Police Step Up Security for July 4th Fireworks Across Nation (Video)
By Ron Allen, NBC News
The nation's birthday bash got underway Wednesday, but officials around the country have been prepping for weeks to protect people at public venues.
Security measures at hard-to-protect public celebrations...
Did Amazon’s Alexa Call The Cops During A Domestic Dispute?
By Ellie Hall and Blake Montgomery, BuzzFeed News
Police in New Mexico say an Alexa virtual assistant device contacted authorities during a domestic dispute earlier this month, but Amazon said on Monday...
Ultra Electronics Unveils the HyperSpike TCPA-10 (Hear it)
Ultra Electronics USSI has released the TCPA-10, a revolutionary indoor and outdoor directional speaker for general public notification and emergency signaling.
The TCPA-10 utilizes patented HyperSpike technology to project clear, intelligible voice...
New LRAD 360XL & LRAD SoundSaber-X Added to ONE VOICE
LRAD, a competitor in the 2017 'ASTORS' Homeland Security Awards Program, and the world’s leading provider of advanced mass notification systems, has added two new systems to its award winning ONE...
Chicago Stock Exchange Switches to AlertMedia for Critical Comm
The Chicago Stock Exchange (CHX), an integral part of the National Market System, is utilizing AlertMedia’s two-way mass notification system to enhance and improve communications with stock exchange members and staff...
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...
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...
Eradicating Contraband Cell Phones a Matter of Public Safety (Multi-Video)
By Jeffrey B. Haidinger, President & Chief Operating Officer, GTL
In 2010, former Corrections Captain Robert Johnson was shot six times in an attempted contract killing orchestrated via a contraband cell phone.
He survived the...
S&T & NYPD Test Communication Systems for Public Safety
The Department of Homeland Security Science (DHS) Technology Directorate (S&T) partners with first responders to gauge capability gaps and leverage existing technologies,
As a result DHS S&T can develop new technologies,...
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...
