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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State Tech Magazine

MARCH 8, 2023

The ability to analyze public safety data in real time has become critical to the success of law enforcement agencies. In a Verizon survey, 55 percent of first responders said the use of data for situational awareness has been one of the strongest areas of technological improvement in public safety over the past 20 years.

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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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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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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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State Tech Magazine

AUGUST 22, 2022

The First Responder Network Authority recently released an annual report to Congress for 2021, titled “A Decade of Accomplishments,” revealing the rapid adoption by first responders of its namesake dedicated public safety network. Network adoption now spans all 50 states, five territories and the District of Columbia.

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NLC (National League of Cities)

MARCH 7, 2024

Both during and in the recovery from the pandemic, cities, towns and villages across the country recognized the need to invest locally in efforts to advance public safety and justice.

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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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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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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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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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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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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)

MAY 18, 2023

From police reforms that deemphasize police as the primary first responders to adopting holistic and inclusive public safety programs, local governments are leading on creating alternative response programs that can respond […] Source

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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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NLC (National League of Cities)

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

By Garrett Langley, Founder and CEO of Flock Safety Law enforcement agencies report that public safety technologies are critical to solving crime — but how do the communities they serve feel about this technology?

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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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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

MAY 9, 2023

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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Government Technology Insider

OCTOBER 14, 2024

” Listen to the podcast here: The post Blue Light Emergency Systems Get a Boost from Fixed Wireless Access for Enhanced Public Safety appeared first on Government Technology Insider.

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GCN

DECEMBER 7, 2022

By investing in assistive AI technology, facilitating collaboration and experimenting with new programs, agencies can begin addressing the multilayered challenges facing responders.

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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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GCN

MARCH 15, 2023

5G’s network capacity, internet-of-things support and low latency will power the emerging technologies responders have been waiting for.

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GCN

APRIL 5, 2023

An artificial intelligence platform analyzes social media photos and texts to give responders more situational awareness.

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NLC (National League of Cities)

MAY 17, 2023

In 1962, President Kennedy originated National Police Day and Week to recognize officers who have lost their lives in the line of duty for the safety and protection of others. As thousands of police officers from around the country gather in Washington, D.C.

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GCN

DECEMBER 8, 2022

Modern cloud, mobile and data analysis tools are key to streamlined, professional police work, a new survey found.

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GCN

JUNE 28, 2023

COMMENTARY | Reliable and scalable emergency response, citation management and crime analysis technologies give responders the data they need quickly and accurately.

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GCN

MARCH 17, 2023

Cloud-based collaboration supported by artificial intelligence can generate the insights that help multiple agencies operate efficiently across routine and major incidents.

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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

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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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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GCN

APRIL 25, 2023

The winner of NIST’s challenge developed a digital twin of a command center that gives remote users access to the center’s large-format video walls and 3D tools through a head-mounted display.

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GCN

AUGUST 18, 2022

Brandon Branham, assistant city manager and chief technology officer of Peachtree Corners, said 5G opens the door for low-latency use cases.

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NLC (National League of Cities)

DECEMBER 28, 2022

“Streets and their sidewalks—the main public places of a city—are its most vital organ.” Jane Jacobs knew something that was somehow forgotten for decades by American planners: streets—specifically sidewalks—are the main theater for American democracy, and the health of our streets is inextricably related to the health of our democracy.

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GCN

OCTOBER 17, 2022

Technical debt is actually hampering cyber investment, increasing vulnerabilities and limiting interoperability, an IDC analyst says.

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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)

OCTOBER 3, 2024

These workshops brought together stakeholders from local municipalities, utilities, laboratories, academia, public safety, elected officials and public health agencies. These workshops aimed to foster collaboration across […] Source

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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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