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 Texas Automated Buoy System gathers data and provides real-time information that helps in oil spill preparedness and response.
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North Carolina colleges are installing the phones in new areas of campus, and campus police officials say their visibility and reliability enhance safety.
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Today’s firefighter is expected to wear many hats, sometimes even a law enforcement one.
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Medical personnel are following law enforcement's strategy and not waiting for the scene to be cleared before entering.
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As director of the California Office of Emergency Services, Ghilarducci uses every bit of his 30 years of diverse service in the public and private sectors.
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Losing 600,000 square feet of educational space devastated Joplin, Mo., schools, but rebuilding provided an opportunity to innovate.
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The more than 3,500 police officers who will patrol this year's Boston Marathon will be more than double the number deployed last year.
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With a number of announcements and a new website, the $7 billion First Responder Network Authority appears to be moving forward to accomplish its mission of creating a nationwide public safety broadband network.
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The search for the missing Boeing 777 off the southern coast of Vietnam had yielded nothing by early Tuesday.
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Out of lessons from Katrina and Rita comes a framework for child reunification after a disaster.
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The slow pace of recovery in the world's most disaster-ready nation is sobering for the Pacific Northwest, where geologists warn that the same type of megaquake and tsunami could strike any day.
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Use of these six fundamental structures for Twitter conversations will likely be ubiquitous, with businesses, governments and organizations all attempting to communicate strategically online.
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Allowing drought-plagued Californians to see how much water their neighbors use inspired customers to consume 5 percent less.
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New technology makes it possible to turn ordinary streetlamps into data-gathering networks. But is it too much of a good thing?
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Nada Bakos explains how small yet actionable data tactics led to bin Laden's capture.
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The Montgomery Department of Public Safety simulates a smaller version of the Boston Marathon bombing to assure emergency preparedness.
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New legislation would raise the monthly emergency 911 services fee on cellphone bills from 70 cents to $1.
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Students who threaten violence at school on Twitter are being monitored by private companies that look for keywords like “bomb,” “shooting,” “guns” and “bullying.”
