Public Safety
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While the city has used drones before, Chief Roderick Porter said the two new aerial vehicles the department is getting under a contract with security tech company Flock Safety are more advanced. -
The proposed legislation would require public agencies to delete any footage their license-plate-reader cameras, such as those sold by Flock Safety, collect within 72 hours.
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The Osceola County Board of Commissioners approved the purchase of new portable and dual band radios at a cost of $330,552 during its meeting Dec. 16, by a vote of 5-1.
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The San Francisco Police Union unanimously approved a proposal for body worn cameras that requires officers to make an initial statement of facts before screening body-camera footage.
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Over the past 16 years in Ventura County, Calif., 895 people were killed with a gun. That's an average of 56 people a year.
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LAPD Chief Charlie Beck confirmed that the shooter was one of the two men killed inside a small office in the campus’ engineering complex.
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State legislators step back from a bill that would limit such technology and instead take a reasonable approach — that should serve as a model for state legislators considering regulation for other emerging technologies.
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Special Response team in Oneonta, N.Y. is ready for hostage, active-shooter situations and other emergencies.
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The more context officials can add to a certain action, the more they will know about a potential breach.
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The notoriously vulnerable and open-ended Internet of Things is at the heart of a nearly quarter-million-dollar Department of Homeland Security award to a California-based company.
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This year's season, from June 1 through Nov. 30, could be more active than those the past couple of years.
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About 50 role-players acted as student witnesses and victims while paramedics and firefighters teamed up with police officers and deputies.
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'People often don’t respond to the initial sound of a gunshot as an emergency. They respond with curiosity, which of course is dangerous to them.'
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The fake incident played out like this: A lone shooter with a book bag entered the library where he killed and wounded several people. He moved about the first floor and up to the second floor where he stood his ground in a back room.
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The hazmat group was formed as a way to help when hazardous materials have been mishandled.
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The scene was a drill — a test of the county’s resources and response, but in an emergency scenario with unknown chemicals involved, the value of drone technology becomes apparent.
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The practice scenario involved a widespread release of anthrax through the air, though the department did not specify a pretend source for the release.
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A spokeswoman for Google confirmed that the SUV was not a Google-owned vehicle and said the company is looking into the matter.
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In January, the TSA assigned him to flights to the Middle East, 'despite knowing that al-Qaida was searching the internet for images of air marshals in order to murder them.'
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A chaplain network in Aberdeen, S.D., offers support to the community in time of crisis.
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The bill will make it easier for officials from different emergency response agencies to communicate and manage emergencies together.
