Tag: Communications: Page 26

Technology

All Keyed Up

The advent of portable police radios severed the umbilical cord that tied a cop to his or her car. Portable police radios have since assisted officers with timely broadcasts of suspect information, expedited requests for fire and rescue, and saved lives.

April 30, 2004

Technology

E Team Crisis Management

This secure communications and incident management tool is fully scaleable with a user-friendly Windows interface.

December 31, 2003

Vehicle Ops

Calling All Cars

The new system will eventually allow officers out in the field to immediately view color images, such as mug shots and fingerprints. They will also be able to work on their laptop computers outside of their cars and then connect them back into the cars as needed.

October 31, 2003

Patrol

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August 31, 2003

Technology

Maximum Blitz: Super Bowl Security

Post-9/11 America is a tense place to plan for huge gatherings of football fans in crowded urban areas

March 31, 2003

Technology

Untapped Resources

It was once believed that the Internet would run every print publication in America out of business some time in the first year of the then expected Gore presidency. But a funny thing happened on the way to print's inevitable extinction. The dinosaurs didn't lay down and decay into crude oil.

December 31, 2002

Technology

IACP 2002: Best of Show

Large trade shows can be overwhelming for everyone involved. They are a blur of seminars, awards banquets, industry schmooze sessions, and aisle after aisle of exhibits and demonstrations.

November 30, 2002

Technology

Emergency Call-Takers Hired Using CritiCall Software

The Spotsylvania County Communication Center in Virginia needed to hire four emergency call-takers immediately to handle the volume of calls while handling the DC sniper case. Criticall 3.0 helped them hire the right employees for the job.

October 30, 2002

Technology

Wireless Communication

Every day there seems to be a new invention or upgrade in the area of wireless communications for law enforcement.

March 31, 2002

Patrol

Car 54 Where Are You...?

Communications may be the backbone of law enforcement, yet it can also be its most technologically confusing, politically charged and seemingly insoluble problem in the adrenaline-fueled chaos of a multi-jurisdictional or mutual-aid situation.

September 30, 2001

Technology

Cell Phone Sense

"Cell phones allow us to go beyond the capabilities of the radio and allow us to communicate with each other and the public. When a cell phone is assigned to an officer, they have voice mail, messaging and Internet access. It frees them up from being in the office."

September 30, 2001

Weapons

Communicate, Move, Shoot

These three skills can offer simple solutions to often complicated problems in the field.

June 30, 2001