Voice control for emergency vehicle

An emergency vehicle, comprising:

• a driver location;
• a passenger location;
• and
• a voice control system for a police vehicle, the voice control system comprising:
• a single azimuthally-sensitive directional microphone configured to receive an audio command for controlling an aspect of the police vehicle and identify a direction of origin of the audio command;
• and
• a controller including a processor and tangible memory encoding instructions which, when executed by the processor, cause the controller to:
• identify a command associated with the audio command received by the single azimuthally-sensitive directional microphone;
• when the direction of origin allows for the command, initiate the command to control the aspect of the police vehicle;
• and
• when an identity of the location within the police vehicle is determined to be other than a driver location, disallow the audio command.

A method for receiving an audible command in an emergency vehicle, the method comprising:

• receiving an audio command using a single azimuthally-sensitive directional microphone in the emergency vehicle;
• determining a direction of origin of the audio command within the emergency vehicle;
• executing the audio command when the direction of origin allows the audio command to be executed;
• and
• disallowing the audio command when an identity of the location within the police vehicle is determined to be other than a driver location.