Bloody shoes seen at a homicide scene in Chicago where four people were shot on Sunday, including three teens. (Courtesy of Chicago Sun-Times Screenshot)

At Least 40 People Shot Sunday in Chicago Violence; 4 Killed (Videos)

By Diane Pathieu, ABC 7 Eyewitness News  Dozens of people were wounded in shootings across Chicago since Friday, police said. Since midnight, police said 42 people have been shot, five fatally. Since Friday...

Coast Guard Offloads More than 12,500 lbs of Seized Cocaine

More than 5 tons of cocaine seized in international waters off the Eastern Pacific Ocean from early June to mid-July was offloaded by the crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Hamilton...
NICE Inform is a suite of modular applications for incident information management that can run over traditional and IP-based networks. It records multimedia interactions between the public, emergency centers and first responders. All captured incident information is then synchronized and put it into context to help you improve investigations, policy compliance and employee performance.

New NICE Inform Intelligence Center for Public Safety (Learn More, Video)

NICE, Platinum Winner in the 2017 ‘ASTORS’ Homeland Security Award Winner, for Best 911 Recording & Analytics Solution and a strong competitor in the 2018 'ASTORS' Awards is pleased to announce the launch of the...

FBI: Violent Gang Leader Orders Eyewitness Murdered (Multi-Video)

By the FBI On the evening of October 23, 2014, Douglas and Deborah London of York County, South Carolina—just across the border from North Carolina—were watching television in their home when the...

The Marines Are Landing, Marine Week in Charlotte Sept. 5-9 (Videos)

The United States Marine Corps (USMC) will invade Charlotte by land, air and sea for the military branch's Marine Week on Sept. 5-9, Col. Matthew Phares announced Thursday in a joint press conference with city, county and tourism...
Antwan Mims, a Michigan man who was place on the FBI's 10 most wanted list in June, was arrested in Georgia on Tuesday.

Double Murder Suspect Antwan Mims Arrested in Georgia (Learn More, Video)

FBI Ten Most Wanted Fugitive Antwan Tamon Mims was arrested without incident on Tuesday, July 31, 2018, as a result of a well-coordinated fugitive investigation that spanned across federal, state, and...

NIST Releases New Cybersecurity Practice Guide for Mobile Devices

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is excited to announce the latest draft of Special Publication 1800-12: Derived Personal Identity Verification (PIV) Credentials in now available. This latest draft incorporates comments on...
One OSHA publication reported that the national average for injuries caused by assault is 3%, but for healthcare workers, it’s 10-11%. Another reported that 80% of all healthcare worker injuries came at the hands of the very people they are trying to help, patients.

Hospitals: We Have a Bigger Problem than Guns (Learn More, Multi-Video)

Guest Editorial by Thomas Egan, Director of Security and Hospital Police, NYC Health + Hospitals, and a 2017 ‘ASTORS’ Homeland Security Award Winner. We have a workplace violence problem in healthcare that goes...
The BIRD Foundation funds technology collaborations between U.S. and Israeli partners that have significant commercial potential to meet the most pressing requirements of first responders.

BIRD Foundation Invests $2M to Foster Adv Techs for First Responders

The Board of Governors of the Israel-U.S. Binational Industrial Research and Development (BIRD) Foundation has awarded funding to two homeland security projects, selected by U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science...
In 2013, Defense Distributed founder Cody Wilson uploaded designs for a 3-D-printed gun online, and was told by the Dept of State (DOS) that he was in violation of a law prohibiting the export of guns without a license. After a lengthy legal battle, the DOS settled a lawsuit giving Wilson permission to publish plans to print guns, which he said he will begin doing on Aug. 1.

3D Guns: Untraceable, Undetectable & Unstoppable? (Learn More, Videos)

By Susannah Cullinane, CNN Not long ago it was the stuff of science fiction, but now US officials and lawmakers are grappling with a new reality -- the ability for citizens to...