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Articlesby Bob DavisSeptember 1, 2005

Dotworkz Systems' IP Video Surveillance

Minutes after the recent Underground bombings in London, British police and Scotland Yard investigators were working tirelessly, viewing and analyzing digital surveillance imagery from the numerous cameras active throughout London. Within hours, they released images of the suspected bombers to media outlets around the world. Information came pouring in from the public and arrests quickly followed.

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Newsby Staff WriterAugust 25, 2005

Maryland Awards Funds to Enforce School Bus Safety

As the school year gets underway, more than 60 Maryland law enforcement agencies and state police barracks are being awarded a total of $515,000 in grants to be used to enforce traffic laws related to school bus safety.

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Newsby Staff WriterAugust 19, 2005

Scotland Yard Top Cop Joins PERF Board

Sir Ian Blair, commissioner of London’s Metropolitan Police Service, has been appointed to the Board of Directors of the Washington, D.C.-based Police Executive Research Forum (PERF).

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Newsby Staff WriterAugust 12, 2005

Housing Prices Too Steep for Most Cops

Home ownership is out of reach for many public safety officers and other low- to moderate- income workers because salaries aren’t keeping up with real estate prices, according to a recent study.

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ProductsAugust 1, 2005

SmartDraw Legal Solution

Known for its diagramming software, SmartDraw has a new offering that provides more tools for computer diagrams of various law enforcement applications that can easily be presented in court. You can drag ready-made graphics and about 60,000 symbols from built-in libraries and drop them onto one of hundreds of templates.

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ProductsAugust 1, 2005

Info-Cop Voice-Activated Software

The new version of Info-Cop allows police officers to use voice commands to control in-vehicle devices such as sirens, scanners, GPS units, and lights. With Speech User Interface technology officers can also gain immediate access to motor vehicle and warrant information in local, state, and federal crime databases just by speaking commands to an in-car laptop.

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ProductsAugust 1, 2005

Signalscape StarWitness Freeze Frame

Signalscape’s Star Witness Freeze Frame is a video enhancement product. It is a user-friendly video forensics workstation specifically designed for law enforcement and security officers, enabling them to better decipher video evidence to solve cases. The StarWitness is available for demonstration via an online download.

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ProductsAugust 1, 2005

Xplore Technologies ix104 Rugged Tablet PC

The ix104 line of PCs from Xplore Technologies was designed to withstand intense environmental conditions and physical stress. Features include optical enhancement technology so the screen can be viewed in any light and versatile mount kits for docking stations.

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Articlesby Melanie BasichAugust 1, 2005

Heat Seekers: Thermal Imaging

The technology known as thermal imaging senses heat using infrared—a part of the light spectrum the unaided human eye cannot see—and displays it on a screen as images in varying shades of gray.

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Newsby Staff WriterJuly 28, 2005

Senators Criticize FBI for Failure to Improve Anti-Terror Intelligence Since 9/11

Senators at a Judiciary Committee meeting raked FBI Director Robert Mueller over the coals yesterday for what it sees as an inability to effectively implement intelligence changes deemed necessary after 9/11, which occurred nearly four years ago.

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