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News•by Staff Writer•July 27, 2011

Website with Video of Maine Police Shooting Shuts Down

The web site Portlandpolicebrutality.com has been taken down. The site had included a video of the April shooting of Jonathan Mitchell, who was struck by two rounds from officers Robert Miller and David Schertz.

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News•by Staff Writer•July 26, 2011

Border Patrol Agent Killed for Night Vision Gear

U.S. Border Patrol Agent Robert Rosas was ambushed and killed by five smugglers seeking to steal his night-vision goggles, according to a second suspect who has provided details of the crime in a plea agreement.

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News•by Staff Writer•July 22, 2011

Cassidian Launches Communications Portal for Public Safety

Cassidian Communications has announced the deployment of its Self-Registration Portal (SRP) by numerous U.S. public safety operations utilizing The Communicator! NXT, GeoCast Web and REVERSE 911 notification solutions.

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News•by Staff Writer•July 20, 2011

Pelican Introduces 1075 HardBack Case for Netbooks and Tablets

The Pelican 1075 fits into most bags and will protect just about any electronic device as wide as 10 inches from the rigors of travel. The case achieves this with a high-impact, heat and chemically resistant composite shell.

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News•by Staff Writer•July 19, 2011

Arizona Sheriff Equips Deputies with Biometric Readers

In the fall, Pinal County (Ariz.) Sheriff's deputies will be outfitted with hand-held devices that enable deputies to scan a subject's face and iris to find potential matches with people in criminal databases.

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News•by Staff Writer•July 18, 2011

California's Criminal Database Poorly Maintained

California's criminal records system is so poorly maintained that it routinely fails to alert officials to stop child abusers from working at schools and violent felons from buying guns.

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News•by Staff Writer•July 18, 2011

C4i Updates SwitchPlusIP Communications System

C4i's ninth update of SwitchPlusIP introduces the P25 interface for Command Center LT and Mobile-Dismount platforms. The new interface allows mobile users to access multiple P25 radio networks without connectivity to a base station such as radio-to-radio or console-to-radio communication.

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Articles•by Bryn Bailer•July 18, 2011

Improving Communications After the Tucson Shootings

The Jan. 8 shootings in Tucson may have drawn interest toward law enforcement in Arizona's second-largest city, but another incident that highlighted the need to improve public safety communications for agencies across the entire nation occurred much earlier: on 9/11.

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News•by Staff Writer•July 15, 2011

Calif. City Considers Fines to Combat False Alarms

To offset the cost of police response to false alarms, the Bakersfield (Calif.) Police Department has proposed an ordinance that would implement escalating fees for false alarm response. In 2010, 97 percent of the Bakersfield PD's 17,725 alarm calls in were false. Police responded to 10,115 calls, which cost the department more than $1 million.

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Articles•by Rodney Bosch•July 15, 2011

Wireless Surveillance: A Force Multiplier

The Pensacola (Fla.) Police Department's point-to-point wireless network replaced a limited wireless public video surveillance system. The system surmounted topography hurdles to ensure a clear line of sight for multiple cameras back to a single collection point.

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