law_enforcement_first_responders Rob Wolf tells GSN that NC4 products focus on situational awareness, and the company is at the IACP show to demonstrate its new SAFECOP product for state and local law enforcement. SAFECOP was developed in collaboration with the Tampa, FL police department and is a new crime fighting solution…
IACP Conference 2012: Kevin P. Madden, Solutions Architect for Public Safety, Cisco Sytems
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IACP Conference 2012: Mike Bostic, Director of Customer Advocacy, Security and Transportation Service, Raytheon
law_enforcement_first_responders Mike Bostic of Raytheon points out that he spent 34 years as an Assistant Chief in the LAPD, where he worked about a third of that time in technology and communications. And one thing he learned from his LAPD experience is that everything the military needs, so does public…
IACP Conference, 2012: Stephen Meer, Founder and Chief Technical Officer of Intrado, Inc,
law_enforcement_first_responders Stephen Meer, one of the founders of Intrado, Inc of Denver, Colorado, indicates that his company provides services and products to the 9-1-1 infrastructure, which he says is a very complicated ecosystem with lots of different constituent groups. The 9-1-1 infrastructure is like an iceberg, he says, with a…
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IACP 2012: New Garmin tool could help government search-and-rescue teams
Jacob Goodwin Top Priority Sector: disaster_preparedness_emergency_response Image Caption: Garmin’s newRino 655T device When asked at the IACP show in San Diego what the “latest-and-greatest” product they are offering to government customers, the folks at the Garmin booth were quick to name their Rino 655T. This handheld GPS navigation device looks…
IACP 2012: NC4 and Tampa PD have collaborated on SafeCop info-sharing system
Jacob Goodwin Top Priority Sector: law_enforcement_first_responders Image Caption: Tampa PD’s assist chief,John Bennett, laid thegroundwork for NC4′s SafeCop The Chief of Police for Tampa, FL, Jane Castor, was prepared to praise a new information collection and dissemination system that her department helped conceive — and is currently being offered by…
IACP 2012: C4i prepared to defend the Air Force Academy from wildfires
Jacob Goodwin Top Priority Sector: communications Image Caption: Brad Kay,president of C4i Last June, as wildfires raged through Colorado Springs, and surrounding areas in Colorado — and seemed to pose a threat to the nearby U.S. Air Force Academy — C4i Inc., an interoperable communications supplier based in Reston, VA,…
IACP 2012: Two companies in tire deflation business don’t see eye-to-eye
Jacob Goodwin Top Priority Sector: law_enforcement_first_responders Image Caption: Len Bettendorf,of End-X (right) It might be an over-simplification to call this a “David and Goliath” story, but it comes darn close. Goliath in this tale is a company called StopTech, Ltd., of Harrison, OH, which for many years has made and…
IACP 2012: FAA’s Willis provides quick update on selection of six UAS test sites
Jacob Goodwin Top Priority Sector: law_enforcement_first_responders Image Caption: Randy Willis,of the FAA At an IACP presentation about law enforcement’s use of small unmanned aerial systems (sUAS), Randy Willis, the air traffic control specialist who is spearheading the FAA’s oversight of the expanded use of these aircraft, laid out an approximate…