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DC Public Safety Summit, Wednesday May 10th, 9am

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

DCCF has also alerted us to a "public safety summit" tomorrow, convened by Mayor Bowser, and bringing a lot of public officials to the table, with citizens invited. DCCF has a post, " Questions for Mayor Bowser's Public Safety Summit ," providing lots of questions to be asked of the public officials.

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Continued innovation in CJIS compliance in both AWS GovCloud (US) and AWS US Commercial Regions

AWS Public Sector Blog

Justice and public safety agencies and their solution providers are building highly available, resilient, and secure applications on Amazon Web Services (AWS) at a rapid pace. When AWS launched these CJIS Security compliance innovations in early 2019, we did so with reference to our AWS GovCloud (US) Regions.

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Why the creation of smart cities requires real-time data processing

Open Access Government - Technology News

of the population lived in an urban area in 2019, which is increasing all the time. Public safety and security: The overriding aim of a smart city is to provide citizens with improved living conditions. In England alone, 82.9% The overriding aim of a smart city is to provide citizens with improved living conditions.

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How the Norton Police Department saves time and money with AWS Public Sector Partner SOMA Global

AWS Public Sector Blog

To revive them, NPD made the decision to go live on the SOMA public safety platform—six months ahead of the scheduled cutover date. Prior to 2019, NPD’s on-premises system was failing the agency in workflows and other important day-to-day agency tasks. Lifesaving services were down.

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Highlights from the 2024 AWS Public Sector Symposium Canberra

AWS Public Sector Blog

As an example, Rouse pointed to how the Local Government of Association of Queensland and Carpentaria Shire Council are leveraging AI for flood detection and monitoring of roads and public safety in the remote Australian Outback. He transitioned from those findings to highlight a renewable energy milestone.

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Forrester study commissioned by AWS estimates an ROI of 33% from data integration

AWS Public Sector Blog

A single community went from 28 fatal overdoses in January through March of 2019 to zero in April and May as a result of the coordinated actions of law enforcement, public safety, health services, and community leaders. In Virginia, data integration helped battle opioid addiction.

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What's Happening with the Fire Service?

Eric Holdeman's Disaster Zone Podcast

Adam also served as Director of the Philadelphia Office of Emergency Management from 2019-2022. From 2014-2016, he was a Deputy Secretary of Public Safety and Homeland Security for the Commonwealth of Virginia. Adam also served as Director of the Philadelphia Office of Emergency Management from 2019-2022.