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News•by Staff Writer•August 18, 2015

L-3 Mobile-Vision Expands Automatic License Plate Recognition Platform

L-3 Mobile-Vision's expanded ALPR solutions will now include fixed, portable and mobile LPR systems that can capture license plates at longer ranges, sharper angles and at higher speeds. This system can be implemented separately or combined

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News•by Staff Writer•August 14, 2015

Video: Wisconsin Department's Facebook Post Goes Viral

What started as a Facebook post has turned into an outpouring of support for the Holmen (Wis.) Police Department.

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News•by Staff Writer•August 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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News•by Staff Writer•August 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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News•by Staff Writer•August 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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Articles•by David Griffith•August 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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News•by Staff Writer•August 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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News•by Staff Writer•August 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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News•by Staff Writer•August 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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News•by Staff Writer•August 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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