Operational command platform · CAD · MDT · Wallboard · Messaging

Your whole shift in one system — not five apps and a spreadsheet.

CritiCall Ops is a managed operational command platform for control rooms and field teams — CAD dispatch, MDT responder app, live wallboard, messaging, maps, and a full audit trail. Built for shopping centres, festivals, rail, security, and event medical.

  • One live picture — CAD desk and MDT stay on the same queue and references
  • Offline-ready — field updates queue when Wi‑Fi dies or the mast drops
  • Three clicks — assign, message, and update status without menu-diving
  • Full audit trail — who did what, when, from open incident to handover
  • Managed platform — we run and support it; your team runs the shift

CAD Dispatch console

CritiCall Ops CAD dispatch console with resource columns, incident queue, and active call panel

MDT Responder portal

CritiCall Ops MDT responder app — full-screen Respond now allocation with call reference, priority, location, and Responding button

The platform behind the shift

CAD and MDT are the core — wallboard, messaging, maps, forms, fleet, and handover sit on the same live data. Licensed per tenant; modules only where you need them.

CAD

Control room — dispatch console

  • Live incident queue with daily call references
  • Resource columns — assign officers, medics, and vehicles in clicks
  • Unified messaging and incident timeline for every controller
  • Operations map, wallboard, planning, and structured handover
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MDT

Field — mobile data terminal

  • Full-screen allocation until the officer taps Responding
  • Status updates and messages on shift — install from the browser
  • Low-bandwidth mode: queue locally, sync when back online
  • Same references and assignments as the CAD desk — no radio guesswork
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Low-connectivity resilience

Still works when the mast dies.

Built for patchy signal in fields and basements — not a glass-box control room with perfect fibre.

Festivals in fields

Overloaded masts and mud — but medics still see ~13 presentations per 1,000 guests at major UK festivals. Field teams keep updating status anyway.

Shopping centres & car parks

Basements and loading bays — with 5.5m shoplifting incidents a year nationally, detainments still log when signal dips.

Dying venue Wi‑Fi

Guest networks that flatline at headline act — cached data and lighter polling keep you moving.

Trains & buses

Tunnels and platforms between masts — with passenger assaults at record levels on rail, Travel Safe Officers keep updating between coverage pockets.

Detects poor signal

Monitors connection quality and switches to low-bandwidth mode when latency spikes or signal drops.

Queue & cache

Status updates, messages, and location changes queue locally. Recent incident and resource data stays cached on device.

Sync when back

Pending changes flush when you're back online — no reconstructing the shift from a group chat.

Field teams don't wait for perfect signal.

Festivals in muddy fields, shopping-centre basements, station tunnels, and rural patrol routes — the mobile app queues updates and syncs when you're back on the network. Controllers still need a solid link; responders are built for when it wobbles.

Outdoor festival at dusk — the kind of site where mobile signal comes and goes

Built into the dispatch console and the installable mobile app in the browser — not a separate product or upsell. The control room still needs a reliable link; field teams are designed for when signal wobbles.

UK operational reality

The numbers behind your shift

These aren't abstract risks — they're the incident rates your control room is hired to manage. CritiCall Ops is built to log, assign, and audit at that pace.

1,600

retail violence & abuse incidents per day

Shopping-centre desks need a live detainments log, officer deployment, and handover — not a shared workbook that forks at peak.

Source: BRC Crime Report 2026 (Sept 2024–Aug 2025)

5.5m

detected shoplifting incidents in a year

~£400m in theft losses and 118 physical assaults on staff per day. Every detainment needs a reference, assignee, and audit trail.

Source: BRC Crime Report 2026

10,231

passenger assaults on mainline rail (record year)

Plus 4,614 on London Underground — more than triple the level of a decade ago. Travel Safe and station teams need one shared operational picture.

Source: ORR rail safety statistics 2024–25

40,034

anti-social behaviour incidents on the rail network

British Transport Police recorded a 24% rise year-on-year. Controllers triage, assign, and message without losing the thread between platforms.

Source: British Transport Police (2024–25)

~13

patients per 1,000 guests at major UK festivals

Glastonbury 2022 treated 2,828 people on site; ~90% returned to the event. Medical control needs triage, crew assignment, and handover in one console.

Source: Festival Medical Services / Glastonbury 2022

486k

active SIA licence holders in the UK

Hundreds of thousands of licensed officers on events, retail, and corporate sites — your dispatch layer should work the way they already work on shift.

Source: Security Industry Authority (2024)

Built for your sector

Six sectors, one console — each card is a shift you can pilot on CritiCall Ops before you commit.

Festival crowd and stage lighting at a live event

~13 patients per 1,000 guests at Glastonbury-scale events

Events

Festivals, stadiums, venues — log medical and security incidents, assign crews, and message teams when the headline act kills the Wi‑Fi.

Run your next event on it — one console from gates open to handover.

Busy shopping centre concourse with retail stores

5.5m shoplifting incidents · 1,600 staff abuse incidents daily (UK)

Shopping centres

Retail control rooms — shoplifting, detainments, missing persons, and officer deployment with a reference every controller can see.

