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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MATADRR is a two-year, $8 million DOD project designed to enable communication between applications that previously did not interact.
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MicroMappers has stood up two apps to help quickly identify information from tweets and images relevant to responders.
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An Oakland charter school will be among the first in the country to use the new technology.
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It’s easy to fall into the trap of rebuilding for today, instead of rebuilding for the next generation.
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In the last six years, eight Western states have experienced the largest or most destructive fires in their histories.
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The U.S. Department of Homeland Security has started a program that will test the accuracy of various off-the-shelf facial recognition platforms.
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At IAEM, Rocco Casagrande discusses some dangerous ways technology could affect the future and homeland security.
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Across the country, the range of preparation for elected officials varies widely.
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Recent events suggest that the tools used by citizen journalists play an increasingly crucial role in preparedness for and emergency response to disasters.
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The online map developed by Google.org displays emergency- and disaster-affected areas of San Francisco.
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Recent TB outbreaks among the poor, homeless and immigrant populations of several U.S. communities have officials worried that the once-tamed disease will become more widespread and harder to contain.
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Jeh Johnson will be nominated by President Obama as DHS secretary, say administration officials.
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Mobile and touchscreen mapping technologies are some of the latest innovations that the Los Angeles Police Department is using to improve situational awareness.
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In the widespread scope of its impact, the 2003 storm was the worst natural disaster Virginia has ever sustained.
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The Police Department in Brimfield, Ohio, enforces the law for a mere 10,000 townspeople, but boasts nearly 90,000 Facebook likes, second only to New York City.
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Henry Thompson, associate deputy airport director of Operations and Security, discusses SFO's approach to security and training.
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From planning activities to grant funding, the wheels are moving to provide emergency responders with a high-speed, nationwide public safety network in the near future.
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Palm Beach County, Fla., is installing an emergency vehicle priority system that adjusts traffic signal times to help improve traffic flow for fire and rescue teams.
