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How video programs can strengthen community relations and elevate officer confidence
AI turns live feeds into early warnings to create a comprehensive, real-time view of unfolding events
Policing Matters host Jim Dudley reported from the event on the innovations poised to speed response and lighten workloads across public safety
Officials said the robots will make up a quarter of the force by 2030
Officers are undergoing training on how to operate drones for a variety of purposes, including locating missing people, search-and-rescue and finding suspects
Dallas has been experiencing disruptions in its 911 service that began in October and at one point last week resulted in 360 calls being placed on hold
The company said they would still cooperate with law enforcement on a case-by-case basis
The defendant said he wouldn’t mind if Amazon shared information that may have been gathered by an Echo smart speaker
Police agencies across the country would likely solve cold cases if they entered finger and palm prints from older crimes into an upgraded national database
The new technique is not limited to a crime laboratory setting, but can be utilized at the crime scene
The St. Petersburg Police Department is testing gun mounted cameras and bodycams and weighing the pros and cons
The robot enables police to stay in their patrol car while interacting with drivers
“You don’t have to be an IT guy to understand cyber security, and it’s critical that you have enough of an understanding to know what questions to ask”
In an effort to combat gun violence, the department has made technological advances -- including the expansion of a gunshot detection system and crime cameras on the street
The cameras would be able to pick up on differences in the temperature between guns and human bodies
The deployment of the device is to increase officer, suspect and civilian safety
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The virtual assistant collects voice audio to help find answers
It’s the first time the use of cell tower simulators, known as stingrays, has reached a federal appellate court
The program will test how well the devices work and if they can be used as part of the drug screening protocol when marijuana is legalized
Critics worry that no matter how good the cameras on drones are — they can’t compete with the two officers on each helicopter flight
The device has a 360-degree motion sensor that tracks movement within a 25-foot radius
The officer created the app to prevent encounters from going wrong
The Binghamton Police Department is one of the first in the country to install this model of on-board cameras
Managing IT projects requires a tremendous amount of attention to detail and strong communications skills
When there are communication failures between the project manager, the vendors, the team and executive leadership things get ugly
Once a vehicle is tagged with a dart, officers can track the location and movements of the vehicle through a mapping portal
In their ongoing effort to slow speeding drivers, police are getting more detailed data, allowing timely enforcement in areas where speeding poses the most danger
The surveillance plane used by Baltimore police was likely flying above the city when at least nine homicides and 21 shootings occurred on the streets
A new patent shows car sensors can recognize police lights and will move the vehicle to the side of the road when an emergency vehicle is passing
The federal investment of $24,835 for the City of Poughkeepsie Police will be used to enhance computer abilities in police vehicles
FirstNet will give first responders a high-speed broadband connection to communicate with others
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