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News•by Staff Writer•October 26, 2011

Nationwide Multi-Band Radio Tests Completed by DHS

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security is completing tests that would pave the way for first responders to use multi-band radios to communicate on various frequencies, the agency has announced.

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News•by Staff Writer•October 26, 2011

Digital Ally Introduces LIDARCam for Speed Enforcement

The LIDARCam is an economical option for recording exactly what an officer saw through the head-up display, while simultaneously providing a high-end Canon digital camera that's easily accessible for another use.

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News•by Staff Writer•October 25, 2011

Occupy Wall Street Protesters Get 'Getting Arrested' App

A free smartphone app called "I'm Getting Arrested" allows Wall Street protesters to send out a broadcast message to friends when they're getting arrested by an officer.

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Photo Galleries•by Staff Writer•October 24, 2011

In-Car Video: 2011

In-car video systems now available to law enforcement agencies offer screens embedded in rear-view mirrors, solid-state hard drives, improved viewing angles, wireless file transfer, and other features. View these seven systems available from Digital Ally, Federal Signal, Kustom Signals, L-3 Mobile-Vision, Panasonic, Patrol Witness, and WatchGuard.

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Articles•by David Griffith•October 24, 2011

Mobile Computers: Central Processing Units

The public safety mobile data customer now needs fast and rugged. That's because of tools like automatic license plate readers (ALPR) and high-end computer-aided dispatch (CAD) systems. That software requires state-of-the-art processing power. Fortunately, there are now plenty of computer makers willing and able to supply high-powered mobile computers for law enforcement.

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Articles•by Dean Scoville•October 17, 2011

Social Media: Online Investigation

Online social networks are already proving themselves invaluable assets to law enforcement. Websites such as Facebook and MySpace provide suspect leads; communities are alerted to missing children and area threats through law enforcement-generated Twitter feeds and e-mail.

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News•by Staff Writer•October 14, 2011

C4i Performs Military Grade Testing on Dispatch System

C4i goes to great heights to test durability of its Radio Interface Unit (RIU), not only for military, but for an array of other fields as well-including public safety, government, transportation, and utilities, according to the company.

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News•by Staff Writer•October 13, 2011

Va. Department Affected by Blackberry Outage

Richmond (Va.) Police officers lost the ability to communicate or browse the Internet Thursday, after Blackberry smart-phone users lost service on five continents.

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News•by Staff Writer•October 13, 2011

Charlotte Selects Alcatel-Lucent for Public Safety Broadband Network

Charlotte, N.C., has contracted Alcatel-Lucent to develop and build a Long Term Evolution (LTE) public safety network in the 700 MHz frequency spectrum that has been dedicated for public-safety use. Alcatel-Lucent will provide an end-to-end LTE solution.

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News•by Staff Writer•October 12, 2011

Carlson and Neul To Produce White-Space Broadband System

The Neul/Carlson system will give broadband users access to more than 200MHz of high quality white-space radio spectrum. Volume shipments of the new system are planned before the end of the year, with samples and development equipment available before then.

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