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By Brite Akron is the fifth largest city in Ohio with a population of almost two hundred thousand and isolated in the Great Lakes region south of Lake Erie and along the Little Cuyahoga River. The Akron ...

Computer passwords have become a way of life for most of us. We have to have them to log on to the system at work, there’s another for email and Facebook, and you probably have some more for your ...

By Brite The Metropolitan Nashville Police Department (MNPD) is composed of the metropolitan area of Nashville and Davidson County, Tennessee. Together they cover five hundred sixty square miles with over ...

I’m in the truly unenviable position of being on the receiving end of between 100 and 200 public relations “pitches” a month, inviting me to “get a briefing” from some “expert” ...

Rockwell Collins iForce allows users to control all vehicle electronics such as lights, sirens, radios, radar, and video cameras ...

Dell and General Dynamics-Itronix report new models for public safety users. ...

The mission of Interactive Defense System is to make communities safer by bridging the gap between departments and civilians ...

In the era of powerful portability, the Toughbook 31 is at the forefront. ...

For agencies including LAPD, Missouri State Patrol, Houston Police Department, and many others agencies, the ability to quickly and easily extract forensic information from a mobile telephone is about ...

The V-100 differed from several other rugged laptops I have tested. When I shock tested this screen, the screen never flickered, dimmed, or even noticed my attempt to disrupt its operation. Generally, these devices at least let me know I am testing it. The V-100 didn’t. The V-100 ships with Gobi Broadband, which means that it is capable of staying connected to the Internet across multiple mobile carrier signals. ...

Today’s officers have capabilities that are the envy of some cops from “back in the day.” Some of these abilities can be cumbersome and some are considered witchcraft by the officers ...

By Joelle Tessler Associated PressWASHINGTON — The Federal Communications Commission said Thursday that it intends to move forward quickly with key recommendations in its national broadband plan ...

Some of you can remember a time long before there was wireless Internet in a police car, when eight track cassette players were “the bee’s knees.” Now we can carry thousands of songs in a device that fits in your pocket. One thing that hasn’t changed is that dashboard lights can diminish your night vision if you jack them up too high. Same is true on your squad’s computer. ...

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 ...

We have come a long way in the last decade, breaking down many barriers and achieving tremendous progress, but we still have many gaps to overcome. The public safety community still is far behind commercial users in terms of communications functionality. Let's take a moment to reflect on the past decade of challenges and changes made in land mobile radio, mobile data terminals, governance, standards, and training. ...

The Dell Latitude E6400 XFR is a MIL-STF-810F laptop designed for less than ideal environments. The XFR survived the thermal shock and vibration tests without incident, and although the XFR appears to be resistant to an occasional spilled cup of French Roast, taking it to a pool party is not recommended. ...

My first test of its shock resistance was informal — the Nomad is sort of balanced like a football, so I threw it like one. I tossed it about 20 yards for half an hour. While the Nomad was hard to catch and really did not spiral very well, it did display its location without interruption, despite my inability to convert a third down with it. I modified this test to reflect a likely law enforcement environment. I simulated leaving the Nomad on the roof of a patrol car and driving away. The Nomad was launched from a five foot height at a consistent velocity so that it flew at least 10 feet on towel covered concrete. I did this test 10 times. ...

Imagine a fully-rugged, mobile notebook computer that's been crash-tested, sealed against water and dust, and is seamlessly roaming for uninterrupted wireless coverage. Now imagine that notebook fitting ...

PoliceOne this month is focusing on an array of issues related to communications, from the proposals put forth for a shared mobile broadband network to the computer hardware and peripherals that would ...

By Kevin L. Jones Product Editor Itronix's new rugged notebook, the GD8000.(Courtesy of Itronix)General Dynamics Itronix recently released the GD8000, a rugged notebook that its manufacturer claims is ...