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Inside the Badge by Tim MeachamAugust 4, 2011

App Review: Police Pad

With Police Pad for Android, officers can fully document calls for service, including typed notes, photographs, and any audio recordings.

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Newsby Staff WriterJune 22, 2011

Fulcrum Biometrics Introduces Fingerprint Scanner for Apple Devices

The FBI-certified silicon fingerprint sensor and accompanying "app" for Apple's iPhone and iPod touch provide a portable, biometric system for mobile identification.

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Inside the Badge by Tim MeachamMay 10, 2011

App Review: Smart Tools

Smart Tools is a paid app for Android smartphones that provides tools for length and angle, distance and height, sound and vibration as well as a compass and metal detector. For less than a cup of cappamochafrappajava, this app provides all the measurement tools you need in the field.

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Articlesby David GriffithMay 3, 2011

Secret Agent: Sur-Tec's VP Covert App

Sur-Tec's VP Covert Audio and GPS software suite is a patented surreptitious listening tool for law enforcement that allows an undercover officer or CI to stream live audio and GPS to one or more computers. The mobile application element of the software runs in the background on the user's smartphone.

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Newsby Staff WriterMay 2, 2011

Dogfighting Game Renamed, Back on Sale

In the letter sent Thursday to Google Chief Executive Officer Larry Page, Los Angeles Police Protective League President Paul M. Weber urged Google "to do the right thing and ban this game permanently."

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Sickening "Dog Wars" Game Muzzled

When the media started calling for the LAPPL's comment on a new Android video game app, we took one look at the content and decided to take the gloves off. The game in question was the sickening "Dog Wars," which lets players raise and train their virtual dogs to fight.

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Inside the Badge by Tim MeachamApril 27, 2011

App Review: Droid Law

DroidLaw 2.0, which was released in March to the Android Market, is very useful for field officers because it allows officers to search sections of state criminal (penal) codes on their mobile devices. This saves valuable time, so officers don't have to pull out the "old code book" and search for the right law or keyword.

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Inside the Badge by Mike YakoubaApril 13, 2011

App Review: Spanish for Police

Exact Magic Software's Spanish for Police provides Spanish commands and questions organized in basic law enforcement categories such as Officer Safety, Arrests; Searching Suspects; Miranda Warning; DUI/HGN and others.

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Newsby Staff WriterApril 8, 2011

CryWolf's Smartphone App Assists Officers In Alarm Response

When responding to alarm calls, law enforcement personnel need quick access to alarm system and occupant information. Instead of contacting dispatch or the alarm companies for the information, officers can access the CryWolf alarm management database directly from their smartphone.

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Inside the Badge by Mike YakoubaMarch 30, 2011

App Review: Police Partner

Police Partner by Clickz Designs takes away the need for clunky police notebooks and allows you to write all of your notes right there on your iPhone for review later.

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