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Newsby Staff WriterMarch 25, 2011

Thales Multiband Radio Gets Safety Certification

Thales' Liberty Multiband Land Mobile Radio (LMR) has been certified as Intrinsic Safe equipment, meaning it can be operated in an explosive environment and will not trigger ignition in the presence of flammable or combustible material, the company announced.

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Newsby Staff WriterMarch 25, 2011

BlackBerry DUI Checkpoint App Pulled

Research In Motion, the maker of BlackBerry smartphones, has agreed to pull downloadable applications that help users evade sobriety checkpoints and drunk driving citations.

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Newsby Staff WriterMarch 24, 2011

South Carolina Agencies Launch UAV Surveillance Program

The agencies plan to use the craft to assist patrol officers during foot pursuits across jurisdictional boundaries. The small helicopters include cameras, and a weapon can be mounted if needed.

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Newsby Staff WriterMarch 22, 2011

C4i Awarded $2.7 Million In Public Safety Contracts

C4i Inc., recently announced wins of over $2.7 million in contracts for the supply of its Public Safety application in Vietnam, California, and Illinois, USA along with additions to other pre-existing Australian contracts.

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Newsby Staff WriterMarch 21, 2011

Illinois Agency Upgrades to Rugged Laptops

Rugged Notebooks' Eagle provides ease-of-use and ruggedness, according to the company. And because of the cost efficiency of this laptop, Oakwood Hills PD was able to outfit four vehicles instead of two.

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Newsby Staff WriterMarch 18, 2011

Motorola To Build 700 MHz Public Safety Network In Houston

In a filing with the FCC, Motorola didn't mention LTE yet noted that Harris County selected Motorola "as its equipment vendor for technology that will be used in the Harris County layer of the intended public-safety broadband statewide network."

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Newsby Staff WriterMarch 16, 2011

Chicago Allows Citizens To Text Photos, Video To 911

The images are sent to the Chicago Police Department's crime-prevention information center, which reviews them to see whether they should be distributed to first responders or detectives investigating the incident.

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Newsby Staff WriterMarch 15, 2011

Tait Radio Solution Deployed During New Zealand Earthquake

Tait Radio Communications shared lessons learned by first responders during the 6.3-magnitude earthquake that hit Christchurch, New Zealand, on Feb. 25.

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Articlesby Tim DeesMarch 15, 2011

Seeing in the Dark: Night Vision

Night vision gear is still a lot more expensive than a flashlight, even though prices are falling and the gear is more portable and better-performing than ever before.

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Newsby Staff WriterMarch 10, 2011

Digital Ally FirstVu Officer-Worn Video System Enhanced

The Digital Ally FirstVu compact digital video/audio recorder and photographic camera now features an even stronger and lighter design as well as a new wider angle lens. The new design reduces the weight of the unit by 17 percent and the new lens captures an impressive 133-degree field of view to help remove the need to aim the camera.

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