Empowering Law Enforcers for Emergency Response
The U.S. is tightening its bonds with Costa Rica. The Department of State has donated six virtual shooting ranges to the Costa Rican Ministry...
Ohio to develop state-wide standards for police use of deadly force
Ohio governor John Kasich has created a 12-member group of community and law enforcement leaders to help draft statewide standards on how police departments...
New Tele-Robotics System to Be Tested In Japan
Japanese tele-robotics company V-Cube Robotics (VRJ) has entered a strategic partnership with Singapore’s H3 Dynamics to roll out the company’s DRONEBOX drone deployment base...
Israeli Home Front Command: Ready for Anything
"When an army is ready for war it also has to be ready for all types of disasters, natural and man-made. In order to...
How to React in the Event of a Terrorist Attack?
The terrorist attacks in London during the last months apparently brought about a greater awareness to the need to prepare the public for such...
An iHLS Startup: Reviving Maps for Safe Cities
In recent years, we've been witnessing more and more security officials that have been trying to find more efficient methods to map the field,...
Border Security Protects Us, Harms Animals
Borders and fences make it difficult for people to infiltrate areas – but they can't entirely prevent it. The same borders, however, severely disrupt...
A weather radio for earthquakes
When it comes to earthquakes, early warning systems are based on a simple principle: the shaking from an earthquake travels at about the speed...
New Communications Technologies Offered to First Responders
A couple of noteworthy communications technologies were recently examined by a first responder agency that evaluated them for public safety use.
The US Department of...
A lone wolf but very focused
Lone wolf terrorism not on the rise, but police, military personnel are top targets, report says
Most ‘lone wolf’ terrorism in the US is perpetrated...
Mobile technology saves lives
It’s a world problem even in very developed countries including Israel and the authorities are not doing enough to solve it. The United Nations...
Big Data Tech May Alter Modern-Time Homeland Security
A report on "Big Data & Data Analytics Market in Homeland Security and Public Safety: 2017-2022" forecasts that this industry's revenues will grow at...
The Side Benefits of U.S. Visitor Surveillance System
US Visitor Surveillance System used for Emotional Healing
Ostensibly, the motivation behind storing the fingerprints of almost all foreign visitors to the US is in...
ISIS eyeing Mexican border
Online posts show ISIS eyeing Mexican border, says law enforcement bulletin.
A Texas law enforcement bulletin sent out in recent dyas has raised concerns that...
Much ado about the FAA’s UAS regulation
The FAA's proposed drone legislation: the return of the nanny-state
After months of waiting, the Federal Aviation Authority (FAA) finally issued its official draft proposal...
Counter Terrorism Efforts to Include Car Disruption Devices
Australia’s counter-terrorism police are using various means to enhance their capabilities against attempted terror attacks. These include, for example, drones the size of flies...
Local Police Use Advanced Surveillance Technology
Once reserved for Federal agencies like the National Security Agency, local police departments are now using high-end surveillance technology. The police have recently incorporated...
Radar Sensing Through Walls Can Save Lives
First responders and army units often confront situations where they suspect that someone is hiding in a house but are unable to find him...
Next-Generation Uniforms Developed for First Responders
The US Government-funded AMBER project for advanced uniforms has been expanded. The project a collaborative effort between North Carolina State University (NCSU) and Protect...
More equitable access to DNA identification after disaster or conflict needed
The April 2013 collapse of the Rana Plaza Factory Building in Bangladesh, in which more than 1,130 people were killed, is only the latest...
NYC Police Cameras Could Prevent Abuse of Power
According to Fierce Homeland security when a New York judge found that the NYPD's stop and frisk tactics violated the constitution, one of the...
Pressure to revive uniform air-passenger information legislation in Europe
The European Parliament is considering reviving draft legislation which would force airline companies to give EU member governments a cohesive and uniform set of...
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No GPS? This Quantum Sensor Navigates by Reading the Earth
Modern ships depend heavily on satellite navigation, creating a vulnerability when GPS and other GNSS signals are jammed, spoofed or unavailable. In a contested...
