Newscan: Public-safety agencies deploy drones to plan for and prevent disasters

Web Roundup Items from other news organizations Activists are pressuring lawmakers to stop Amazon Ring’s police-surveillance partnerships Drone helps filmmaker rescue animals stranded in the Bahamas after Hurricane Dorian Dog survives in Bahama rubble for weeks after Hurricane Dorian, is found by drone Protection from ransomware isn’t as simple as insurance Without naming Huawei, EU […]

Motorola Solutions this week announced WAVE PTX Government, an over-the-top (OTT) broadband push-to-talk (PTT) offering in Australia for government personnel that is designed to enable interoperability with first-responder LMR systems in the country, according to company officials. Greg Bouwmeester, general manager of solutions for Motorola Solutions Australia, said the WAVE PTX Government service is expected […]

RapidSOS yesterday announced that it has completed a $55 million funding round that the company expects to use in supporting development of its public-safety data-clearinghouse platform that quickly has gained momentum in the 911 and first-responder communities, according to CEO Michael Martin. Launched in a pilot with Google in January 2018, the RapidSOS data-clearinghouse platform […]

About a decade ago, I received a call that no one wants to get—a beloved family member had committed suicide. He was schizophrenic, had tried a couple of times before—cry-for-help attempts, apparently—and he wasn’t good about taking his meds, so the call wasn’t unexpected. Nevertheless, it was stunning and sobering, with all of the “what […]