Austin Police Chief Brian Manley

Austin Police Warn Do Not Open After Package Explosions (Multi-Video)

By Alan Gomez, USA TODAY An Austin teenager was killed and several others injured Monday when two packages left on doorsteps exploded, marking the second and third parcel explosions in the Texas...
Active shooter incidents, campus safety threats, severe weather, and other crisis situations require next generation communication systems that broadcast audible voice messages with exceptional clarity and push location-based safety alerts to the mobile phones of students, staff and faculty.

LRAD Announces Campus Safety & Communication Solutions Initiative

LRAD Corporation, a world’s leading provider of advanced mass notification and distributed recipient solutions, and the Platinum Award Winner for Best Long Range Acoustic Hailing System for Two Years Running in the Annual ‘ASTORS’ Homeland Security Awards...
Pomona Officer Greggory Casillas leaves behind a wife and two children.

Pomona Officer Killed, Suspect Arrest Ends 15 Hr Standoff (Multi-Video)

By Jeffrey C Mayes, The New York Times  One police officer in Pomona, Calif., was shot and killed on Friday night and another was seriously injured by a gunman who barricaded himself...
The new partnership offers exciting possibilities by leveraging TrafficLand’s national content footprint and Mutualink’s national interoperability network

Access Real-Time Nationwide Traffic Cameras by Mutualink & TrafficLand

Mutualink and TrafficLand have entered into a new partnership, which will enable Mutualink customers to gain direct access to real-time traffic camera video across the nation as part of its national...

Bringing the Light in the Darkest Hours, the Role of FBI Chaplains

By the FBI FBI special agents and other Bureau professionals who respond to the bloody, chaotic scenes of mass casualties do so to help and to find answers: Who did it? How?...
Albert Wong, 36 the gunman in a standoff at a N CA military veterans home Friday, ended with the shooting deaths Friday of Christine Loeber, Dr Jen Golick & Jennifer Gonzales, before turning the gun on himself. (Images courtesy of Facebook and YouTube)

Suspect of Killings, an Army Vet Once Hailed a ‘Hero’ (Multi-Video)

By Michal Krantz, Business Insider The man suspected of killing three people at Veterans Home of California in Yountville, California on Friday, was an Afghanistan war veteran praised a "hero" during his deployment,...
Miramar’s SWAT team had been training in Coral Springs near the high school at the time of the shooting rampage and was placed on standby after the active-shooter report came in. (Image courtesy of the Broward County Sheriff's Office)

FL SWAT Members Suspended for Responding to Florida Massacre

By Natalie Musumeci, The New York Post A pair of ​Florida ​SWAT team members have been suspended ​over their response to the deadly Parkland high school shooting — for rushing to the scene to...
During the NGFR – Harris County OpEx, S&T will evaluate how DHS-developed technologies, commercial technologies and legacy public safety systems integrate using open standards, and how those integrated capabilities increase responder safety and efficiency.

S&T Calls for Tech Submissions for NGFR – Harris County OpEx

Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) wants to evaluate technology solutions for first responders. S&T has released a Request for Information (RFI) for participation in the Next Generation First Responder...
The DEFENDER™ PRO Commuter is the off-duty choice for professionals who need to be ready, or any civilian that prefers a solid daypack with the added benefit of threat Level IIIA M4L Ballistic Armored Protection that could save your life if you encounter an active shooter event. In an increasingly uncertain world, the DEFENDER™ PRO offers something new, an innovative backpack design that could save your life.

Ballistic Backpacks for Students, Travelers & 1st Responders (Video)

MERET now offers an innovative product line of M4L Ballistic Armor Protection Backpacks for commuters, students, and first responders, specifically designed to address rising global concerns for personal safety when traveling,...
SAM merges both rapid mobile alerts with digital signage and proximity messaging, maximizing the chance that in the case of an emergency, students and faculty receive real-time information on the emergency situation and the best way of safely evacuating the premises.

New School Security Alert Messaging (SAM) by iSIGN (Learn More, Video)

In light of the recent string of school shootings in the United States, iSIGN Media Solutions, has finalized talks with school officials and Safety Coordinators of a school district in Indiana...