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Newsby Staff WriterAugust 29, 2012

Colorado Agency Deploys Citizen Alert Phone App

Citizens can download the free app on their Apple or Android smartphones to be alerted to natural disasters, dangerous weather, missing persons, traffic situations, and local crimes in progress. The app is not available on Blackberry or Windows phones yet but plans are underway for a release in the near future.

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Newsby Staff WriterAugust 27, 2012

Blogger Creates Facebook Page Praising Cop Killers

A Facebook page celebrating two accused killers of a Philadelphia Police officer has been taken down, and the U.S. Secret Service has launched an investigation into its founder who also created a "Kill Mitt Romney" page.

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Newsby Staff WriterAugust 24, 2012

Avtec Demonstrates Dispatch Communication Software at APCO Trade Show

Avtec Inc. demonstrated its latest software release, Scout 2.4, at the 2012 Association of Public Safety Communications Officials (APCO) conference in Minneapolis, Minn., this week.

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Newsby Staff WriterAugust 24, 2012

Carlson Introduces High-Gain Omnidirectional Antenna

Carlson has introduced a high-gain omnidirectional base-station antenna that's specifically designed to meet the demands of TV white space (TVWS)—the areas of unused spectrum in the TV bands located between 470 MHz and 698 MHz in the UHF range.

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Newsby Staff WriterAugust 24, 2012

DHS Rolls Out Multi-Band Radio Technology To Responders

The Department of Homeland Security's Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) has completed the Multi-Band Radio (MBR) pilot project with the transition of more than 100 radios with the newest multi-band technologies.

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Newsby Staff WriterAugust 24, 2012

NYPD Sought Cellphones for Video of Times Square Shooting

Dozens of bystanders grabbed their cellphones and hit the record button as a knife-wielding man skipped backward through Times Square on Aug. 11. Some witnesses, holding their cellphones above their heads to capture the action, ran alongside police officers as they pursued the man down Seventh Avenue with guns drawn.

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Newsby Staff WriterAugust 23, 2012

Gun Group Sues Honolulu Police Over Facebook Posts

A gun-advocacy group has filed a federal lawsuit against the Honolulu Police Department, claiming officers infringed their First Amendment rights by deleting posts from the department's Facebook page.

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ProductsAugust 23, 2012

Clip-On Thermal Imager (COTI)

The Optics 1 Clip-On Thermal Imager (COTI) is a miniaturized infrared thermal device that has the ability to convert almost any ordinary night vision device (PVS-14/7/BNVD) into a FUSION-type system.

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ProductsAugust 23, 2012

Forensic Light Source Kits

Available with either a UV spot beam or UV diffused beam, Spectronics Corp's Maxima MFK-3500 Series Forensic Light Source Kits utilize the latest Micro Discharge Light (MDL) technology to produce an ultra-powerful forensic inspection lamp.

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Newsby Staff WriterAugust 21, 2012

PoliceMag Launches Optimized Site for Smartphones

Patrol officers in the field can now view all the content on PoliceMag.com on a Website optimized for smartphones starting today. The mobile site presents PoliceMag.com content in a clean, easy-to-use format.

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