(WEEK/AP) — Authorities are investigating interference with radio communications and websites or networks used by police and other officials during protests over the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis.
Authorities are particularly concerned about interruptions to police radio frequencies as dispatchers tried to direct responses to large protests during the last weekend of May… READ MORE
Augmented reality technology is becoming more popular in the public safety community. For example, fire departments are starting to test out AR helmets and masks to enhance firefighters’ situational awareness.
Augmented reality — in which digital information is overlaid onto a view of the real world via a headset, glasses or smartphone — can help first responders gather information about the locations they are moving through, provide structural layouts and even help with training. The National Institute of Standards and Technology earlier this year launched a contest to attract solutions using…
I recently received an email from someone in the industry I know and have worked with on several occasions. He asked if I had ever put together a comparison of Land Mobile Radio (LMR) services with FirstNet/LTE services and networks. Looking back in my archives, I found I have touched on their similarities and differences over the past four or five years but I have never presented a detailed, side-by-side listing of their attributes. For this week’s Advocate I have organized these into one document but I won’t call it a “comparison” since I believe both LMR and LTE networks are and will be required in the public-safety environment for a long time to come…
NEW YORK, June 10, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — RapidSOS, a New York-based emergency response technology company, today announced a $21 million funding round led by Transformation Capital, a leading digital health growth equity fund. First responders globally are facing unprecedented challenges amidst COVID-19. RapidSOS will use the funding to extend its work with 4,700+ public safety agencies globally – providing health, connected building, wearable, telematics, and other critical data to first responders to empower faster and smarter emergency response…
Loveland Police Department communications specialist Rachel Bondy was named Colorado trainer of the year by the he National Emergency Number Association and the Association of Public Safety Communications Officials.
Bondy has worked at the Loveland Emergency Communications Center for five years, and was nominated for the award by one of her coworkers. For the past three years she has been a…
Crawford County formally has named the leaders of its Department of County Maintenance and Department of Public Safety.
At Wednesday’s meeting of the Crawford County Salary Board, Mark Phelan was named maintenance superintendent and Greg Beveridge was named public safety director.
Members of the Salary Board unanimously approved both appointments…
