Florida County Lays Foundation for Next-Gen 9-1-1 (See How, Multi-Video)
The Okaloosa County Department of Public Safety has upgraded to Airbus DS Communications' VESTA® 9-1-1 Call Handling and VESTA® Router solutions.
This transition from traditional analog technology to a completely IP-based system allows Okaloosa...
NIJ Releases Best Practices for Sexual Assault Kits
The Department of Justice’s National Institute of Justice (NIJ) has released a report on National Best Practices for Sexual Assault Kits: A Multidisciplinary Approach.
The report describes a victim-centered response to sexual...
NICE Inform Elite Incident Intelligence Dashboards – Demos at APCO 2017
NICE, a competitor in the 2017 'ASTORS' Homeland Security Awards Program will exhibit the new NICE Inform Elite, the eighth generation of its industry-leading multimedia incident information management solution for emergency communications centers,...
Battelle, S&T Helps EXD K-9 Teams get REDDI (Learn More, Video)
Harnessing a dog's natural ability to help law enforcement sniff out & identify explosives requires specialized training and testing.
Many detection canine teams, however, have limited access to critical training materials and...
LRAD: The Choice of Public Safety Mass Notification Systems
LRAD, the world’s leading provider of advanced mass notification systems and a competitor in the 2017 'ASTORS' Homeland Security Awards Program, was recently selected as the mass notification system of choice...
Rave Mobile Safety in ‘ASTORS’ Homeland Security Awards (Video)
Rave Mobile Safety, a leading provider of critical communication and data platform solutions, has been nominated to compete in the 2017 ‘ASTORS’ Homeland Security Awards program.
Prepare. Communicate. Respond.
Rave Mobile Safety’s innovative tools help to...
MassAlert Competes in ‘ASTORS’ Homeland Security Awards Program
MassAlert, from Acoustic Technology Inc., (ATI Systems), is an advanced software program that utilizes a graphical user interface for overall control and monitoring of Mass Notification System (MNS).
This net-centric software utilizes state-of-the-art...
Defenshield Awarded NSN’s for Lifesaving Ballistic Shields (Video)
Defenshield has been awarded National Stock Numbers (NSNs) for its line of rifle rated ballistic shields.
These shields are capable of stopping rounds from some of the most sophisticated and long-range...
Binational R&D FDN Invests in Advanced Tech for First Responders (Learn More)
The Board of Governors of the Israel-U.S. Binational Industrial Research and Development (BIRD) Foundation has awarded funding to three homeland security projects, selected by DHS and the Israel Ministry of Public...
New App Connects Mobile Devices to Land Mobile Radios (See in Action)
BlueLine Grid introduces another first-of-its-kind application to advance collaboration, this time between land mobile radios and BlueLine Grid's GeoGrid mobile push-to-talk (PTT) app.
The Bethesda-based startup created the technology to enable global users...
