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Policymakers must ensure that the privacy pendulum does not swing so far that public safety is compromised

Today’s technological advances support unprecedented surveillance capabilities. No one wants an Orwellian 1984 society, but we all want government officials to have the tools necessary to keep them safe. Unfortunately, it’s not always clear where to draw the legal lines.

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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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Could T-shirts, sports bras, socks help generate future revenue for radio dealers?

Undergarments are probably among the last products that radio dealers traditionally would consider selling, but smart clothing that delivers sensor data regarding biometrics such as heart activity and impact information promise to be part of lucrative solutions that can be leveraged in a variety of enterprise scenarios.

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AccuWeather: Jim Raymer demonstrates how first responders can access, use company’s information

Jim Raymer, director of strategic alliances for AccuWeather Enterprise Solutions, demonstrates how the company’s weather-information services can be used by first responders during an incident.

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Eagle View Pictometry: Scott Sherwood details capabilities for outdoor and indoor mapping

Scott Sherwood, Eagle View Pictometry’s vice president of sales enablement/product manager, outlines the company’s traditional oblique aerial outdoor photography offering, as well as a new solution that enables efficient photography of layout inside of buildings that could be especially helpful to first responders.

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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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Addressing address data that works for you

Address standards help GIS professionals more efficiently aid emergency responders in their search for people who need help.

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Austin police improve safety with StarChase instead of car pursuits

Austin, Texas, police use GPS tracking technology from StarChase to apprehend suspects in vehicles more efficiently and with greatly diminished risk of injury.

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Getting accurate location information for indoor wireless 911 must be a priority

Whether the details of the FCC proposal on indoor location accuracy for 911 can be executed is questionable, but there is no debate that the need for such rules is needed; in fact, it is long overdue.

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Rivada Networks gets patent for peer-to-peer location method created for fireground use

Rivada Networks receives patent approval for its peer-to-peer method of determining the location of mobile devices that does not rely on GPS-based or network-based location technology. The patented method was devised to help address location challenges for incident commanders in the fire service, but other uses have become apparent, as well,

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Policymakers must ensure that the privacy pendulum does not swing so far that public safety is compromised

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Drakontas: CTO Alan Kaplan demonstrates mobile-collaboration capability

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Could T-shirts, sports bras, socks help generate future revenue for radio dealers?

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AccuWeather: Jim Raymer demonstrates how first responders can access, use company’s information

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Eagle View Pictometry: Scott Sherwood details capabilities for outdoor and indoor mapping

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

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Addressing address data that works for you

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Austin police improve safety with StarChase instead of car pursuits

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Getting accurate location information for indoor wireless 911 must be a priority

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Rivada Networks gets patent for peer-to-peer location method created for fireground use

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LTE and liability: Why the fire service must move forward with digital incident command

Partnership and collaboration must be the foundation for emergency communications

FirstNet success means no hypothetical ‘shots’ need to be fired, Swenson says

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