PatrolPath
2.4.5

• Fixes to 24 hour time.

• Removed the 12/24-hour setting.
• All times now display in 24-hour format.
• Direct entry uses MM/DD/YYYY HH:mm.
• The picker remains inside the same editable field.
• Picker selections immediately convert to 24-hour format.
• Narratives always use 24-hour time.
• Old saved 12-hour preferences are ignored and replaced.
• The corrected post-patrol municipality selector remains included.

• Changes:
• All date/time fields are now native Windows-editable controls.
• Dates and times can be typed directly or changed with the picker.
• Review start and end times save before applying, resuming, or exporting.
• The patrol-town field is now a native dropdown.
• The municipality list is completely rebuilt after finishing a patrol.
• Patrol Path waits for that refreshed list before focusing the new-patrol screen.
• Resume Patrol remains available from patrol review.

• Restored Resume Patrol after ending a patrol.
• Start and end times can now be edited and reliably saved during review.
• Manual entry and the picker now appear as one unified date/time control.
• Applied the unified control to patrol setup, activity dialogs, and patrol review.
• Review changes are preserved when resuming, saving, copying, or exporting.

• Saved per-user 24-hour time setting
• Optional 12-hour display with AM/PM
• Selected format applies throughout the interface and generated narrative
• Direct keyboard entry alongside every native date/time selector
• Supports entries such as 08/28/2026 14:30, 08/28/2026 2:30 PM, 1430, or 2:30 PM
• Time-only entries retain the date currently selected
• Stationary Patrol renamed to Radar Patrol
• Radar dialog includes Moving and Stationary choices
• Radar mode appears in activity lists and the narrative
• Existing Stationary Patrol records are treated as Stationary Radar Patrol records

• Patrol Path 2.3.2
• Violation codes now accept two or three uppercase alphanumeric characters, including `VNI`, `SL1`, and `SL2`.
• Patrol start time, end time, and weather can now be edited during patrol closeout.
• Closeout changes automatically update the generated narrative and autosaved patrol.
• Patrol Path now prevents an end time from being entered before the patrol start time.
• Fixed nearest 9-1-1 addresses displaying the road name twice.
• Duplicate road names are corrected in previously cached address data and prevented in new downloads.
• When a nearest published 9-1-1 address cannot be determined, Patrol Path now reports it as unavailable instead of implying that the road has no 9-1-1 addresses.

• Patrol Path 2.3.1
• Fixed an issue where the current road could remain unchanged for several miles when GPS updates were farther apart.
• Improved road detection for highway speeds and MDTs with slower GPS polling.
• Retained heading and sustained-travel checks to prevent intersecting roads from being incorrectly logged.
• Nearest published 9-1-1 addresses are now limited to the road currently being traveled.
• Added the nearest 9-1-1 address and next intersecting road to the regular patrol location bar.
• Added the nearest 9-1-1 address and next intersecting road to the MobileTouch location bar.
• Improved synchronization of road, address, and intersection information in Where Am I.
• Fixed the municipality dropdown after completing a patrol and returning to the start screen.

• PatrolPath 2.3.0
• New Features
• Added expanded offline map management for Vermont, New Hampshire, and Maine.
• Choose between caching only patrol towns, a custom list of municipalities, or an entire state.
• Added controls to check map status, refresh downloaded mapping, view storage usage, and remove offline state maps.
• “Where Am I?” now displays the nearest published 911 address and upcoming intersecting road when available.
• The “Where Am I?” map now frames both your current GPS location and Primary patrol municipalities.
• Secondary and outside-area mapping is displayed more subtly, making assigned patrol areas easier to identify.
• Downloaded mapping can provide road and location information when traveling outside the selected patrol area.
• Road-Tracking Improvements
• Corrected an issue where intersecting roads could be logged while driving straight through an intersection.
• A new road now requires sustained travel and compatible vehicle heading before it is added to Roads Patrolled.
• Roads outside Primary or Secondary patrol municipalities may provide location information but are not added to the patrol narrative.
• Interstate exits and ramps remain available for event-location information without cluttering the foreground Roads Patrolled list.
• Performance and Reliability
• Added an optimized offline map index so statewide downloads do not repeatedly reload every cached municipality during GPS updates.
• Improved offline lookup performance for roads, addresses, and intersections.
• Added regression testing for intersection false positives and directional road matching.

• PatrolPath 2.3.0
• New Features
• Added expanded offline map management for Vermont, New Hampshire, and Maine.
• Choose between caching only patrol towns, a custom list of municipalities, or an entire state.
• Added controls to check map status, refresh downloaded mapping, view storage usage, and remove offline state maps.
• “Where Am I?” now displays the nearest published 911 address and upcoming intersecting road when available.
• The “Where Am I?” map now frames both your current GPS location and Primary patrol municipalities.
• Secondary and outside-area mapping is displayed more subtly, making assigned patrol areas easier to identify.
• Downloaded mapping can provide road and location information when traveling outside the selected patrol area.
• Road-Tracking Improvements
• Corrected an issue where intersecting roads could be logged while driving straight through an intersection.
• A new road now requires sustained travel and compatible vehicle heading before it is added to Roads Patrolled.
• Roads outside Primary or Secondary patrol municipalities may provide location information but are not added to the patrol narrative.
• Interstate exits and ramps remain available for event-location information without cluttering the foreground Roads Patrolled list.
• Performance and Reliability
• Added an optimized offline map index so statewide downloads do not repeatedly reload every cached municipality during GPS updates.
• Improved offline lookup performance for roads, addresses, and intersections.
• Added regression testing for intersection false positives and directional road matching.

