Technology
From managing parking and monitoring street flooding to responding to wildfires and terrorist attacks, RTCCs are helping agencies tackle a wide range of public safety challenges
Celebrate holidays, graduations, promotions and more with these gifts cops will love
Facial recognition in law enforcement is promising, but concerns about accuracy, bias and privacy demand careful implementation
The federal agency’s Next Generation Identification system sounds like the name of a futuristic crime show — and in some ways, it resembles one
In an age where the world is hungry for information, the KHP formed the Tweeting Troopers as a way to share traffic warnings and tips
The technology features a function not used by any other law enforcement agency in the state: push notifications with geo-fencing
A new $730 net gun purchased by the Saginaw County Sheriff’s Office promises to stop uncooperative people in their tracks
The Large Emergency Event Digital Information Repository is an eyewitness photo and video platform that can be activated for free by law enforcement and relief agencies during a catastrophic incident
Official pointed to an OIS the commission recently adjudicated, noting recordings of the incident were extremely poor in quality because the car’s antenna had been tampered with
Sheriff William Federspiel says he hopes to never have to use it, since to do so implies “something awfully bad has happened”
Coeur d’Alene Police purchased a brand-new robot to be used by the Kootenai County SWAT team
Incorporating the FLIR ONE thermal imager — expected to cost about $350 — onto the iPhone we’re already carrying around might make a lot of sense
A HUD projects vital information from a source onto a clear surface so the operator does not have to move his or her eyes away from a focal point
Applied DNA Sciences uses a DNA-based, anti-theft mark in a pilot project with Swedish police.
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Police say Stingray, a suitcase-size device that pretends it’s a cell tower, is useful for catching criminals, but that’s about all they’ll say
Predictive analysis — the digital dissection of police data to identify likely offenses, their locations and even perpetrators — may sound like a concept straight out of the science fiction film “Minority Report”
A New York man flew an aerial drone over the scene of a building collapse caused by an explosion in Harlem on Wednesday
Two months into a trial of on-body cameras for Los Angeles Police Department officers, the devices have earned mostly positive feedback
More than 35 states will consider drone legislation this year
The two devices have only slightly reduced accident rates at a key downtown intersection
In its quest to find a suspected domestic terrorist on the lam for a decade, the FBI on Friday began placing his image on billboards across the country
The Maryland Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services implemented a managed access project in downtown Baltimore in April 2013
30 compact ‘Packbots’ will be supplied to the Brazilian government
The new system requires school staff to wear wireless security badges connected to the district’s WiFi system to communicate to police dispatchers
At the Detroit Police Department, the city would spend $38 million on tech improvements, including what it calls a “fully integrated public safety IT system”
When police encounter a sticky situation — ranging from officer-involved shootings to death in custody cases — there’s now an app for that
