State Tech Magazine

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

State CIO Jim Weaver told StateTech at NASCIO 2024 that as many as 17 public safety answering points were damaged or inaccessible. After Hurricane Helene struck North Carolina, 1.5 million people were without power. Normally, this would hinder access to emergency services for the communities served by those PSAPs.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

Colonel Lamar Davis of the Louisiana State Police (LSP), recently summed up the law enforcement landscape, saying, “When you look at crime today, it’s not just a public safety or law enforcement problem—it’s a social problem.” We need to empower these agencies to be able to fulfill their missions of serving the public,” said Polega.

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American City & Country

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

Ensuring public safety at large-scale events, whether concerts, sports games, or community gatherings, comes with unique challenges. From acquiring security staff and surveillance technology to event-specific safety gear, having a well-coordinated procurement plan is essential for effective crowd and event management.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

MAY 24, 2024

For public safety agencies, secure collaboration and situational awareness are essential to preparedness and response. Cross-agency collaboration In multi-jurisdictional emergencies, effective collaboration between agencies is critical to operational and public safety.

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Careers in Government

DECEMBER 8, 2023

Public safety positions with government organizations like the fire service and police department are usually growth-oriented. The post What You Need to Know Before Pursuing a Career in Public Safety appeared first on Careers in Government.

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State Tech Magazine

SEPTEMBER 24, 2022

As agencies advance their use of IT in various ways, they’re finding that the data they produce and collect can be used to further improve public safety. The potential value of data to improve public safety is…

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State Tech Magazine

AUGUST 1, 2022

Video surveillance is a critical tool that can help law enforcement protect the public. However, as first responders rely on video to scan an emergency, occlusions, or obstructions, may block their view.

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State Tech Magazine

JANUARY 24, 2023

Recently, a bomb threat in rural Stephenson County, Ill., 120 miles northwest of Chicago, tested the reach of the state’s STARCOM21 two-way radio network. Starcom21 is a statewide network for government users run by Motorola. Stephenson County has many widely dispersed factories and other facilities where wireless communication can be a challenge.

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State Tech Magazine

JANUARY 21, 2025

The future of public safety hinges on the performance, efficiency and sustainability of surveillance systems and interagency threat intelligence. The interoperability of these systems, and the subsequent collaboration they enable, can help public agencies attain safer, more resilient communities in several important ways.

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NLC (National League of Cities)

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

This includes significant repercussions for local public safety programs. Failure to pass a funding agreement before the deadline could lead to a federal government shutdown on October 1, 2023, which would have wide ranging consequences for American communities. When a shutdown occurs, many federal agencies and […] Source

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AWS Public Sector Blog

MARCH 10, 2023

Initially Wi-Fiber’s deployments focused on public safety solutions, such as license plate recognition (LPR). In 2020, Canton’s chief of police, Jack Angelo, wanted to extend public safety monitoring city-wide, saying “Eventually our goal is to have most all of the city covered,” by using Wi-Fiber’s extensive broadband mesh network.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

JUNE 7, 2023

Courts and other justice and public safety organizations are targeted by a rising number of cyber events , as the digitization of paper workloads increases the amount of sensitive data requiring secure storage. Discover how AWS helps reimagine and build digitally enabled justice and public safety services.

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State Tech Magazine

OCTOBER 27, 2022

This growth underscores the increasingly important role printer mobility and portability are playing across industries, including public services. Mobile printers — paired with flexible, simultaneous Bluetooth and Wi-Fi connectivity — are frequently used in local government, particularly in public safety, law enforcement and voting.

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State Tech Magazine

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

Some of the latest advancements in AI include safeguarding food and water, enhancing public safety, detecting climate change,… AI is a multifaceted technology, impacting nearly every major sector people interact with.

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State Tech Magazine

AUGUST 9, 2022

This is especially true for state and local governments, law enforcement and public safety professionals. million to help counties upgrade the wireless technology that first responders and public safety officials use to communicate. New York Gov. Kathy Hochul recently announced the release of $62.5

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State Tech Magazine

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

According to a recent Deltek GovWin report on state and local procurement, the SLED procurement market showed stability, though the top four industries — transportation, public safety, architecture and engineering, and professional business services — saw significant growth, by 2 to 9 percent year over year from the third quarter of 2022 to the third (..)

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AWS Public Sector Blog

SEPTEMBER 2, 2022

Public safety agencies must understand and address the specific needs of their constituents among a diverse group of communities. How data can help public safety agencies support civilians’ needs. Reach out to the AWS Public Sector Team for more. Read on for key takeaways from the webinar and watch on-demand here.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

Natural disasters can also damage the critical infrastructure that powers emergency services—prompting public sector organizations to consider building more resilient infrastructure. Learn more about how AWS helps justice and public safety agencies modernize and innovate for their constituents at the Justice & Public Safety main page.

