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Incident command is the foundation of effective emergency response. Police1’s Incident Command topic provides law enforcement leaders, supervisors and officers with news, training resources, ICS updates, best practices, and case studies to strengthen command and control during critical incidents, large-scale events and daily operations. Stay informed on strategies for managing resources, coordinating multi-agency response, and improving decision-making to protect communities and first responders.

Learn how mobile tech is closing communication gaps, boosting real-time intelligence and securing field communications for today’s officers
Chief Chris Moore explains why closing communication gaps, enhancing interoperability, and securing mobile platforms are critical to officer safety and rapid emergency response
Outfitted with advanced software and seamless integration, the Tesla Cybertruck on display in Oracle’s IACP booth showcased the future of patrol vehicles and situational awareness for police
Five years made a world of difference to first responders on the ground in Boston on race day
Your involvement in an EOC will allow you to represent your department at the highest level in an emergency response incident command role
Tyler Technologies’ New World public safety software puts actionable data at hand
After years of resistance, law enforcement is coming to realize it needs a proven program management tool to help agencies coordinate response
A mobile command center is one of the most significant equipment purchases a public safety agency can make
ICS is a powerful system that can help you organize chaos on all scenes
Stop switching between various platforms by using visualization software to integrate multiple data feeds
If you work with other law enforcement or first responder agencies on a regional or even state-wide basis, you are more likely to be considered for the funding
Learn how Hitachi’s Visualization Platform helps agencies make sense of the myriad data and video collected by officers on the street and third-party camera systems.
Police1 recently asked readers if they were capable of turning video evidence into usable intelligence to solve crime. Here’s what we learned.
An EOC is essential to providing situational awareness to officers responding to a major incident. Here’s how video systems take it a step further.
Their tactical deployment may be infrequent — getting used mostly at parades and festivals — but on the day you really need one, these vehicles become crucially important, even invaluable, assets to law enforcement
Purchasing a mobile command vehicle for a law enforcement agency requires combining up-front decisions and long-term planning
The bipartisan panel is to first hear testimony from local officials as a prelude to calling upon members of Gov. Jay Nixon’s administration in the coming weeks
If rioting involves businesses being looted and burned, our brothers and sisters in the big red trucks will be summoned — and any FD or EMS response in the hot zone will require a dedicated police presence to protect the responders
The Rhodium platform combines with other systems to create complete turn-key solutions for specific customer needs
The Montgomery County (Md.) Police Department deploys Incident Response Technologies’ (IRT) Rhodium™ incident management software
Using emergency incident management software can connect agencies and safeguard lives