Communication problems, especially reliability and interoperability, are widespread and complicate preparedness, training and response
A new cell phone network could jam GPS signals
The Terrorist Screening Center and the TSDB enable law enforcement officers to find and apprehend terrorists in the U.S.
MSAT-G2 designed for rural, remote, disaster-prone areas
By Tim Dees When radio, landline and cellular communications are unreliable, satellite conduits may be your only option. Every user's situation is a little different, so it's difficult to talk abou...
The satellite pictures helped locate the suspect
Mobile Mark antenna is also a multi-band unit
By David R. Lukeson Interoperable radio communications allows police, fire, EMS and other first responders to talk to one another during an emergency across agencies and across boundary lines. Achi...
Broadband is coming, but experts disagree on when and how
New technology tracks vehicles without high-speed chase
By Kristin Davis Virginian-PilotNORFOLK, Va. — The victim speaks only Spanish. The officer who responds knows only English. A dispatcher scrambles to find an available, on-duty officer fluent in bo...
By Wyatt Haupt Jr. Grand Junction Free PressGRAND JUNCTION, Colo. — In a move that could revolutionize the way search and rescue missions are conducted, the Mesa County Sheriff's Office is performi...
By Derrick Perkins Union LeaderSALEM, N.H. — Finding a missing Alzheimer's patient or an autistic child is a nightmare for law enforcement and caregivers alike, but now the same technology used to ...
By Tom Krisher Associated PressDETROIT — When two Visalia, Calif., police officers swung their cruisers behind a sport utility vehicle that had been carjacked at gunpoint early Sunday, they prepare...
An example of how Firetide is being used to connect departments. Click the image for a larger photo. (Firetide Photo)Communications interoperability was a major focus of this year’s IACP conference...
D-Block, 700 MHz, LTE, and mobile broadband take center stageIt’s a fairly good bet that the estimated 5,000 people arriving at the annual meeting of the Association of Public-Safety Communications...
By Aviv Siegel, CTO, AtHocOriginally published in the August 2008 issue of 9-1-1 MagazineThe single most important asset for decision makers and first responders is the ability to access informatio...
By Ed Timms and Tanya Eiserer Dallas Morning NewsDALLAS — Despite unprecedented advances in technology, law enforcement agencies still struggle to communicate with each other during high-speed chas...
By Josh Meyer Los Angeles TimesWASHINGTON, D.C. — Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano has decided to kill a controversial Bush administration program to use U.S. spy satellites to collect ...
Associated PressMADISON, Wis. — Investigators were tipped that habitual criminal Bernardo Garcia was back to making and dealing methamphetamine in 2005 but they needed more evidence to nail him.So ...
By Arthur H. Rotstein Associated PressTUCSON, Ariz. — Federal officials plan to start construction within weeks on a new "virtual fence" along the U.S.-Mexico border that they say could almost comp...
By Kevin Johnson USA TodayWASHINGTON — Record crowds expected for President-elect Barack Obama's inauguration are prompting unique law enforcement strategies, including an unprecedented deployment ...
Editor's Note: Police1 has collected the thoughts of several people in law enforcement with the purpose of kick-starting a dialog about how the events in Mumbai provide an opportunity to consider t...
By George Barnes and Danielle Williamson Telegram & GazetteATHOL, Mass. — Using technology more commonly seen in television crime dramas, an Athol police officer and a deputy chief in the town's Fi...
One of the greatest strengths of law enforcement aircraft is the ability to quickly, effectively, and thoroughly search large areas. Ground units will often pursue a suspect into backyards or woode...
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