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Big police technology shrinks to fit next-generation squads

By PoliceOne Staff A security firm that developed a suitcase-size crime-fighting device has been tasked with shrinking their product down to fit easily into a squad — which resulted in the VHS-sized ...

Designing a predictive policing system Comments

The best models result when every member of the agency is involved in the analytical design. ...

What (the bleep) is predictive policing, anyway?

At its root, predictive policing is a mega-extension of the intuition that all good cops develop over time. ...

Investigating Twitter: Mining social media for intel Expert Analysis

What are some social media best practices in the area of crime prevention, investigation, and enforcement? ...

The technology that helped nab the Boston bombers Comments

Technology played a big role in aiding the police operation that caught the Tsarnaev brothers ...

CIA moves IT to the cloud Comments

Mission-critical operations are usually among the last to adopt new technologies, preferring to wait until the bugs are worked out and their utility is proven before betting the ranch on a new gadget’s performance. ...

How to identify fraudulent IDs Video

When I was working the street in the 1980s, false IDs weren’t all that difficult to spot. The most common ones were sold out of magazines like High Times and all had the same format, with the name ...

For Cops, By Cops: Facecrook iPhone app Comments

Business Name: Creative Customs, Inc. Product: Facecrook Officer: Jeffrey Bloch, Fairfield, Conn. Website(s): www.facecrookapp.com/ http://goo.gl/y6I5l What is your signature product? Facecrook is a digital ...

Crime mapping software aiding arrests in Wash. Comments

Detectives in Spokane are using crime-mapping software to help predict when and where thieves might strike next. ...

5 mistakes to avoid when choosing a software provider

By Madeleine Roe Special Contributor to PoliceOne Researching vendors to fit your agency’s public safety software needs can be a daunting task. You need a system that fits your budget without sacrificing ...

Interoperability Best Practices: The 4G future of public safety

By Tim Dees and Michelle Perin Technology projects in large, well-funded agencies tend to get the most attention. With 80 percent of the law enforcement agencies having 25 or fewer officers, and most fire ...

More for less: Using 4G technology to catch bad guys Comments

The latest version mobile broadband communications is called 4G, and it represents a significant increase in speed and capacity for the exchange of mobile data. Because of 4G, officers can spend more time ...

IACP 2012 video interview: LexisNexis Accurint Mobile Video

During IACP 2012 in San Diego, I connected briefly with Bill Hatfield of LexisNexis, who had some new information to share about how officers can connect to myriad public safety databases via consumer-grade ...

Smart911: Saving lives through information sharing

It is important to have a system that allows citizens to have an active role in being prepared and advising emergency responders in advance what their needs are. ...

FBI upgrading its criminal justice records system

The next generation identification system is bigger, faster, and more versatile ...

Public safety network put to the test at RNC in Tampa

William Jackson Government Computer News TAMPA, Fla. — Police in Tampa and St. Petersburg, Florida, used a first-of-its-kind LTE cellular network dedicated to law enforcement as part of security ...

License-plate readers create 'massive intelligence database' Comments

Lance Benzel The Gazette COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — It's a little black box perched on a police car, and it's always watching. When 87-year-old Katherine "Kit" Grazioli's body ...

New tool allows disaster modeling and simulation systems to share data

First responders participating in disaster exercises usually have to rely on disaster modeling and simulation to imagine how something like a damaged building might look following an earthquake or terror ...

Making sense of big data to fight crime

With the right analytics tools in place, data — complemented with traditional crime-fighting methods — can be invaluable. ...

FBI to develop tattoo database Comments

Walter Pacheco The Augusta Chronicle ORLANDO, Fla. — The FBI wants your tattoos — more specifically, the meanings behind their inky black lines and colorful shapes — and it's asking ...