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Newsby Staff WriterAugust 24, 2009

ACLU Questions Dayton Police's License-Plate Readers

The Dayton (Ohio) Police Department has begun using license-plate readers to help identify stolen cars, respond to missing children alerts and pick up people with outstanding arrest warrants.

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Newsby Staff WriterAugust 24, 2009

Iowa 911 Call Center First to Accept Text Messages

An emergency call center in the basement of the county jail in Waterloo, Iowa, became the first in the country to accept text messages sent to "911," starting Wednesday.

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Newsby Staff WriterAugust 24, 2009

Chattanooga PD Deploys Getac Computers to Expand Data Access

Thus far, the Chattanooga Police Department has deployed 150 Getac computers and plans to add 150 more. The department plans to add cameras to the Getac laptops and purchase a plate-scan program that can scan for stolen tags and immediately notify officers.

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Newsby Staff WriterAugust 19, 2009

12 Michigan Departments Will Test Portable Fingerprint Scanners

In response, the American Civil Liberties Union of Michigan has said it expects court challenges. A state law bans fingerprinting on arrests where the sentence would be less than 90 days.

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Newsby Staff WriterAugust 19, 2009

APCO Leadership Hosts Town Hall on 700-MHz Broadband

APCO International hosted a town hall meeting on the FCC Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau Notice Seeking Comment on Petitions for Waivers to Deploy 700-MHz Public Safety Broadband Networks during its 75th Annual Conference and Exposition in Las Vegas.

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ProductsAugust 19, 2009

Forensically Sound Windows Bootable Environment

ForensicSoft's System Acquistion Forensics Environment (SAFE) is a new Microsoft Windows PE computer forensic platform designed to support the expanding needs of computer forensic professionals to analyze digital evidence.

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Newsby Staff WriterAugust 13, 2009

Spillman Makes Inc. Magazine's Top 5,000 List

Inc. magazine ranked Salt Lake City-based Spillman Technologies as one of the 5,000 fastest-growing private companies in the nation, marking the third consecutive year that the company has been included in the exclusive list.

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Newsby Staff WriterAugust 13, 2009

Dallas PD Shares Info Via Twitter

The Dallas Police Department has joined departments in Baltimore and Boston in using Twitter and other social media sites to relay information to its residents, DallasNews.com reports.

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ProductsAugust 12, 2009

CryWolf False Alarm Management System

CryWolf is a comprehensive false alarm management system that greatly reduces the time and effort required to process false alarms for jurisdictions of all sizes. CryWolf has helped hundreds of city and county law enforcement agencies reduce the quantity of false alarms.

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ProductsAugust 12, 2009

Mobile IR Camera

Priced under $7,000 for a complete system, the new ATAC 360-degree Advanced Thermal Acquisition Camera from P&R Infrared can detect man-sized objects from more than 1,500 feet away in complete darkness and through smoke, fog, rain, and other adverse atmospheric conditions.

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