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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Designed to identify potentially deportable immigrants who had committed crimes, the program provided immigration agents with fingerprint records collected at local jails.
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Paul Stockton, the former assistant secretary of defense for Homeland Defense and Americas’ Security Affairs, discusses the strategy of "security in depth."
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Boston, Minneapolis and Buffalo are some of the municipalities harnessing the power of GPS sensors and machine-to-machine communication to modernize snow removal practices.
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In the wake of high-profile security failures at the White House, the Secret Service is focusing on training and hiring.
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NG911 arguably is the most important technological advancement in public safety communications since mobile radios first were implemented.
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Pope Francis' visit next year will be the largest event in the city's modern history — and possibly its most daunting security challenge.
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Myriad factors and unknowns cloud the question for now.
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Disaster-resilient organizations will have a level of redundancy that others don’t have.
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Policy and legal issues prove more challenging than technological ones but southern Illinois counties prevail.
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Americans recently passed a milestone when federal officials reported that water use across the nation had reached its lowest level in more than 45 years.
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Since Ebola symptoms are similar to the flu, people should be getting a flu shot to avoid even more confusion and hysteria.
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Unmanned aircraft can be a viable public safety tool but uncertainties and privacy concerns have held them back.
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The trauma kits carried by many police officers and other individuals on campus have the power to save lives in the event of a medical emergency.
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Scientists who were part of the military team that responded to the Ebola outbreak at a primate facility in Virginia 25 years ago say the nation’s health-care system makes it prepared to handle the virus.
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Miami University created an Internet video course teaching medical professionals how to protect against the deadly disease.
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The National Hurricane Center’s interactive map tracks flooding not only by location, but also storm strength.
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Systems that take spent water from showers, bathroom faucets and washers and use it to quench the landscape are seen by some as the next step in sustainability.
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The state is now home to groundbreaking research that allows scientists to dissect the power of hurricanes.
