March 2010 MHz Update: FCC to unveil D-Block plan 1
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. ...
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Gadgets in squad cars pose 'growing danger' to cops 8
By Matt Richtel International Herald TribuneTheirs are the most wired vehicles on the road, with dashboard computers, sophisticated radios, navigation systems and cellphones.While such gadgets are widely ...
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Digital crime fighter: E•SPONDER
By Scott M. Bruner PoliceOne Product EditorAs law enforcement moves further into the technology age, the number of software applications to meet police needs continues to grow. In January, E•SPONDER, ...
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Boston cops fighting crime with high-tech unit
By Laura Crimaldi Boston HeraldBOSTON — When shots are fired, Boston cops plan to zoom right in on the action.Police yesterday unveiled the Real Time Crime Center that uses centralized surveillance ...
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Field-tested: Panasonic's H1 Field and C1 Toughbooks
By Scott M. Bruner PoliceOne Product EditorPanasonic's Toughbook series have been among the leaders in providing ruggedized mobile platforms. In the past few weeks, the company has launched a pair of new ...
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Law enforcement-inspired iPhone and iPad apps
By Jeanette KozlowskiWhile buzz surrounding its name has died down, discussions of the iPad's application capabilities certainly hasn't. According to Apple, the iPad will run almost all 140,000 apps created ...
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February 2010 Product Roundup: Mobile Data
PoliceOne is focusing on news, products and information about Police Mobile Data products and technologies, such as electronic citations, mobile computers, software, wireless handsets ...
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Pa. police to watch schools with help of laptops
By Paul Paterra Tribune-ReviewPITTSBURGH — Murrysville is upgrading its police vehicles with software that will provide video feeds of the buildings in the Franklin Regional School District in the ...
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An argument for why social media will lower crime 1
Article originally appeared on ConnectedCOPS.netI’ve done a few interviews recently on my favorite topic of social media use by law enforcement. In each interview I’ve been asked what affect ...
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Building fusion centers for the next decade 1
The most well known variant of the fusion center in the United States is the JTTF — the Joint Terrorism Task Force. There were 35 JTTFs in operation on 9/11 — today there are more than 100. But there are many other multi-agency, multi-jurisdictional information-sharing organizations in place to prevent and respond to every sort of criminal activity and they’re springing up all over the country. ...
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Wireless connectivity 101
There’s an alphabet soup of options on the market for wireless connectivity. Many agencies use a cellular wireless provider’s “3G” network — so named because it is the third generation of mobile data technology. Another wireless connectivity option for police agencies is Wi-Fi. ...
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How to buy vehicle consoles
By Tim DeesWhere vehicle interiors are concerned, "police package" cars are pretty much the same as the consumer models. Finding spots for two-way radios, siren and emergency light controls, ...
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Intergraph to install new CAD system in Columbus
By Scott M. Bruner PoliceOne Product Editor When Columbus, Ohio, dispatchers watched in horror as their computer aided dispatch system (CAD) went down on New Year's Day 2010, because their system couldn't ...
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