Incident Command/Situational Awareness

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Johns Hopkins University turns to enhanced GPS location solution to address campus-security need

IXP Corporation announces a global positioning system (GPS) solution called SAIF GPS that has enabled Johns Hopkins University to track its security officers, even when they are inside campus buildings.

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Public-safety communications vendors prepare for Urban Shield exercise

As first responders from throughout the United States—and some from international jurisdictions—prepare to participate in the Urban Shield exercises in the San Francisco Bay Area this weekend, officials for three vendors anticipate learning more about their solutions’ market readiness through their performance in the annual event.

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Capt. Phillips at APCO: ‘You are stronger than you even know’

Capt. Richard Phillips, whose encounter with Somalian pirates was the subject of a 2013 movie starring Tom Hanks, drew parallels between his precarious situation and efforts to maintain reliable and secure public-safety communications in the modern era during a speech delivered at the Association of Public-Safety Communications Officials (APCO) conference in New Orleans.

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Axis Communications: IT support of physical security has increased

Vince Ricco, business development manager with Axis Communications, says he has observed more IT support of physical security during the last couple years during this conversation with IWCE’s Urgent Communications at the International Society of Technology in Education conference in Atlanta.

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Drakontas: CTO Alan Kaplan demonstrates mobile-collaboration capability

Alan Kaplan, chief technology officer for Drakontas, highlights the whiteboarding and dead-reckoning-location features of the company’s DragonForce mobile-collaboration solution that can be integrated into Motorola Solutions’ Intelligent Data Portal (IDP) platform.

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Blueforce Development: CEO Mike Helfrich showcases personnel-tracking, sensor-monitoring capabilities

Blueforce Development CEO Mike Helfrich demonstrates how his company’s solution accesses data from sensors and personnel skill-set information, all of which can be integrated into the Motorola Solutions Intelligent Data Portal.

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Intrado: Steve Reed talks about integrating Beware tool into Motorola Solutions’ IDP platform

Intrado Vice President Steve Reed explains how his company’s Beware tool–an application that accesses information from myriad databases on a suspect before quickly delivering a simple “threat assessment” to a responder–works within Motorola Solutions new Intelligent Data Portal (IDP) platform.

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Making NextGen 9-1-1 a reality today

Transitioning legacy analog 9-1-1 systems is one of the most important initiatives that the public-safety community has ever attempted. The path forward involves significant new ideas, processes and technologies, but the benefits of NextGen 9-1-1 certainly justify the effort.

Brighton Police: Scott Wegscheider showcases LTE video capabilities in mobile-command vehicle

Police Lt. Scott Wegscheider of the city of Brighton, Colo., outlines the video and field-reporting enhancements that are being realized with the launch of the Adams County LTE system.

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Motorola Solutions offers agencies entry-level package for real-time crime centers

Motorola Solutions announces its Real-Time Crime Center Starter Kit, an offering designed for public-safety entities wanting to develop real-time crime centers but lack the resources to pay for all potential smart-policing technologies at once.

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Johns Hopkins University turns to enhanced GPS location solution to address campus-security need

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Public-safety communications vendors prepare for Urban Shield exercise

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Capt. Phillips at APCO: ‘You are stronger than you even know’

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Axis Communications: IT support of physical security has increased

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Drakontas: CTO Alan Kaplan demonstrates mobile-collaboration capability

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Blueforce Development: CEO Mike Helfrich showcases personnel-tracking, sensor-monitoring capabilities

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Intrado: Steve Reed talks about integrating Beware tool into Motorola Solutions’ IDP platform

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Making NextGen 9-1-1 a reality today

Brighton Police: Scott Wegscheider showcases LTE video capabilities in mobile-command vehicle

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Motorola Solutions offers agencies entry-level package for real-time crime centers

Commentary

T-Mobile proposal of free 5G for public safety is a great idea, but there are a lot of caveats

911 dispatch centers can take multiple steps to combat cyberattacks

Proposed three-digit suicide-prevention ‘Lifeline’ would benefit public-safety communications

Events

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IWCE 2019 Wrap Up

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