Police Sirens News & Articles

The teenager speeds backwards toward a roundabout and narrowly misses oncoming traffic as an unmarked police car and back-up vehicles attempt to stop him ...

Kenneth Meyers was driving a victim's car when deputies began chasing him ...

By Scott M. Bruner PoliceOne Product EditorLightbars and siren systems usually take hours to install and configure, and can cause multiple headaches trying to integrate them. Federal Signal’s SmartSiren ...

By Jaime Baranyai The Springfield News-LeaderSPRINGFIELD, Mo. — With modern-day drivers distracted by cell phones, iPods, kids in the back seat and more, Springfield Police have purchased some new ...

“This is a test of the THOR Broadcasting System. In the event of an actual weather emergency, safety instructions for Beaver Stadium and Bryce Jordan Center patrons would follow. I repeat, this is only a test.” Sounds like a standard test message, possibly broadcast as part of routine maintenance at the nation’s largest stadium. Except that this test used the THOR-8L, a new long-range directed acoustic device developed at Penn State University. And it was heard, clearly and distinctly, in a restroom located three-quarters of a mileaway. ...

The U.S. Fire Administration (USFA) and the U.S. Department of Transportation’s (DOT) Federal Highway Administration, working in partnership with the International Fire Service Training Association (IFSTA) and with funding support from the Office of Justice Programs’ National Institute of Justice, recently produced a report that provides technical guidance and training programs in traffic incident management for emergency service providers. ...

LAPD system allows only 1 car to respond in full ''Code 3'' mode - Jaxon Van Derbeken, Chronicle Staff Writer San Francisco - The patrol car smash-up that killed a San Francisco police officer might have ...