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Technology
Massachusetts' Agencies Use iPhones For Field IDs
Brockton (Mass.) police get an iPhone-based system to identify suspects through facial recognition in the field.
June 22, 2010
Training
Massachusetts Police: Fewer Recruit Applicants Amid Killings, Scrutiny
The Boston (MA) Police Department — as well as agencies throughout Massachusetts — is seeing a massive decline in the number of people seeking entry-level law enforcement jobs.
July 24, 2018
Patrol
Massachusetts State Police Issue Officer Safety Alert Following Man's Twitter Threats
Massachusetts State Police sent out a safety bulletin to law enforcement agencies this week after a Boston man posted a video to Twitter saying he was going to “take a gun” and “kill” police or EMTs.
June 3, 2016
Weapons
Major League Baseball Joins Click-It or Ticket Campaign
As part of the national mobilization campaign to encourage safety belt use, many law enforcement agencies have teamed with each other—and in Massachusetts, the state’s department of public safety has teamed with a major league ballpark.
May 26, 2004
Technology
IMT Vislink Receives Over $750,000 in Orders for HD Airborne Video Downlink Equipment
IMT Vislink has received orders valued at over $750,000 for high-definition (HD) Airborne Video Downlink System ("AVDS") equipment and related services from law enforcement agencies located in Virginia, Massachusetts, Oregon, and California.
May 1, 2018
Technology
Experts Say Police Agencies Are Prime Targets for Ransomware Attacks
IT teams at law enforcement agencies across the United States have been dealing with an unusual challenge. White collar criminals, mostly based in foreign countries, have begun targeting police departments with “ransomware”—software that infects a computer and overwrites data, making a system inaccessible unless the user pays a ransom via Bitcoin.
December 28, 2015
Technology
Five Police Agencies Adopt Salient Stills for Forensic Video
The annual subscription to VideoFOCUS Pro provides access to powerful forensic video enhancement tools, which, through concurrent licensing, can be shared between the departments.
February 7, 2011
Patrol
NASRO Honors Officers, Agencies, and Educators
The National Association of School Resource Officers presented awards to school resource officers, agencies, and educators at its national School Safety Conferenc in Reno, NV.
July 2, 2018
Vehicle Ops
Iowa Officer Joins Ford's Police Advisory Board
A Mason City (Iowa) PD officer has joined Ford's Police Advisory Board to provide input on the automaker's law enforcement vehicles.
March 30, 2015
Patrol
ACLU Sues Boston Police for Alleged Excessive Use of Force at Protests
The American Civil Liberties Union has filed a lawsuit against the Boston Police Department for withholding records related to recent anti-police demonstrations.
August 14, 2020
Technology
Tactical 'Bounce' Camera Scouts Out Unseen Hazards
A "bouncy-ball" camera being developed by a Massachusetts company would help SWAT officers uncover hidden threats before entering a dangerous situation.
October 29, 2012
Weapons
Atlanta PD Transitions to Glock Pistols
The agency ordered 2,300 Glock 22 Gen4 pistols for a department-wide transition to Glock firearms. SWAT officers will get the Glock 21 in .45 ACP.
July 18, 2013
Command
MA Chiefs Say Anti-Police Sentiment, Civil Service Rules Make It Difficult to Fill Ranks
“We certainly want to hire good, quality candidates,” said Attleboro Police Chief Kyle Heagney. “But what is going on nationally is affecting us here in the Commonwealth.”
April 21, 2021
Weapons
Mass. and Vermont Troopers Get Smith & Wesson M&P Pistols
Massachusetts troopers will receive the M&P45 pistol, while Vermont troopers will get the M&P40 pistol. Troopers are currently using M&P pistols in the field.
December 15, 2011
Special Units
ACLU Sues Boston Police Department for Access to Gang Database
The ACLU and other groups seeking access to the database say that they want to know the demographic background of people in the system—such as race, age, local ZIP code, and nationality.
November 16, 2018
Patrol
Boston Leads Country in Closing Sexual Assault Cases
By solving more than half of the rapes and attempted rapes reported in Boston last year, the city’s police department is ahead of both the Northeast and the national average, according to FBI statistics.
December 15, 2004
Special Units
Tactical Robots Used In Japanese Nuclear Crisis
Models produced by iRobot — two iRobot 510 PackBot robots and two iRobot 710 Warrior robots — arrived in Japan on Friday. The two smaller robots can measure radiation levels close to the reactors and the two larger ones can pull hoses to spray water on the fuel rods.
March 27, 2011
Patrol
FBI Elite Teams Monitoring ISIS Suspects in the U.S.
These elite FBI teams are reserved for espionage, mob violence and high-priority terrorism cases, like a joint terrorism task force case last June, where a 26-year-old suspect, Usaama Rahim, was killed outside a Massachusetts CVS.
November 27, 2015
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