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Motorola Solutions and Verizon Wireless Enter Alliance to Bring LTE Advantages to Public Safety Customers across the U.S.
February 23, 2011Motorola Solutions and Verizon Wireless today announced an alliance to bring all the advantages of an advanced wireless communication solution to public safety customers across the U.S. This first-of-its-kind solution combines a private public safety-controlled broadband network tailored for mission critical operations with the benefits of the most extensive and reliable commercial networks in the country.
Read full articleAPCO International Launches Online Application Program for Project 33 Training Certification
February 23, 2011Daytona Beach, Fla. — The Association of Public-Safety Communications Officials (APCO) International announced today the launch the APCO Project 33 Training Program Certification – 2010 Telecommunicator online application program.
Read full articleOne-Hour Delay, 9-1-1 Procedures Probed in Fatal Crash
February 23, 2011Columbus, Ohio — Columbus police are investigating how 911 operators handled the initial call Sunday morning on a Far West Side crash that killed two teenagers. More than an hour elapsed before officers responded.
Read full articleTop International Companies to Exhibit at APCO Global Congress in Dubai
February 23, 2011Alexandria, Va. — Public safety and security practitioners in the Middle East will experience the latest in public safety communications technology this June. That’s because APCO Global Alliance has assembled an impressive group of international technology companies to exhibit at its new APCO Global Congress in Dubai, UAE.
Read full articleAugusta, Maine, Celebrates Tait P25 Digital System
February 23, 2011The City of Augusta, ME, Police Department and Tait Radio Communications, a global leader in providing radio solutions, have celebrated the successful installation of a radio communications system for public safety users.
Read full articleZetron’s New ‘Acom EVO’ Dispatch System Supports Remote Dispatch and Emerging Technologies
February 23, 2011Zetron has just launched Acom EVO, the new release of its Advanced Communication System. The new release retains the reliability, intuitive operation and flexible configuration for which Acom is known, but adds full IP-console capability that supports remote dispatch operations. It is also designed for use with emerging network technologies.
Read full articleLouisiana Approves Tait on Statewide Network
February 23, 2011Tait Radio Communications, a global leader in providing radio solutions, has completed testing and was awarded certification of its P25 digital portable and mobile radios for operation on the Louisiana Wireless Information Network (LWIN) — the state-wide communications network.
Read full articleAutauga County Sheriff, Prattville PD Share Data Using Spillman
February 23, 2011Prattville, Ala. — The Autauga County Sheriff’s Office is sharing dispatch and records information with the Prattville Police Department using software from Spillman Technologies. The sheriff’s office has been using Spillman software to share jail data with Prattville since 2004.
Read full articleVisionAIR Inc. Partners With M2SYS Technology for an Integrated Biometric Technology Solution
February 23, 2011Atlanta, Ga., & Castle Hayne, N.C. — M2SYS Technology, a biometric technology and research company, and VisionAIR, provider of the integrated Public Safety Suite of software, announced their partnership today. VisionAIR has selected M2SYS’ Hybrid Biometric Platform software and hardware for availability to its jail management clients.
Read full articleMix-Up Probed in Fatal Brooklyn Fire
February 22, 2011Brooklyn, N.Y. — A dispatching error delayed the response of a second engine company to Saturday’s deadly five-alarm fire in Brooklyn, prompting the FDNY to launch an internal probe. Dispatchers sent Engine Co. 248 to the blaze in the six-story apartment building, not realizing the unit was already helping a cop who had accidentally shot himself.
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