Law Enforcement | First Responders

In 2001, an international, independent group of more than 120 emergency managers began specifying and prototyping the “Common Alerting Protocol” or CAP, data structure based on the recommendations of a report issued by the National Science and Technology Council (NSTC).

In order to make it easier to handle classified requests for information from the federal law enforcement and intelligence communities concerning immigrants resident in the U.S., the Department of Homeland Security intends to create a classified data base that “mirrors” the information contained in several different existing unclassified data bases.

Varian Medical Systems, Inc. has developed a new X-ray tube designed to operate in security systems capable of generating high resolution detailed images needed to detect threats in airports, military bases, prisons and other secured facilities.

The new Varian MCS-80 tube facilitates the detection of non-metallic items such as ceramic weapons, plastic explosives, narcotics, liquids and other concealed substances.

The Kingdom of Jordan has successfully deployed Intergraph public safety and security incident management software as part of a comprehensive, nationwide homeland security initiative to prevent and respond to local and regional terrorism threats.

On August 31, the White House was forthcoming enough to announce that President Obama had just signed a new Executive Order that supposedly amends the Manual for Courts-Martial, but was not forthcoming enough to explain in any way how these amendments will actually change the rules under which courts-martial are conducted.

The Midtown Alliance recently went live with an upgraded, browser-based surveillance system from Iron Sky.

Midtown Blue, a public improvement district in Midtown Atlanta, will enable its officers to access camera footage using a map-based interface, with just two mouse clicks.