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State Tech Magazine

DECEMBER 6, 2022

As more municipalities experiment with smart city technology, quite a few are making initial investments in these busy zones where the Internet of Things can assist with public safety. In the county of Arlington, Va.,

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State Tech Magazine

JULY 3, 2023

Automated license plate readers, which are high-speed camera systems typically mounted on poles or streetlights, have become a valuable tool in law enforcement to track and identify vehicles, particularly those involved in criminal activity. Today, ALPRs have many other use cases beyond law enforcement.

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NLC (National League of Cities)

JUNE 18, 2024

Data-Informed Community Engagement (DICE) pairs crime data and analytics with community-driven risk narratives, empowering cities to coordinate public safety […] Source To connect with NLC’s Justice Initiatives Team and other cities working to address violence in their communities, email us at justiceinitiatives@nlc.org.

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GCN

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

Drone networks that allow seamless communication among devices, first responders and dispatch centers enhance public safety operations.

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GCN

MAY 12, 2023

The next-generation cellular network is poised to massively upgrade situational awareness for public safety agencies, experts say.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

JULY 26, 2022

Carbyne , an Amazon Web Services (AWS) justice and public safety customer and partner, provides 911 call handling systems, offering a cloud-native software as a service (SaaS) platform with two main product offerings for public safety clients: Carbyne Universe and Carbyne APEX. How the City of Fort St.

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State Tech Magazine

MAY 22, 2023

This growth fuels current public safety and public health trends and lays the groundwork for remarkable new… The number of intelligent devices available for placement around municipalities by local governments only continues to grow. These devices can do a lot without a centralized server, increasing computing power on the spot.

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GAO (US Government Accountability Office)

AUGUST 29, 2023

Cybercrimes in the United States have resulted in hundreds of billions of dollars in losses, and threaten public safety and economic security. The victims are widespread and include individuals, schools, businesses, utilities, and governments.

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GCN

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

Better use of data can help the business community work with the city to reduce crime, according to the Greater Baltimore Community’s new public safety data officer.

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American City & Country

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

Highlighting the positive impact on public safety, reduced crime rates and enhanced officer retention can make a compelling case for investment. For example, real-time crime centers enable first responders and law enforcement officers to approach scenes with more information, ultimately enhancing their safety.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

FEBRUARY 12, 2025

Justice and public safety (JPS) agencies often need to manage access to sensitive case files, evidence, and emergency response systems. And, case workers should be able to access only the cases assigned to them, so they can view and update the care information. Verified Permissions enables such fine-grained access control.

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State Tech Magazine

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

Public safety agencies would benefit enormously from a digital audit. In so doing, public safety agencies should analyze how to capitalize on their existing application footprint. One goal of such an audit would be to determine which analog (or manual) processes could benefit from digitalization.

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NLC (National League of Cities)

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

Some municipalities struggle to retain municipal public safety employees and others struggle to secure qualified applicants to fill empty positions. The number of available jobs in municipal government is growing and yet local governments continue to have difficulty filling these positions.

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GCN

MAY 8, 2023

Technology originally developed for athletes can help public safety agencies to track first responders’ performance during training to sharpen real-life mission efficiency.

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NLC (National League of Cities)

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

A new brief by the National League of Cities (NLC) offers an overview of local public safety staffing issues and details how local governments are spending American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funds to bolster their public safety workforce recruitment and retention efforts.

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zencity

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

For state governments, safeguarding public safety is more than a mission statement; it’s a foundational responsibility. But how can government leaders, public safety officials, and community stakeholders measure the effectiveness of safety programs and continually Source

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OpenGov

MARCH 18, 2025

A New Era for 811 Requests Local governments rely on 811 request management to coordinate infrastructure projects, prevent costly damage, and ensure public safety. However, outdated systems, siloed data, and […] The post Drowning in 811 Requests? Heres Your Life Raft. appeared first on OpenGov.

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zencity

OCTOBER 28, 2024

Public safety and trust are foundational elements of effective governance, yet they remain complex goals to achieve. When communities feel safe and trust in their government’s intentions and actions, engagement and cooperation flourish, creating a Source

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NLC (National League of Cities)

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

By Tim Shriver, Integrated Public Safety Lead  “For so long, public safety and public health have been treated separately, operating in silos. We must start figuring out how to use both to find solutions for our cities,” says Mariela Ruiz-Angel, Director of Albuquerque Community Safety. We’ve done it before.

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