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SceneDoc: CEO Alex Kottoor describes company’s software solution to streamline public-safety field work

SceneDoc CEO Alex Kottoor explains how the company’s mobile investigative management software helps law-enforcement officers perform tasks in the field more efficiently while keeping command officials informed about the status of ongoing cases.

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Body-worn cameras by law enforcement raise myriad legal, policy questions

Police departments continue to rapidly adopt body-worn camera programs, but even as more officers don cameras, there are many legal and policy questions that remain unanswered.

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Newscan: Major Chicago study finds red-light cameras not safer, cause more rear-end collisions

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Major Chicago study finds red-light cameras not safer, cause more rear-end collisions

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Panel notes development of public-safety apps, need for dialogue to create more

There are many useful public-safety applications on the market today, but a constructive dialogue is needed between first responders and application developers to ensure that public safety’s needs are met in the future, according to speakers on an IWCE Virtual Show panel.

Motorola Solutions: Ryan Seick outlines Intelligent Data Portal (IDP) capabilities

Ryan Seick, Motorola Solutions’ product manager and lead applications manager for public-safety devices, explains how the company’s Intelligent Data Portal (IDP) lets first-responder personnel leverage information from various data sources to improve situational awareness during an incident.

Rivada Networks: CTO Clint Smith discusses white paper depicting multiple-vehicle-accident scenario

Rivada Networks CTO Clint Smith (a volunteer firefighter) talks about the impact that a FirstNet LTE system could have in the multiple-vehicle-accident scenario depicted in a recent white paper he wrote, as well as other public-safety scenarios that should be explored in the future.

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NENA officials explain key details of wireless 911 location accord with carriers

Public-safety answering points (PSAPs) should be able to get much more accurate location data from 911 callers using wireless devices indoors by leveraging information provided by commercial infrastructure such as small cells, Wi-Fi systems and Bluetooth beacons, officials for the National Emergency Number Association (NENA) said in describing the details of the recent agreement struck with the four nationwide U.S. wireless carriers.

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There is an optimistic future for 911 wireless location accuracy

By George Rice, iCERT.By leveraging readily available technologies like Wi-Fi and Bluetooth, carriers can provide public-safety answering points (PSAPs) with better accuracy and dispatchable addresses that can be conveyed quickly to first responders when 911 emergency calls are made, even if the communication is initiated from a wireless device from inside a building.

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Beyond asset management: Critical real-time information improves public safety

Public-safety agencies have unique “human asset” management needs, because it encounters scenarios that are much more time-sensitive and life-critical than those in the enterprise sector. For example, knowing where and when a police officer leaves his patrol car and whether he took his assault rifle with him isn’t sufficient. Only by knowing what’s transpiring in real time can backup support be dispatched, even if an officer is prevented from calling in on his voice radio.

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Elgin leverages public, private video assets through Motorola Solutions’ real-time intelligence console

The Chicago-area suburb of Elgin is using Motorola Solutions’ real-time intelligence console (RIC) technology to put public and private video surveillance on a single platform that integrates with the computer-aided dispatch mapping software in the 911 center, according to city police officials.

SceneDoc: CEO Alex Kottoor describes company’s software solution to streamline public-safety field work

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Body-worn cameras by law enforcement raise myriad legal, policy questions

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Newscan: Major Chicago study finds red-light cameras not safer, cause more rear-end collisions

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Panel notes development of public-safety apps, need for dialogue to create more

Motorola Solutions: Ryan Seick outlines Intelligent Data Portal (IDP) capabilities

Rivada Networks: CTO Clint Smith discusses white paper depicting multiple-vehicle-accident scenario

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NENA officials explain key details of wireless 911 location accord with carriers

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There is an optimistic future for 911 wireless location accuracy

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Beyond asset management: Critical real-time information improves public safety

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Elgin leverages public, private video assets through Motorola Solutions’ real-time intelligence console

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How 5G is making cities safer, smarter, and more efficient

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