Police Crisis Communications News & Articles

By Samantha Gross Associated PressNEW YORK — New York City's 911 emergency operators now are able to give callers details about emergency events, reversing what the Sept. 11 Commission determined ...

By PoliceOne StaffA security solution for headworn computers that is said to enhance situational awareness recently won a Golden-idea Award. Motorola Solutions held the contest to recognize innovations ...

Officials say people surfing the web on smart phones has led to problems for police and fire departments ...

Emergency ManagementCOLLEGE PARK, Md. - University of Maryland students, faculty and staff were given access this week to a free Android smartphone app that gives them a direct and instantaneous line of ...

At 0700 hours today, I was 48 floors above Ground Zero, peering down into the construction site and 9/11 Memorial and saying a silent prayer for the heroes we lost that dreadful day in September. I had ...

Sept. 11 was a convergence of the worst possible problems in communication technology ...

University police are adding an emergency situation mobile application that streams audio and video ...

NEW ORLEANS — A federal grand jury has indicted three current and two former New Orleans police officers in the shooting death of a man and burning of his body after Hurricane Katrina.The 11-count ...

Although there are 53 HYDRA training centers in the world, this is the first one operating in the U.S. ...

By Scott M. Bruner PoliceOne Product EditorDefense industry company Raytheon has developed an intriguing new iPhone application, One Force Tracker (OFT). Developed initially for the battlefield, OFT is ...

By Scott M. Bruner PoliceOne Product Editor Emergency responders working outside of traditional radio coverage, where remote communication mobility is essential, have a limited number of options. One option ...

By Scott M. Bruner PoliceOne Product EditorThe face of communication has changed, and with it, the tools that law enforcement can tap into and use. As people use their phone less and less for talking, ...

By Scott M. Bruner PoliceOne Product EditorA number of overseas companies rolled out new products at Las Vegas' IWCE show in March. China's Hytera took the opportunity to introduce three new radios, each ...

By Tim DeesWhen radio, landline and cellular communications are unreliable, satellite conduits may be your only option. Every user's situation is a little different, so it's difficult to talk about a "standard" ...

By Scott M. Bruner PoliceOne Product EditorOne of the more intriguing products for the public safety field at March's IWCE show in Las Vegas was Sensear's line of ear muff devices. The muffs are not only ...

By David R. LukesonInteroperable radio communications allows police, fire, EMS and other first responders to talk to one another during an emergency across agencies and across boundary lines. Achieving ...

By Scott M. Bruner PoliceOne Product EditorCODY Systems C.O.B.R.A. has, for over ten years, been a tool for hundreds of local and state law enforcement agencies and thousands of officers nationwide, providing ...

The newly-revised FCC plan includes a proposal to spend as much as $16 billion in the next decade to build and operate a nationwide public safety wireless broadband network through which police officers and other emergency responders would share information during routine patrols and in incidents requiring multi-agency response. ...