Tracking, Monitoring & Control

Motorola Solutions: Daniel Dakessian demonstrates sensor-driven connected police officer solution

• 27th April 2015

Daniel Dakessian, senior product marketing specialist for Motorola Solutions, demonstrates the capabilities of a prototype connected police-officer solution, which calls for numerous sensors on an officer providing automated inputs that can accessed quickly by dispatch and/or incident-command personnel.

Motorola Solutions: Alan Conrad demonstrates prototype handheld LTE eNodeB/EPC, drone application

• 23rd April 2015

Alan Conrad, distinguished member of the technical staff in the chief technology office of Motorola Solutions, demonstrates the capabilities of a prototype LTE eNodeB/evolved packet core (EPC) that could be used in a terrestial setting—or an aerial drone—to provide public-safety users with LTE coverage in locations not covered by a fixed LTE network like FirstNet, or to enhance capacity in an incident area.

St. Louis: Lt. Brent Feig highlights features of city’s new real-time crime center

• 23rd April 2015

Brent Feig, a lieutenant in the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department’s intelligence division, outlines the current capabilities and future plans for his agency’s new real-time crime center that was launched last week.

FCC E911 location ruling the first step in journey to improved emergency-response times

• 17th April 2015

By John Vetter, Sunsight Instruments

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) should be commended for its recent unanimous ruling in favor of increased horizontal-axis location accuracy requirements for Wireless Enhanced 911 (E911) systems, and for providing guidance on a path to develop and implement vertical-axis solutions and requirements.

St. Louis police department deploys real-time crime center supported by Motorola Solutions technology

• 17th April 2015

St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department officials and St. Louis Mayor Francis Slay unveil the city’s new real-time crime center and transportation hub, which is designed to leverage existing surveillance assets and technology from Motorola Solutions to coordinate resources to prevent or limit criminal activity.

IDA launches TiDE data-engine platform to continue transformation from a remote-control company

• 16th April 2015

IDA launches its Trak-it Data Engine (TiDE) technology, a data-management platform that is designed to help the two-way radio industry move into data-centric high-growth areas, such as location-based services, machine-to-machine (M2M) communications and the Internet of Things.

RELM Wireless introduces new P25 radio with integrated GPS, Bluetooth

• 15th April 2015

RELM Wireless unveils the KNG2, the company’s top-of-the-line P25 portable radio that features a large color screen, louder audio and integrated GPS and Bluetooth connectivity, according to a RELM Wireless official.

Tiger Teams and the FCC Enforcement Bureau

• 15th April 2015

The FCC has announced plans to reduce the staff of its Enforcement Bureau. Given the explosion in the use of wireless devices across all markets—thereby increasing the potential for interference—wouldn’t it make more sense to expand the Enforcement Bureau’s capabilities instead of trying to consolidate them?

JVCKENWOOD: Kentaro Abe showcases company’s biometrics solution

• 26th March 2015

Kentaro Abe, product manager for JVCKENWOOD, demonstrates how the company’s biometrics solution can help incident commanders monitor the on-scene health of responders. The solution is expected to be commercially available this summer.

Senate Commerce Committee approves markup for bill to extend positive-train-control deadline by five years

• 26th March 2015

​Members of the Senate Commerce Committee approve the markup of a bill that would extend the deadline for affected rail companies to implement positive-train-control (PTC) technology until Dec. 31, 2020, instead of the current deadline that would require implementation by the end of this year.