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The University of Alabama Rolls Out Couter-Drone Technology

The University of Alabama is using D-Fend Solutions as a counter-drone technology supplier for campus and game-day airspace security. The University integrates D-Fend’s EnforceAir into its Emergency Operations Center (EOC), utilizing a unified command framework to collaborate with local, state, and federal partners during major events.

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Newsby Staff WriterAugust 14, 2015

Rapid DNA Results Uploaded for First Time to UK's National DNA Database

Integenx has announced that a second major national database, The National DNA Database (NDNAD), has had forensic DNA profiles uploaded from the RapidHit System. The NDNAD was established in the United Kingdom in 1995. Currently, more than five million forensic DNA profiles have been uploaded into NDNAD.

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Newsby Staff WriterAugust 13, 2015

TASER Launches Axon Body Camera and Digital Evidence Management Solution in Canada

TASER says its approach to entering the Canadian market has been informed by conversations over the last year with a number of key law enforcement officials in Canada to learn about the unique challenges Canadian officers face.

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Newsby Staff WriterAugust 11, 2015

D.C. Would Release Most Police Body Camera Footage Under New Plan

Police in the nation's capital would release more footage from body cameras than in any other major U.S. city under a plan from Mayor Muriel E. Bowser that reverses her previous opposition to making such videos public.

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Articlesby David GriffithAugust 6, 2015

Viewing Video: Just Press Play

Denying officers access to the video records of incidents before they write their reports serves only one purpose: It's a trap. The goal here is to play "gotcha" with the officers and try to catch them in a lie.

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Newsby Staff WriterAugust 5, 2015

Maryland Begins Drafting Rules for Police Body Cameras

A commission in Annapolis has begun the complicated task of proposing rules for Maryland's police departments to follow when their officers wear body cameras.

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Newsby Staff WriterAugust 5, 2015

Bratton Says NYPD Officers Should See Body Camera Footage Before Questioning by Investigators

New York City’s police commissioner says he strongly objects to an inspector general's recommendation that police officers be prevented from viewing body camera footage before giving a statement to investigators.

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Newsby Staff WriterAugust 4, 2015

Boston City Council to Consider Body Cameras for Police

A proposal to equip Boston police with body cameras — a measure being tried in several major cities in the aftermath of police-involved shootings nationwide — will get its first public airing Wednesday in a City Council hearing, but the city's top officials are taking a cautious approach to the contentious issue.

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Newsby Staff WriterAugust 4, 2015

City of Lakeland, Fla., Chooses Genetec Technology to Improve Security

The City of Lakeland in Florida has recently standardized its security operations with Genetec Security Center, a unified security platform that combines video surveillance, access control, and automatic license plate recognition systems into one central monitoring and management platform.

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NewsAugust 3, 2015

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Newsby Staff WriterJuly 31, 2015

Inspector General Recommends Changes in NYPD Body Camera Policy

According to the Office of the Inspector General for the NYPD, the police department’s current policy governing the use of body cameras gives officers too much discretion.

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