Public Safety
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The Larimer County Sheriff’s Office on Monday arrested the man after he reportedly stole a vehicle from a business in east Fort Collins, set it on fire and damaged nearby agricultural land. -
The Sacramento County Board of Supervisors will evaluate a $13 million rental agreement for the Sheriff’s Office to obtain new radios and accompanying equipment. The previous lease dates to 2015 and expired last year.
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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.
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Obama proposes $10.7 billion for next-generation wireless network for first responders.
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The localized face of terrorism has forced law enforcement to the ‘home game.’
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Color-coded alerts will be replaced by system that gives information specific to the threat and location.
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Greater bandwidth gives Marietta, Ga., police officers and firefighters increased access to information and more time in the field.
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Government officials discuss the challenges of keeping social media accounts refreshed and their ongoing strategies for maintaining them.
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Proposed ordinance would expand the number of employees subject to background checks.
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The IJIS Institute Winter Industry Briefing combines the public and private sectors to stress information sharing and increase the country’s security.
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In small and large cities alike, firefighters have gone from heroes to budget bait.
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A Coplink search found that Orange County, Calif., and Boston police share thousands of records, leading to an information sharing agreement.
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Billions have been spent on interoperability since 9/11 and progress has been made, but it seems many view interoperability as something still to be attained.
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2011 exercise will focus on a catastrophic earthquake, and the eight participating states are already working with partners to determine their roles and responsibilities.
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The dichotomy for hospital security personnel is to design a system that’s unpredictable in its random crime prevention activities, yet predictable in basic building security duties.
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Envision what would happen if authorities discovered that these burrowing animals were trained terrorist operatives attacking critical infrastructure.
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Website provides links to flood assistance information from a variety of sources.
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Information portal provides federated search and automated audit capabilities, allowing law enforcement agencies to search disparate databases simultaneously.
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Business continuity software installed in a dispatch center prevents downtime when a summer lightning storm strikes.
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Public officials, and mayors especially, can learn what not to do during a snowstorm by examining the past.
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Procedures and a technology platform under development in Davie, Fla., aim to increase information sharing and improve accuracy of damage and debris records.
