Earlier this year, President Barack Obama’s administration unveiled a proposal to commit more than $10 billion for the creation of a nationwide broadband network for public safety officials, thereby enabling businesses to grow more rapidly, teachers to better educate their students, and public safety officials to more easily and efficiently access state-of-the-art, secure, nationwide, and [...]
Chicago was bustling with thousands of law enforcement officials at this year’s 118th International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP) Conference at the McCormick Place Convention Center. Each year, the conference garners over 15,000 attendees and 800 exhibitors who showcase the latest in police vehicles, firearms and technology at the largest exposition designed specifically for law enforcement.
St. James Ambulance District, founded in 1975, provides top-level medical care to the central Missouri cities of St. James, Rosati, Little Prairie Lake and others. Over the years, the ambulance district began to grow and it became clear that it needed a more efficient method for its EMTs and paramedics to track and record everyday [...]
No sight makes a motorist’s heart stop faster than flashing red and blue lights in their rear view mirror. More often than not, these lights are atop Ford’s proud Crown Victoria – for more than a decade the top choice of law enforcement. But, all good things must come to an end. After 30 years, [...]
When scanning the showroom floor of the 35th Annual IACP Law Enforcement Management (LEIM) Training Conference and Exposition in San Diego, CA, there was a clear representation of what is currently top-of-mind for public agencies across the board—a myriad of converging technologies that speak to officer and public safety, enterprise-wide data sharing and the improved [...]
U.S. border security is a regular topic in the news today. From illegal border crossings to drug trafficking, local and state agencies have their hands full as they try to keep the country safe. With the U.S.-Mexico border stretching more than 1,960 miles, the U.S. Border Patrol looks for support from state and local agencies [...]
To meet the demand of police agencies in the U.K., the British subsidiary of General Motors, Vauxhall, now offers fleet customers the option of a built-in Panasonic Toughbook 19 in its Astra model. In this economic climate, spending cuts are widespread, forcing agencies, like police departments to improve efficiency. Without a mobile computer, writing a [...]
As the second-largest municipal law enforcement agency in Oklahoma, with around 750 sworn officers, the Tulsa Police Department protects nearly 400,000 citizens. Daily challenges associated with patrolling such a large population made the department realize that its in-car laptops were not maximizing the officers’ efficiency while on duty.
Motorcycle officers in the Traffic Enforcement Division of the Tucson Police Department used to be cut off from critical information, unable to access the CAD system and dependent on radio transmissions for communication. Now they’re equipped with the Toughbook® U1, an extremely rugged ultra-portable computer that runs a full Windows® OS and features embedded Gobi™ [...]
We are in constant discussions with law enforcement agencies to design products that directly fit their needs. These conversations have shown us that many patrol officers now turn primarily to their laptops to communicate in the field, and are reserving their radio dispatch for emergencies. This trend has been gradually progressing for awhile, but is [...]
