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London police using terminals to collect cellphone data Comments

UPI LONDON — London's Metropolitan Police have begun extracting cellphone data from suspects held in custody, a move critics say is a "possible breach of human rights law." The data ...

Wireless providers to disable stolen phones Comments

By Eric Tucker Associated Press WASHINGTON — Major wireless service companies have agreed to disable cellphones after they are reported stolen under a strategy intended to deter the theft and resale ...

Mo. police department gets $55K grant Comments

By Lindsay Reed The Cassville-Democrat CASSVILLE, Mo. — The Cassville Police Department has received a $55,314.50 grant from the Missouri Department of Homeland Security for new radio equipment. ...

Maine police officers to receive warrants by email Comments

By Judy Harrison Bangor Daily News PORTLAND, Maine — The state court system took a step into the digital world this week when it electronically transmitted 41,000 existing arrest warrants into the ...

Video: App acts as remote control for police car Video

By PoliceOne Staff A new system demonstrated this week on the Microsoft campus uses a Windows 8 app to control a police cruiser's lights, sirens, rear door and other in-vehicle features. In the video ...

TASER's new tools: Body cameras and the Cloud Video

By Quentin Hardy The International Herald Tribune SAN FRANCISCO — Sgt. Brandon Davis vividly recalled the moment before he killed Eric Wayne Berry, but it was not the way it really happened. "I ...

Easing communication with cognitive radio

In the wake of the season’s most devastating hurricane, a major metropolitan area reaches out to nearby smaller towns for law enforcement and firefighting assistance. Communication between the city’s ...

Why digital video is better than analog

Unlike analog recordings, digital recordings usually contain information called metadata — “data about data” — that further describes the nature of the primary record. ...

NC city to build wireless network for police, fire

Officials say people surfing the web on smart phones has led to problems for police and fire departments ...

Emergency radios still not connected post-9/11

Responders found they could not communicate with each other ...

You've got NERV: Emergency interoperability on wheels Comments

The Cisco NERV uses an IP-based network foundation, and meets or exceeds the National Incident Management System (NIMS) standards for type II mobile communication centers. ...

Leveraging Cisco IPICS and Cisco ISSI for interoperable communications Expert Analysis

The combined solution takes radio transmissions — whether they’re digital or analog signals — from the radio tower and feeds those signals into a router that then converts the voice radio traffic into IP. ...

Motorola and General Motors strive to create the 'ultimate patrol vehicle' Comments

At APCO 2011 in Philadelphia this month, Motorola displayed a new Chevrolet Caprice PPV and a Chevrolet Tahoe PPV with a wide array of integrated Motorola devices. ...

FBI app helps ID missing kids Comments

The iPhone, iPad app makes it possible for parents to quickly email police ...

Device finds child porn on WiFi Video

Law enforcement can use the Aircheck to check for online predators ...

10 years later, NY responders communicate better Comments

Sept. 11 was a convergence of the worst possible problems in communication technology ...

FBI launches app to help find missing children Comments

Information from the app can be emailed to authorities in an emergency ...

Calif. bill would let 911 dispatchers accept photos, videos, texts Comments

A group of cities in California are moving to implement "Next-Generation 9-1-1" systems ...

‘Virtual escort’ app to aid campus police Comments

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

LTE is the next wave Comments

I recently spoke with Rick Keith and Matthew Mensinger of Motorola about LTE — Long Term Evolution, the latest push which will bring law enforcement information technology into the future. It is ...