Replace the mall-floor spreadsheet before the next peak weekend.

Security professional coordinating operations from a control desk

~486,000 active SIA licence holders nationwide

Security

Event and corporate cover — assign officers, track posts, and prove deployment without radio guesswork.

Give every licensed officer the same job queue as the desk.

Operations planning — maps and documents on a desk

Checkpoint proof when insurers and clients ask "were you there?"

Patrols

Guard tours and checkpoints — dispatch jobs, log rounds, and timestamp every stop on the route.

Pilot one route — see the audit trail after a single night shift.

Train at a station platform — public transport operations

10,231 mainline assaults in 2024–25 · bus assaults up 19% in Greater Manchester

Public transport

Rail, bus, and tram — Travel Safe Officers, station teams, and mobile patrols on one live picture between coverage pockets.

Run a Travel Safe shift on it before the next timetable change.

Medical team with equipment ready for standby cover

~90% of festival patients treated and returned on site (Glastonbury 2022)

Private medical

Event medics and standby — triage, assign crews, and hand over to hospital without the scribbled note.

Medical control for your next standby — from first patient to debrief.

CAD modules when you need them

CAD and MDT are the core. Everything else — maps, forms, fleet, planning — loads around your operation without cluttering day one.

CAD dispatch console

Your control-room screen: log incidents, assign staff and vehicles, message field teams — resource columns, live queue, and call detail in one place.

Live operations

Screens update as things change — map positions, wallboards, and shared views so every controller sees the same picture.

Unified messaging

Message field teams, log radio traffic, and follow incident threads — one timeline instead of five different apps.

MDT responder app

Mobile data terminal for officers and medics — install from the browser, see assigned jobs, update status, read messages. Queues changes when signal drops.

Low-bandwidth mode

When connection wobbles, updates are stored on the device and sent when you're back online — built into every deployment, not a bolt-on.

Planning & handover

Set up upcoming operations, use templates, roster staff, and hand over shifts with a proper structured record.

Assets & fleet

Register equipment and vehicles, track who's got what, and log maintenance and defects.

Forms & documents

Build forms, collect incident submissions, and store documents with version history.

Enterprise controls

Each customer's data kept separate, role-based permissions, full audit log, and flexible module licensing.

Browser-based CAD and installable MDT — one reference, one assignee, one audit trail from control room to field. Built for peak load in malls, festivals, stations, and on patrol.

CAD and MDT in action

Dispatch console, responder MDT, and wallboard — the two apps your shift actually runs on.

CritiCall Ops dispatch console showing resource columns, open incident queue with daily call references, active call panel, and call details timeline for Stadium Night Event
CAD dispatch console — log incidents, assign resources, and track active calls: resource columns, live queue, and call details in one screen.
CritiCall Ops mobile allocation overlay showing Respond now with call reference #0001, critical priority, location, and Responding button for MED-03
MDT responder app — new allocation pops full-screen until you tap Responding. Nothing else until you acknowledge.
CritiCall Ops operations site map with named stadium locations, live unit tracks, and wallboard priority queue for Stadium Night Event
Operations map & wallboard — live tracks and priority queue on the big screen. Controllers stop asking "where's Unit 4?"

How a shift runs

Open, assign, respond, close — same flow every time. No relearning per event.

1

Open the operation in CAD

Controllers log in and select the active event, site, or patrol operation.

2

Create & assign

Log incidents, assign resources, and push updates to map and wallboard.

3

Field teams respond on MDT

Officers and medics accept jobs on the MDT, hit checkpoints, and message control.

4

Close with audit trail

Close incidents, complete handover, and retain a full operational record.

Outgrown workarounds?

Purpose-built for peak load and audit trails — without binning your radios on day one.

Spreadsheets

Why not a shared workbook?

  • No live sync across controllers
  • Offline edits don't reconcile — version chaos
  • No structured audit trail

Same live picture for every controller — with a full record of who did what, when.

Self-hosted & open source

Why not patch it yourself?

  • You own servers, upgrades, and integrations
  • 2 a.m. fixes when something breaks mid-shift
  • Fragmented modules — and nobody to ring

Managed, supported, and updated — your team runs operations, not infrastructure.

Legacy dispatch suites

Why not buy the whole hardware stack?

  • Proprietary handsets and per-device contracts
  • Often needs constant signal — struggles in fields and basements
  • Voice-first portals — everything else needs a bespoke project and a PhD

Software-first: live dispatch console, installable mobile app in the browser, and resilience when signal dies — common tasks within three clicks.

Run your next shift on CritiCall Ops

Request a pilot on a real operation — shopping centre weekend, festival, Travel Safe roster, or control-room desk. Full platform: CAD, MDT, and modules included. From £25 per event, £49 per month for permanent desks, or free for eligible charities.

Statistics on this page: BRC Crime Report 2026; ORR rail safety 2024–25; British Transport Police anti-social behaviour data 2024–25; Greater Manchester TravelSafe reported bus assaults (+19%, 2024–25); Festival Medical Services Glastonbury 2022 report; SIA licence statistics (2024).