Hurricane Michael response effort forces postponement of Winter Institute 12 Oct 2018 This year’s Winter Institute workshop and exercise in College Station, Texas, is being postponed—likely until the first quarter of next year—because many of the participants are part of the response effort to Hurricane Michael in the southeast U.S., according to an event official. “The 2018 Workshop and the Exercise that were to be held October […]
News Las Vegas Metro police inks 10-year digital-evidence-management deal with Motorola Solutions 10 Oct 2018 Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department recently signed a 10-year, $18.98 million contract with Motorola Solutions, which will use its CommandCentral software suite to provide an integrated, end-to-end digital-evidence-management system that is unique in the marketplace, according to company officials. Adam Schwartz, director of Motorola Solutions’ digital-evidence-management solutions, said the Las Vegas police department will benefit […]
News Harris adds LTE capability to Unified Vehicle platform 08 Oct 2018 Harris yesterday announced that the Harris Unified Vehicle platform, powered by Tait, will support LTE connectivity from major carriers by the end of this year, according to a company official. Jeremy Elder, a product-line manager at Harris, said that the LTE functionality would be provided in a new accessory for TM9400 Project 25 and TM9300 […]
News Newscan: Experts see 5G as a defense to ‘stingray’ spying 28 Sep 2018 Web Roundup Items from other news organizations Experts see 5G as a defense to ‘stingray’ spying How technology is revolutionizing public safety The always-on police camera: What are the privacy impacts? UK Home Office confirms new direction for ESN Emergency responders can’t use ‘drone-killer’ technology, despite lifesaving potential Qualcomm: Apple gave trade secrets to Intel […]
News North Carolina city relies on FirstNet voice, data communications during Hurricane Florence 26 Sep 2018 FirstNet provided the city of Whiteville, N.C., with critical voice and data communications throughout Hurricane Florence and subsequent flooding in the area, passing a “big test” regarding the resiliency and flexibility associated with the nationwide public-safety broadband network (NPSBN), according to a Whiteville official.
News RapidSOS partners with Google to deliver improved wireless 911 caller location to PSAPs 21 Sep 2018 RapidSOS this week announced a partnership with Google to deliver Android Emergency Location Service (ELS) information to public-safety answering points (PSAPs) for free, providing U.S. 911 centers with a method to access improved wireless-caller location much more quickly to enhance incident-response efforts.
Commentary Cautious optimism surrounds CTIA announcement regarding device-based hybrid location 12 Sep 2018 By Dave Sehnert Last week was a great week for public safety—at least we think it was. Let me explain. CTIA, the trade association that represents wireless communications carriers, announced that the four largest nationwide wireless carriers in the United States—AT&T, Sprint, T-Mobile and Verizon—will integrate device-based hybrid (DBH) location solutions into their networks. DBH technology has evolved rapidly, and […]
News Commercial carriers commit to adopting technologies to improve 911 location accuracy 12 Sep 2018 All four nationwide wireless carriers—AT&T, Verizon, T-Mobile and Sprint—will add device-based hybrid (DBH) location technologies that are designed to improve wireless emergency-caller location information, even within buildings, but public-safety officials expressed concerns about efforts surrounding vertical-location data.
Video Motorola Solutions: Aaron Bravo highlights functionality within CommandCentral Aware platform 28 Aug 2018 Aaron Bravo, a solutions advisor at Motorola Solutions, outlines key benefits of CommandCentral Aware, which is designed to let public-safety officials view—and perform analytics leveraging—information and video from multiple sources on a single platform.
Video NICE: Patrick Botz highlights new features within company’s Inform 9 platform 28 Aug 2018 Patrick Botz, director of engagement for NICE Public Safety, describes new features within Inform 9, the latest version of the company’s recording and digital-information-management platform that now integrates with computer-aided-dispatch (CAD) systems.
IWCE’s Critical LTE Communications provides two days of learning, discourse and networking 14 Sep 2018
