Carbyne & RapidSOS Emergency Response for First Responders
Carbyne, a global leader in public safety technology, and a Platinum Award Winner in the 2018 ‘ASTORS’ Homeland Security Awards Program, is partnering with RapidSOS, who was recognized as a Platinum Award Winner...
How to Develop a Radiation Detection Deployment Plan (Multi-Video)
By Kevin Buxton, Director of Business Development at FLIR Systems
Radiation is one of the most dangerous threats to responders. You can’t see it, smell it or hear it.
It could be...
EAGL – Wireless Gunshot Technology for Everyday Protection (See Video)
With the increasing incidents of gun violence and the horrific mass shootings of the last dozen years, many people asking more than ever, what can be done to protect those in...
Finding Terrorists in Our Midst, by Author of ‘Family Terror Networks’
Guest OpEd by Dean C. Alexander, professor/director of the Homeland Security Research Program at Western Illinois University and author of the recent book Family Terror Networks (2019)
Terrorists, whether inside or external to a...
DHS Launches $1.5M Challenge to Detect Illicit Opioids Entering the US
On Tuesday, the new Opioid Detection Challenge, which is a $1.55 million USD global prize competition, was launched by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate (S&T), in partnership with...
Greenville PD to Use ‘Shotspotter’ to Reduce Gun Violence
The Greenville Police Department in North Carolina, along with Vidant Medical Center, East Carolina University, Greenville Housing Authority, Pitt County Sheriff’s Office, the City of Greenville, and the Greenville District Attorney’s...
How Self-Dispatch Can Slow Down Emergency Response & Create Additional Safety Risks
By Sean Lauziere, MPA
Emergency professionals are trained and prepared to deal with every unexpected situation imaginable. 9-1-1 serves as the incident command during times of emergency.
They dispatch resources to the scene...
Is Your Facility Protected with Best in Class Emerg Help Stations?
In-building and outdoor emergency notification beacons are being installed at schools across the nation. WHY?
Because revolutionary new emergency help stations in an emergency, can save lives by speeding response.
That is why...
Terrorism Prevention Programs Need to be Stronger to be Effective (Video)
National capabilities for terrorism prevention, meaning options other than traditional law-enforcement action to respond to the risk of individual radicalization to violence, are relatively limited, with most relying on local or...
Stolen Vehicle Retrieved with Help of ALPR (Learn More, Multi-Video)
Automatic License Plate Recognition (ALPR) was instrumental in arresting two Fresno, CA women in connection with a stolen vehicle on Saturday.
An ALPR hotlist of stolen vehicles alerted police in the area of Parkway...
