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The Department of Homeland Security's Safecom Program and the Office for Interoperability and Compatibility (OIC) today announced the availability of the Statewide Communications Interoperability Plan...
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The local and state public safety community has been requesting additional spectrum from the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) since the 1960s, as wireless communications has become a larger and...
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As technology continues to move forward at a frantic pace, so does public safety practitioners' desire to take advantage of that technology. Nowhere is this more apparent today than in the use of comm...
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In August 2004 ARJIS and CapWIN initiated a cooperative agreement to facilitate mutual cooperation in the development of voice and data sharing systems for public safety and transportation. This agree...
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Voice conversations using data networks (also known as IP, or Internet Protocol, networks) have received much attention from consumers, businesses, and regulators as an alternative to the traditional ...
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Even under the best of economic conditions, conscientious public officials recognize that the department's budget and its ability to spend public funds represent an important trust from the citizens o...
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Where do the good ideas come from?   In this column, we offer our readers the opportunity to learn about – and benefit from – some of the cutting-edge technologies being implemented b...
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California Bomb Squad Uses Two-Wheel Vehicles at Hazmat Scenes Segway announces that the 10-member bomb unit of the Ventura County Sheriff’s Department in California uses Segway Human Transporters, ...