Public Safety
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Iowa City and Johnson County are taking part in a pilot program that will aim to develop a protocol that will serve as another response to 911 or other crisis line calls typically handled by local law enforcement. -
The county in Texas Hill Country accepted the funds from the state following last summer's deadly flooding on the Guadalupe River. Neighboring Kerr County accepted a similar state grant this week.
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By responding to 911 calls involving mental health crises with a specialized team including a clinical social worker, the program cut hospitalization rates. Permanent funding may be on the way.
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The Troy, N.Y., Police Department implemented computerized lockers that verify officers' identities and equipment access privileges.
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The Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology released two tools to aid residents and state and local officials in locating faults and estimating potential losses from earthquakes.
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Many residents are not safe and they don’t know it, Gerry Galloway says.
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Keeping lines of communication open during an emergency is critical. Satellites have been indispensable to that end in Missouri.
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The Sarasota County, Fla., Sheriff's Office deployed handheld devices that scan fingerprints and connect to state and local databases.
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Part of the federal government’s cyber-security efforts include working with private corporations, which own a majority of the networks.
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Incident command vehicles stream live video to the Emergency Operations Center; links to city databases provide critical intelligence to responders at the scene.
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Grant to fund development of a rapid, low-cost solution to determine identity with DNA.
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But budget constraints, generational differences and other factors make it hard for agencies to keep up.
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Police departments' online presence can keep predators at a distance.
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Police use social networks for community policing.
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Survey says Web 2.0 applications are used very little or not at all by law enforcement professionals.
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GIS technology based on CompStat measures Maryland’s performance for citizens and shows a decrease in crime.
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Liscouski says government should work with the private sector to manage homeland security risks.
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The proposed PASS ID could be a suitable stand-in for the controversial bill, or it might be REAL ID-lite.
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The Phoenix Police Department uses digital pens to store information, reducing the amount of time assessing threat vulnerability in critical infrastructure and key resources.
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One challenge to Web 2.0 technologies is learning how to manage and analyze the vast amount of information.
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Emergency managers should heed what has been learned about Web 2.0 so far to maximize social media's potential.
