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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Team Rubicon unites the skills and experiences of military veterans with first responders to rapidly deploy emergency response teams across the U.S.
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Kaci Hickox has personified the closely watched clash between personal freedom and fear of Ebola.
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Located in Fresno, the control center will allow operators to monitor an increasingly complex electricity grid in real time.
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The honor is the first major recognition for the Air Force civilian auxiliary group's role in World War II and comes at a time when, nationally, fewer than 100 members from that era are still alive.
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The new alert system can be used by state and local authorities to quickly disseminate emergency information to residents in counties that use the system.
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The announcement follows no new confirmed cases for 42 days, which is twice the incubation period for the Ebola virus.
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Time and a lack of coordinated communication were two of the major reasons for the chaotic response in 1954.
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The people who would actually use the first nationwide public safety wireless communications network have largely been left out of its creation, possibly hurting its effectiveness.
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The Pentagon anticipates new strategies at home and abroad, particularly in regions that are more susceptible to changing temperatures and extreme weather events.
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Operation Predator app allows users to receive alerts about wanted predators and provide information to homeland security.
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Additional screening protocols are being developed for airline passengers both overseas and in the U.S. to control infectious diseases.
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Medical professionals are widening the methods they think may be useful or may become imperative in containing the disease.
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The surge of recent threats is raising questions from public health experts, who say they are worried about the state’s capacity to deal with more contagious diseases as they arise.
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Incentives and opting out can be effective ways to get public buy-in for alert notifications.
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The case is a reminder of the ease with which viruses once confined to remote corners of the globe can leap from continent to continent.
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With its new iOS 8 software, Apple is locking itself out of users’ smartphones — and leaving cops and the courts out in the cold.
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The drought means many communities have, since January, cycled onto and off of a list of "critical water systems" that state officials say could run dry within 60 days.
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Organizations may be ready for a new kind of dynamic exercise, based on risk-reward principles.
