Tracking, Monitoring & Control

CSRIC working group expects only ‘slightly better’ 911 location accuracy with VoLTE

• 25th September 2014

Existing FCC outdoor location accuracy and testing standards for 911 calls can apply to LTE networks, but only modest improvement in location accuracy is expected with the new architecture, a working group reported to the Communications Security, Reliability and Interoperability Council (CSRIC).

NICE Systems unveils video-analytics solution as timesaver for public safety

• 22nd September 2014

NICE Systems announces a video-analytics solution called Suspect Search that is designed to let public-safety agencies quickly scan massive amounts of video and locate individuals, even when the individual is part of a large group.

NICE Systems: Jenny Hansen describes Suspect Search solution powered by video analytics

• 22nd September 2014

Jenny Hansen, a partner manager with NICE Systems, explains the capabilities of the company’s Suspect Search solution, which uses video analytics to identify suspects in videos. The solution is being trialed within the ITEC training settings at Texas A&M University, Hansen says during this conversation with Jill Nolin of IWCE’s Urgent Communications.

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

• 9th September 2014

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.

DHS: S&T acting deputy undersecretary Bob Griffin seeks input for Visionary Goals initiative

• 26th August 2014

Bob Griffin, acting deputy undersecretary for science & technology (S&T) directorate of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS), discusses the Visionary Goals initiative that is designed to solicit online input from all stakeholders on any matter impacting homeland security to help determine future research-and-development direction.

Text-to-911 service will start only when PSAPs are ready, FCC Commissioner Rosenworcel says

• 7th August 2014

FCC Commissioner Jessica Rosenworcel says PSAPs will be “in control” of text-to-911 deployment schedules during her speech at APCO 2014, which was delivered just two days before the FCC is scheduled to vote on the text-to-911 issue.

FreeWave: Ashish Sharma talks about the future of machine-to-machine communications

• 16th July 2014

FreeWave’s Ashish Sharma talks about the future of machine-to-machine communications.

FreeWave: New CEO Kim Niederman outlines vision for the company

• 16th July 2014

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

• 3rd July 2014

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.

Drakontas: CTO Alan Kaplan demonstrates mobile-collaboration capability

• 27th June 2014

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.