and database technologies including: Windows 2003 Server, Microsoft IIS web server, SQL Server 2000 relational database, Visual Studio, and custom programming using the .NET Framework. AMULET provided graphic design and user interface design services for the look-and-feel elements of the site.

AMULET also built a custom Windows service allowing each OPG to regularly upload impound data in a near real-time manner to the web server for fast integration into the site’s data warehouse. In addition to the public website features, the site also provides administrative functionality for each OPG, and agency including advanced queries, analytics, and reporting.

In a related announcement, AMULET’s web/graphic design department developed the newly launched main OPG website found at: www.opgla.com.

AMULET’S Development Services

AMULET Development Corp. offers a wide range of custom software design and development services for the SMB community including: application planning and consulting, system architecture, database design, .NET application programming, and graphic design. AMULET was recently awarded the Custom Developed Solutions competency by Microsoft.

A Word from OPG

“We are extremely pleased with the work that AMULET has provided. This new site helps us provide faster service to the public. It also reduces our operations expenses, because we are now able to improve many of our processes. AMULET did a great job!” says David Ospina, OPG's technical liaison.

A Word from AMULET’S CEO

“We are very excited to launch the new OPG websites as they provide a distinct service to the community. As a Microsoft Certified Partner, we’re also happy to feature our years of experience working with the Microsoft .NET Framework and SQL Server,” says Dan D. Gutierrez, AMULET’s CEO.