The hand-held, data base-access system allows police to runlicense plates checks, communicate silently with headquarters andcall up arrest warrants while investigating on the scene.

The product has been on the market for a month and is alreadybeing used by law enforcement agencies in Texas and Illinois. Theeight-month-old firm projects sales of 2,000 at $1,495 each, or $3million over the next 18 months.

But its marketing plans may be crimped by an ongoing lawsuitfiled by the five founders' former employer, HTE Inc. of Lake Mary,FL. The suit alleges Patrick J. Kurz, Public Safety Group'spresident, and his four partners violated individual non-competecontracts by starting their own firm and designing softwareprograms similar to HTE's products. The defendants deny thecharges.

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