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The MILO Range PRO offers a touchscreen User Interface allowing trainers to quickly load scenarios without a keyboard or mouse.

ILEETA: Trainers Go Hands On With Simulators  

April 22, 2010
One of the best things about attending the International Law Enforcement Educators and Training Association conference held this week in the Chicago area is that trainers get some serious hands-on experience with some of the latest training tools, including use-of-force simulators.
Image via nrtphotos (Flickr.com).

Will Cell Phones Eventually Replace Your Handheld Radio?  

April 13, 2010
As systems integration shifts competition among handset manufacturers, we can also expect to see handset capabilities expand. Cell phones run circles around a police radio for about 5 percent of the cost.
Image via InterAct Public Safety

Baltimore PD Hits the Streets on Foot with PocketCop  

March 4, 2010
In a bid to curb crime through community engagement, the Baltimore Police Department is using new technology to get back to the tradition of the neighborhood cop on foot patrol.

NYPD Says FCC's Public Safety Broadband Network Plan Falls Short  

February 25, 2010
The New York Police Department's Deputy Chief Charles Dowd called the FCC's plan "a red herring," because it doesn't give first-responders the kind of access that's needed during a crisis.
One Force Tracker iPhone software via Raytheon.

Military Mobile Apps Could Protect Urban Areas As Well  

February 4, 2010
Imagine a 10-officer team staking out a group of suspects from several locations simultaneously. Now, imagine the supervisor and team can observe each others' movements, simultaneously communicate via text message and call up a map of an entire building that suspects are about to enter.

San Jose Officers Begin Using Head-Mounted Cameras  

January 14, 2010
The San Jose Police Department became the first law enforcement agency in the country to deploy head-mounted video cameras on officers during a pilot program started late last year. The department implemented the new TASER AXON and Evidence.com system.
LAPD mounted officer uses a two-way radio that hasn't changed much in four decades. Image via NoHoDamon (Flickr.com).

Why Does My Mobile Phone Have Thousands of Apps, But Not My Radio?  

December 14, 2009
I can't begin to count the times police and fire personnel have asked me why their cell phones have thousands of applications, yet their radios have none. The simple answer is that we, as public safety professionals, have not required it.
A GPS tracker such as this one can be used to recover stolen nativity figurines from vandals. Photo via BrickHouse.

Watching Over Baby Jesus  

December 9, 2009
To help catch nativity vandals, BrickHouse Security is offering GPS tracking devices that can be installed on Baby Jesus, wise men, or other figurines.
Law enforcement agencies turn to municipal surveillance to help identify suspects of crimes. Photo via ramson (Flickr.com)

Municipal Surveillance Lessons For LE  

November 10, 2009
Municipal surveillance enabled by CCTV cameras, fingerprint readers and fiber-optics systems are helping two Texas law enforcement agencies identify suspects while solving crimes.
U.S. Army Spc. Gabriel Green, of the 173rd Airborne's Brigade Combat Team, calls in grid coordinates while conducting a patrol in Afghanistan's Kunar province in March 2008. Photo by Staff Sgt. Tyffani Davis.

Bring Battlefield Communications To Law Enforcement  

November 6, 2009
At a recent trade show, I spoke with many in law enforcement about reliance on radio towers for data systems. Based on my experience with radio systems in use by the military for more than a decade, I suggested we don't really need "towers" as public safety knows them today.
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