ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — The City of Albuquerque has deployed a real-time crime center (RTCC) in partnership with Verizon Frontline, a cloud-based Real-Time Response System (RTRS), Verizon announced in a press release Wednesday. The RTCC aims to help public safety officials detect and respond to violent crimes more efficiently.
Verizon’s RTRS is a decision-support solution that aggregates data from multiple sources including computer-aided dispatch, records management systems, geographic information systems, and live and recorded video feeds, among others…
By Anu Appaji, Domain Lead, Secure Information Exchange, First Responder Network Authority
It’s the beginning of a tour of duty for an officer in a typical police department.
The officer leaves the roll call briefing and checks out her equipment for the day—a radio, body-worn camera, taser, and smartphone. She proceeds to her vehicle and conducts a quick safety inspection of the exterior. As she sits down, the dispatcher announces that there are several assignments demanding immediate attention on her beat.
Unfortunately, she cannot begin her tour yet. She still has to sign on to several mobile applications on her smartphone and in-car computer before she can hit the street.
The objective of the project is to replace aging legacy and end-of-life (EOL) infrastructure and radios with a more reliable, robust, and scalable solution based on an open standard technology.
PowerTrunk, Inc. announces that Williams Communication Services Inc. (WCS), an Ontario Canada based indigenous communications firm, has been awarded a contract by the Ministry of The Solicitor General (SOLGEN) to provide a multi-site PowerTrunk-T TETRA and related equipment for a total of 31 correctional and youth facilities. The sites include 25 Adult Correction and 5 Youth Justice facilities and one training center throughout the Canadian province…
ROSWELL, GA — The Roswell Fire Department will be able to respond quicker now that its 911 Center is using a GPS tracker to dispatch the closest emergency response vehicle to a caller’s location.
The department said in a news release Monday that it’s utilizing Automatic Vehicle Location (AVL) dispatching, which uses the emergency vehicle’s GPS location, so dispatchers in the Roswell 911 Emergency Communications Center can identify and dispatch the closest, most appropriate emergency response vehicle to a call…
A mobile app that is meant to improve communication between police departments and the public has been picked up by two Connecticut police departments, with a handful of other departments considering it as well.
The app, Atlas One, is currently in use by the Rocky Hill Police Department, the first to launch it in the state, and the Manchester Police Department, who recently also announced they were using the app…
Learn about current efforts to continue to protect the 4.9 GHz Band for public safety as well as recent filings, key decisions impacting these efforts, and how you can support PSSA’s initiative to protect the 4.9 GHz band for public safety.