• This release focuses heavily on field usability, MobileTouch, hardware compatibility, and diagnostics.
• Added direct GPS/GNSS support for PatrolPC Rhino MDTs, including Rhino GPS on COM ports such as COM3.
• Preserved automatic Windows GNSS support for Dell Latitude Rugged MDTs.
• Added selectable GPS source: Automatic, Windows Location, or Direct GPS/GNSS.
• Added Hardware Diagnostics to help identify MDT model, Windows version, GPS hardware, COM ports, and active GPS source.
• Redesigned Settings into tabs: Setup, MobileTouch, Patrol Balance, Licensing, and About.
• Added a manual MobileTouch button so officers can enter MobileTouch at any time.
• Improved MobileTouch configuration and automatic movement-based switching.
• Reorganized the active patrol screen for better use on MDT displays.
• Quick Actions now fit in a single five-button row.
• Added Patrol Note as a Quick Action.
• Patrol Notes are timestamped, private officer notes and are not included in the final patrol narrative.
• Moved Patrol Notes above the Activity section for faster access.
• Moved Weather into the primary patrol statistics row.
• Reduced unnecessary header and screen space.
• Improved touch-friendly controls for vehicle use.
• Voice-to-text now uses Windows Voice Typing rather than Chromium speech recognition for better MDT compatibility.
• Maintains Patrol Balance, Patrol Map, VT/NH/ME support, automatic updates, licensing, and existing patrol-file compatibility.
• Maintains interstate direction filtering so opposite carriageways are not incorrectly reported.
• Interstate ramps/exits remain available for event locations but are excluded from the normal reported road list.
• Expanded local diagnostic logging to assist with early field testing and troubleshooting.
• Hardware and diagnostic information remains local and is not automatically transmitted.

• MobileTouch with automatic GPS switching and sensitivity settings
• Zero-scroll/glove-friendly driving interface
• Private timestamped Patrol Notes + dictation support/fallback
• Outside-patrol-area orange warning
• Patrol Map with GPS trace and road-coverage highlighting
• Patrol Balance across Primary municipalities
• Interstate north/south matching fix
• Interstate ramps/exits excluded from Roads Patrolled but retained for event locations
• Exportable local .ppdebug diagnostics
• Updated five-minute updater warning
• Existing VT/NH/ME support retained
• Per-user installer requiring no administrator elevation
• Automatic update infrastructure retained
• 5 automated tests passed

• Populates 251 NH municipality/place values.
• Successfully loads NH roads; Hanover returned 596 segments in testing.
• Preserves VT and ME support.
• Keeps existing licensing and automatic-update configuration.
• Passed all 41 automated tests.
• Uses the no-admin per-user installer.
• Was inspected from inside the final EXE to confirm the correct 2.0.1 code is actually packaged.

• Major multi-state expansion of Patrol Path.
• Added support for Vermont, New Hampshire, and Maine.
• Added a persistent Patrol State selection in Settings.
• Municipality lists automatically change based on the selected state.
• Patrol Path now retrieves the appropriate state-specific 9-1-1 road data.
• Address/location lookups use the selected state's data source.
• GPS road detection, quick-action locations, and Where Am I now use the appropriate state data.
• Maine road data is matched using municipal boundaries.
• Existing Vermont functionality and road data support are retained.
• Existing .dpbuddy patrol files remain compatible. Older files without a state automatically open as Vermont patrols.
• Removed the VT designation from the version number. The new version is simply 2.0.0.
• Existing Patrol Path licenses remain compatible.
• Existing automatic update functionality is retained.
• Installer remains a per-user installation that normally does not require administrator rights.
• Improved update messaging to explain that installation may take several minutes after Patrol Path closes.
• Existing patrol data, settings, licensing information, and saved patrols are preserved during the upgrade.

• Fixed automatic updates failing after selecting Restart & Install.
• Patrol Path now waits for the running application to fully close before installing an update.
• Automatically restarts Patrol Path after an update is completed.
• Improved the Patrol Path header and logo layout.
• Prevented the PATROL PATH wordmark from being clipped at different window/display sizes.
• Updated branding to the more universal Agency Edition.
• Maintains the new automatic update system through PatrolPath.net.
• Maintains per-user installation without requiring administrator privileges.
• Includes all patrol, GPS, licensing, autosave, activity, and saved-patrol features from previous versions.

No detailed release notes were recorded for this version.

• Added Updater
• improved back end support

No detailed release notes were recorded for this version.