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Texas’ Harris County Takes Crime Fighting to Next Level with Expanded Public Safety LTE Communications System
April 25, 2012Motorola Solutions, Inc. has been awarded a $4 million contract to expand the Harris County, Texas Public Safety LTE wide area broadband network.
Read full articleTeleCommunication Systems Selected by Public Broadcasting Service for Key Commercial Mobile Alert System Technology
April 25, 2012 TeleCommunication Systems, Inc. and PBS recently announced that PBS has chosen the TCS CMAS gateway product to enable Commercial Mobile Alert System communications through PBS broadcast technology.
Read full articlePaul Miller Joins Genesis as Project Manager
April 25, 2012The Genesis Group proudly announces that Paul Miller has joined the company as Project Manager.
Read full articleZetron Provides Acom P25 System to U.S. Dept. of Commerce NTIA Institute for Telecommunication Sciences
April 25, 2012As part of its commitment to open standards, Zetron is supplying its Acom EVO P25 console system to the Institute for Telecommunication Sciences (ITS) at Boulder, Colorado. Personnel at ITS will use the system to learn and understand how a console system operates within a P25 network. They will also use it to develop P25-complicance assessment tests. The Acom system will remain at the site through Jan. 30, 2013.
Read full articleSpillman Software to Help Plainsboro PD Boost Efficiency, Improve Officer Safety
April 25, 2012The Plainsboro Police Department will use new software from Spillman Technologies to target resources and improve officers’ mobile access to critical information.
Read full articleTruePosition and Ovum Report on New Research about Locating Wireless 9-1-1 Calls Indoors
April 25, 2012TruePosition and industry analyst firm Ovum recently announced a new white paper that details the importance of locating indoor 9-1-1 phone calls, which are made from cell phones.
Read full article14 People Receive 2012 APCO International Public Safety Leadership Awards
April 25, 2012APCO International has announced the recipients of the 2012 Public Safety Leadership in Policy Awards who will be honored at APCO’s 8th Annual Leadership in Policy Awards Dinner in Washington, DC on May 15, 2012.
Read full articleCPRA Holds Awards Dinner During 2012 National Public Safety Telecommunications Week
April 24, 2012On April 12, the California Public Safety Radio Association (CPRA) held its annual Telecommunicator Awards banquet.
Read full articleDenise Amber Lee Foundation Inspires Unanimous Vote at New Hampshire 9-1-1 Conference
April 24, 2012The annual state conference of the New Hampshire Emergency Dispatchers Association (NHEDA), voted unanimously to adopt a uniform standard of training for all state 9-1-1 call takers and dispatchers.
Read full articleOPINION: Torres’ 9-1-1 Bill Will Not Balance Privacy and Transparency
April 23, 2012Do you realize that if you call 9-1-1 and reveal to a dispatcher some private medical information about yourself that you could hear it replayed tomorrow on the news?
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