Her young classmates come equipped with cellphones and laptops.
Every precinct has access to the service, and the department said sergeants in the field are equipped with cellphones linked to it.
Equipped with cellphones and cameras, protesters from Occupy Wall Street have recorded and released several videos showing interactions between demonstrators and the New York Police Department that have raised their profile and won them sympathy in the battle for public opinion.
Neither do most of the other contestants, which is why they come equipped with cellphones, palmtops with Internet capabilities, Global Positioning devices, two-way radios and anything else they think might help them find the information they need fast.
Arthur Rento, president of Pontarelli Group Charter, a limousine and bus charter company in Chicago, had a tough time before Sept. 11 renting out his company's LandJet, a chauffeured van equipped with cellphones, laptop ports, printer, fax and bar.
Ms. Brown said the bus driver was equipped with a cellphone to report problems, but never used it because Mr. Martinez had not shown aggressive behavior before stabbing him.
Their investigation created a flap recently when Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department brass discovered that an inmate inside Men's Central Jail was an FBI informant equipped with a cellphone he was believed to be using to communicate with agents on the outside.
When the Bulgari Hotel, a joint venture between the Italian jewelry company and Ritz-Carlton, opened its doors in Milan, in May 2004, promoters boasted that in addition to a stodgy land line, each of the hotel's 52 rooms was equipped with a Siemens cellphone that could be used at anywhere on the hotel's premises.
The company's 740 Live GPS unit comes equipped with built-in cellphone connectivity, which means you won't need to rely on either Bluetooth or your PC to help figure out the week's weather conditions or how to get to grandma's house.
