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Spotlight: Abalone LLC gives a face to the physical effects of drug use

By PoliceOne Staff Company Name: Abalone LLC Headquarters: Moss Beach, CA Signature Product: Face2Face iPad Drug Educational System Website: www.abalonellc.com With the ongoing fight against the drug epidemic, ...

Case Study: Arvada CO PD Implements Dragon NaturallySpeaking Voice-recognition Software Saving Time & Money

By Nuance Communications The city of Arvada Colorado is part of the Denver metropolitan area and has a population of over 100,000 people. The Arvada Colorado Police Department has more than 200 sworn officers ...

Turning up the power on PowerPoint

A product from Turning Technologies called TurningPoint helps collect real-time audience responses, enabling you to turn your PowerPoint presentations into powerful data collection and assessment tools. ...

App for bomb and IED defense

Every law enforcement agency deals with bomb threats now and again. Most of them are just that — threats — with no device behind them. Even so, few cops are willing to bet people’s lives ...

Police embracing tech that predicts crimes Comments

By Heather Kelly CNN.com For something that predicts the future, the software is deceptively simple looking. A map of a city is marked up with small red squares, each indicating a 500-by-500-foot zone ...

Case study: A PD's social media solution to community relations

The Redwood City Police Department has added Nixle to an already robust social media communications strategy which already includes Facebook, Twitter, and CodeRED. ...

Software by DesignPD automates FTO paperwork Comments

Field Training Tracker is a web-based application that duplicates all of the paper forms involved in a properly-run field training and evaluation program (FTEP). ...

‘Virtual escort’ app to aid campus police Comments

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

Where would we be without software? Comments

Software is everywhere. Our vehicles utilize computer software to determine the fuel/oxygen mixture to run the engine for maximum gas mileage. Some of today’s kitchen refrigerators have touch screens ...

How to buy software

By Tim Dees PoliceOne ContributorIf the processor, memory, hard drive and graphics card are the engine of a computer, software is the steering wheel, accelerator, brakes and navigation system. The best ...

Information from CODY Systems C.O.B.R.A. now available in N-DEx

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 ...

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, ...

Peer-to-peer casework: The LexisNexis Investigators Network

By Scott M. Bruner PoliceOne Product Editor With reporting by Travis ParrishLexisNexis, which offers one of the largest searchable news and document databases in the world, is about to expand their Accurint ...

Speaking the same language: CODY System's C.O.B.R.A. Data Sharing Network

By Scott M. Bruner PoliceOne Products EditorThe number of products promising to delivering true communications interoperability are quickly expanding as departments rush to find hard and software solutions ...

Indy officer launches tactical iPhone applications for on-duty cops Comments

New police technology is usually met with excitement, but is sometimes met with worry. Officers and departments are frequently concerned about how they will pay for new computers or an updated license ...

Law enforcement-inspired iPhone and iPad apps Comments

While 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 for the iPhone. ...

How to buy emergency response software

By Tim DeesEmergency management (EM) software is a tool for keeping track of all of the events, equipment, and people associated with any complex public safety activity, particularly those that are unplanned. ...

Neighborhood crime report: The Omega Group’s CrimeMapping and CrimeView

By Scott M. Bruner PoliceOne Product EditorInterested in finding out where crimes are happening and what types of crime are most popular in a particular neighborhood? Look no further than the solutions ...

Texting-a-tip: Anderson Software’s TipSoft Online v5

By Scott M. Bruner PoliceOne Product EditorTexting tips to law enforcement is quickly becoming a favorite among tipsters looking for an anonymous, secure way to provide vital information. Many software ...

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 ...