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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 WriterJune 18, 2015

Ex-U.S. Agent Charged With Bitcoin Theft to Plead Guilty

One of two former U.S. agents charged with pocketing hundreds of thousands of dollars in digital money during the investigation of the illegal Silk Road Internet drug emporium reached a plea agreement with prosecutors.

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Newsby Staff WriterJune 17, 2015

FLEOA Charges OPM With Jeopardizing Officer Safety After Database Breach

After the hearing regarding multiple recent data breaches at the Office of Personnel Management (OPM), FLEOA President Jon Adler issued the following statement in response.

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Newsby Staff WriterJune 16, 2015

Federal Monitor Wants Seattle Officers to Wear Body Cameras

“The time for permanent use of on-officer cameras by all SPD officers is now,” the monitor, Merrick Bobb, writes in the fifth semiannual report since the city entered into a 2012 consent decree with the U.S. Justice Department to curtail excessive force and biased policing.

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Newsby Staff WriterJune 11, 2015

Motorola Solutions, Wynyard Group Partner on Big Data Analysis to Help Solve Crimes Faster

Motorola Solutions is partnering with Wynyard Group to integrate next-generation crime analytics to help law enforcement agencies connect disparate data sources such as criminal history, social media networks, property records, field notes and other types of evidence. The software helps identify criminal patterns and explore relationships by analyzing data in minutes rather than days, freeing up agency resources to investigate leads and solve cases.

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Newsby Staff WriterJune 5, 2015

Massive Data Breach Could Affect Every Federal Agency

China-based hackers are suspected once again of breaking into U.S. government computer networks, and the entire federal workforce could be at risk this time.

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Newsby Staff WriterJune 5, 2015

Vigilant's ALPR Data Helps Apprehend Suspect in Underage Sexual Assaults

Vigilant Solutions' LEARN analytic software and commercial license plate reader (LPR) data helped a law enforcement agency locate and apprehend a suspect in multiple sexual assaults against underage victims.

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Newsby Staff WriterJune 1, 2015

Point Blank Enterprises Introduces LE Body-Worn Camera Solution IRIS

Point Blank Enterprises, known for its production of soft body armor and related protective solutions, announced today the launch of its first-ever body-worn camera solution, the Intelligence Retrievable Incident System (IRIS).

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Newsby Staff WriterMay 30, 2015

Dynamic Systems Inc. Releases ID Badge System for Law Enforcement

DSI has announced the launch of The Checkmate Badge Solution for The Law Enforcement Total Track System. These cards identify authorized personnel and control access to secure facilities or scenes.

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Articlesby David GriffithMay 24, 2015

Kings of the Road

There are many things that an in-car video system can do that body cameras can't do or can't do nearly as well. Primarily, in-car video evidence capture was specifically designed for monitoring the activity in and around a vehicle—whether that vehicle is stopped or moving.

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Newsby Staff WriterMay 21, 2015

North Carolina Agency First in Nation to Wear Panasonic's New Body Cameras

The Fayetteville Police Department hopes to buy 350 body camera units for all of its patrol officers by Dec. 31.

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