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Training
Dallas GIS Police Analyst Uses Geospatial Skills to Fight Crime
Geographic information systems (GIS) has changed the way law enforcement fights crime. American Sentinel University's GIS program is designed to teach officers the tools they need to map and analyze crime patterns.
February 23, 2014
Patrol
Panasonic’s Rugged Toughbook 31 Now Offers Up to 18 Hours Battery Life – 27 Hours with Optional Second Battery
Powered by the new Intel Core i5-5300U vPro processor, (3 MB cache, 2.3 GHz up to 2.9 GHz with Intel Turbo Boost Technology) the updated Toughbook 31 delivers desktop-class performance alongside its world-class reliability. Other improvements include enhanced graphics with the Intel HD 5500 integrated graphics processor – important for geographic information system (GIS) and military logistics applications.
January 29, 2015
Technology
Connecting the Dots
Computers have revolutionized the art of crime mapping. Once just an exercise of sticking pins into a map glued to a bulletin board, crime mapping is now built on a foundation of “geographic information systems,” or GIS, a fancy term for creating, updating, and analyzing computerized maps.
March 31, 2004
Technology
Parabon Receives National Geographic Grant for Snapshot DNA Phenotyping Project
Parabon NanoLabs (Parabon) announced today receipt of a grant from the National Geographic Society Expeditions Council to fund a blind evaluation study of the company's Snapshot DNA Phenotyping Service.
October 6, 2015
Technology
ArcGIS 9.3
ESRI
Whether you need to perform spatial analysis, manage large amounts of spatial data, or produce cartographically appealing maps to aid in decision making, ArcGIS allows you to use one common platform to meet all your GIS needs. And because ArcGIS is built using technology standards, it will integrate well with your existing systems.
September 30, 2008
Technology
TV Special Profiles Secret Service
The National Geographic Channel’s “Inside the U.S. Secret Service” offers a perspective from inside the agency that protects the president.
October 13, 2004
Technology
West Virginia's Largest 911 Center Selects New World Systems' Dispatch Solution
Metro Emergency Operations Center (Metro 911) in Kanawha County, W.Va., is implementing New World Systems' Aegis computer-aided dispatch (CAD) solution to improve emergency response through integrated mapping and automated dispatch tools.
December 18, 2012
Special Units
Police Advisory Board Member to Host TV Show
Dave Young, a long-time Police Advisory Board member, is co-hosting a television show on the National Geographic Channel called "Crash Test Human," airing its premiere on January 16 at 10 p.m. Eastern and Pacific.
January 11, 2006
Special Units
Telephone Alert System Helps Cops Locate Missing Children
A new emergency notification system will help law enforcement agencies spread information about missing children via phone or Web.
December 3, 2002
Technology
Emergency Call-Takers Hired Using CritiCall Software
The Spotsylvania County Communication Center in Virginia needed to hire four emergency call-takers immediately to handle the volume of calls while handling the DC sniper case. Criticall 3.0 helped them hire the right employees for the job.
October 30, 2002
Technology
Radar Wins Speed Test Against GPS
A Sonoma County, Calif., judge has ruled a speeding case supported by an officer's radar cannot be thrown out. The speeder's GPS system allegedly recorded a speed contradictory to the radar reading, but the judge ruled radar more reliable.
January 1, 2008
Technology
Fugitive Caught After Twitter Taunt
A Southern California fugitive was arrested in Mexico, after taunting law enforcement via Twitter with tweets such as "Catch me if you can."
July 8, 2013
Patrol
National Geographic Debuts 'Alaska State Troopers'
The National Geographic Channel will debut on Wednesday "Alaska State Troopers," a reality series that "captures a mixture of raw nature and criminal activity throughout the Alaskan wilderness and its remote villages," according to the show website.
October 8, 2009
Patrol
Video: Colorado Deputies Free Bear Trapped Inside Car
Sheriff's deputies outside of Denver, CO, were able to help when they responded to reports that a black bear had somehow locked itself inside a car.
July 15, 2016
Technology
Houston PD To Outfit Fleet With GETAC B300 Rugged Notebooks
The Houston City Council has approved a contract with PCS Mobile to outfit the city's 1,800 police cruisers with Getac B300 rugged notebook computers along with in-vehicle docks and mounts.
May 29, 2012
Patrol
ISIS-Inspired Terror Plot Targeted Australian Police
“At this stage, we have no information that it was a planned beheading,” a terrorism expert for Australia's federal police said. “But there was reference to an attack on police. Some evidence that we have collected at a couple of the scenes, and some other information we have, leads us to believe that this particular matter was ISIS-inspired.”
April 19, 2015
Patrol
DHS Announces Update to the National Terrorism Advisory System
Based on a review of the National Terrorism Advisory System, DHS is updating the NTAS to add a new form of advisory – the NTAS “Bulletin” – to the existing NTAS “Alerts.”
December 18, 2015
Patrol
Cisco Systems Receives Award for First Responder IT
Cisco Systems is the recipient of the 2005 Award for Technology Leadership for its Metropolitan Mobile Network solution, which provides broadband wireless access to first responder agencies.
March 8, 2006
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