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News•by Staff Writer•November 12, 2018

New Jersey City's Voters Approve Gunfire Detection System ShotSpotter

The unofficial vote showed 1,566, or more than 70 percent, of residents voted yes on a ballot question for the city to spend $195,000 per year for the next three years to purchase the ShotSpotter system.

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News•by Staff Writer•November 9, 2018

Law Enforcement Embracing Computer Voice Stress Analyzer Technology

Innocent people are being exonerated in record numbers as new technologies such as DNA become more sophisticated and the Computer Voice Stress Analyzer (CVSA) is increasingly being used for truth verification instead of the old polygraph, says NITV Federal Services.

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Panasonic's updated Toughbook 31 features a new processing system. Photo: Panasonic
News•by Staff Writer•November 7, 2018

Panasonic Announces Updated Toughbook 31

Panasonic announced the U.S. launch of its newly upgraded Toughbook 31 laptop computer. Specifically designed for the mobile workforce, the Toughbook 31 offers improved safety and functionality to optimize productivity for workers in challenging and extreme environments.

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Articles•by David Griffith•November 1, 2018

Apple's Double Standard

No American company should be allowed to foil the lawful work of American police in the name of privacy.

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News•by Staff Writer•October 31, 2018

Telit LM960 mPCIe LTE Module Joins the FirstNet Lineup

Telit, a global enabler of the Internet of Things (IoT), has announced that its LM960 PCI Express Mini Card (mPCIe) is the industry's first Gigabit LTE module to go through FirstNet review for use by the ecosystem.

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News•by Staff Writer•October 26, 2018

Microsoft Sees Increase in Requests for Information from Police

Microsoft has seen a 25% increase in requests from US law enforcement for data on the company's individual users and enterprise customers.

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News•by Staff Writer•October 26, 2018

More Than 3,600 Public Safety Agencies Subscribed to FirstNet

More than 3,600 public safety agencies across the country have now joined FirstNet. That's a nearly 50% increase in the number of agencies subscribing to the nationwide public safety communications platform in less than 2 months, says AT&T.

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News•by Staff Writer•October 25, 2018

Verizon Wireless Services Up and Running in Florida Panhandle

Services for Verizon's customers and first responders in the Florida Panhandle are back up and running now, providing wireless coverage essentially everywhere it was before Hurricane Michael hit.

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News•by Staff Writer•October 24, 2018

Some Agencies Fitting K-9s with Cameras

It's so the officers can better assess what they are up against before they go into a situation. "If we have a really close encounter with armed people it doesn't work out well for anyone," said Shawn Gore, Portland, Oregon, police K-9 officer. "If we can gain distance it gives us lots of options to negotiate and de-escalate."

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News•by Staff Writer•October 24, 2018

Apple Reportedly Defeats GrayKey Police Investigative Tool for iPhones

Police officer Captain John Sherwin of the Rochester Police Department in Minnesota said of the claim iOS 12 was preventing GrayKey from unlocking iPhones: “That’s a fairly accurate assessment as to what we have experienced."

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