Newscan: Activists are pressuring lawmakers to stop Amazon Ring’s police-surveillance partnerships

Motorola Solutions this week announced WAVE PTX Government, an over-the-top (OTT) broadband push-to-talk (PTT) offering in Australia for non-public-safety 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 […]

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 […]

Web Roundup Items from other news organizations Virginia regional radio system still on hold Drones a game changer for emergency responders Uber is adding the ability to text 911 from its company’s app The Google Pixel 4 could save your life in a car crash by automatically calling emergency-response agencies More than 500 U.S. schools […]