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News•by Staff Writer•July 8, 2009

PDSI Announces New TeleStaff Clients

PDSI, a leader in public safety employee scheduling and communication solutions, has announced new TeleStaff clients for the second quarter of 2009.

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News•by Staff Writer•July 2, 2009

Walnut Creek PD Buys Generation IV Talon EOD/CBRNE Robot

QinetiQ North America’s Technology Solutions Group has announced that the Walnut Creek (Calif.) Police Department has purchased and taken delivery of a new Generation IV Talon EOD/CBRNE robot. Walnut Creek’s Talon is specially equipped for scenarios frequently encountered by police Bomb Squads as well as being able to respond to scenes that may involve other types of hazardous material or devices.

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News•by Staff Writer•July 2, 2009

Twin Cities Cops Add Cell Phone Alerts to Arsenal

Today, Minneapolis and St. Paul officially start Nixle, a service that provides information over cell phones by text message, e-mail and on the Web. More than 1,000 law enforcement agencies now use Nixle, including Los Angeles, Chicago and Baltimore. Unlike services such as Facebook, MySpace and Twitter, Nixle doesn't allow unauthenticated information to be communicated.

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News•by Staff Writer•July 1, 2009

XS Sight Systems' Introduces CSAT Combat Sight for AR-15s

The XS CSAT Combat Sight eliminates the guesswork shooters face when trying to accurately engage targets in close quarters with the aperture sight commonly used on AR style rifles.

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News•by Staff Writer•June 26, 2009

New Mexico Chief Wants Text Tips

The interim chief of the Carlsbad (N.M.) Police Department has introduced a program allowing tipsters to submit anonymous text messages via cell phones to law enforcement agencies.

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News•by Staff Writer•June 22, 2009

Police Nab Twins Snapped on Google

Dutch police have arrested twin brothers on suspicion of robbery after their alleged victim spotted a picture of them following him on Google's Street View map application, a spokesman said Friday.

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News•by Staff Writer•June 9, 2009

Motorola Wireless Video Surveillance Helps LAPD Reduce Crime

"Technology is an important way a small police department with a big job, like LAPD, has any chance of providing public safety," says Deputy Chief Charlie Beck. "Motorola's mesh network was the technology we wanted to use and they stepped up to the plate in a big way."

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News•by Staff Writer•June 8, 2009

Streamlight Honors COPS On Its 25th Anniversary

Streamlight, a leading manufacturer of lighting tools for police, recently honored Concerns of Police Survivors (COPS) as it celebrated its 25th anniversary. The company increased its 2009 contribution to COPS by serving as the platinum sponsor of the organization’s gala dinner held May 14 at the Grand Hyatt Washington Hotel in Washington, D.C., and through added financial support of key COPS programs aimed at survivors of fallen officers.

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News•by Staff Writer•June 8, 2009

More Than 100 Agencies Purchase Spillman Software

Twenty-nine agencies purchased Spillman software for the first time, and 88 expanded their existing Spillman systems during the fourth quarter of 2008 and the first quarter of 2009.

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News•by Staff Writer•June 5, 2009

Protective Products International Receives Approval from NIJ for Standard-0101.06 Body Armor

Protective Products International (PPI), a wholly owned subsidiary of Protective Products of America Inc. and a manufacturer and distributor of advanced ballistic protective products is one of the first companies to receive compliance status approval for one of its ballistic vests under the the National Institute of Justice (NIJ) Standard-0101.06

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