Where would we be without software? 1
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 ...
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Huge Canadian police database in works 1
By Karen Kleiss Edmonton JournalEDMONTON - The Alberta government is quietly building a $65-million police information database that will allow officers across the province to share details about proven ...
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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 ...
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How to buy GIS/mapping software1
By Tim DeesLaw enforcement agencies have always used geographic information services (GIS), but they used to be called "pin maps." One or more maps of the agency's service area had a map pin ...
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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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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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Tech 2009: The year in review and the years to come1
Technology that supports the mission of law enforcement is evolving at an ever-increasing rate. We predicted that final year of this decade promised to be one of the busiest in history for police technology, and that turned out to be exactly what we got. Here is just a small selection of the milestone events and technology trends we witnessed in 2009. ...
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How to buy mobile data products
By Jarret Winkelman Incident Response TechnologiesThe addition of computers as standard equipment in police cars, fire trucks, and ambulances has introduced a new realm to public safety — mobile ...
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Chase ends when OnStar halts stolen SUV18
By Tom Krisher Associated PressDETROIT — When two Visalia, Calif., police officers swung their cruisers behind a sport utility vehicle that had been carjacked at gunpoint early Sunday, they prepared ...
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IACP Products: The pursuit ends here
You pull over a vehicle for a traffic violation, and do a background check. The vehicle's stolen; the suspect is wanted for armed robbery. It takes a split second to realize that this vehicle could take ...
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Drivers using cop-alert device to avoid police3
By Demian Bulwa San Francisco ChronicleSAN FRANCISCO — Stanley Lew, like many drivers, claims strict deference to all traffic signs and signals. At least most of the time."We are not perfect ...
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Online mapping services help cops spot crime trends
By Donna Leinwand USA TodayA growing number of police departments -- nearly 1,000 nationwide -- are using online crime mapping services to grab data from their police reports, identify crime trends and ...
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Mass. officers use GPS to find kidnapped girl
By George Barnes and Danielle Williamson Telegram & GazetteATHOL, Mass. — Using technology more commonly seen in television crime dramas, an Athol police officer and a deputy chief in the town's ...
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