Results - Topic: Mobile Data

APCO Creates Broadband Committee

The Association of Public-Safety Communications Officials (APCO) International has announced the formation of its new Broadband Committee. The committee's primary function will be to review public safety broadband applications in use today and make solid recommendations to meet the ever changing need for mobile data and the future need for mission-critical voice capabilities.

Baker County Oregon Incident Dispatcher Team Assists With Arrest of Homicide Suspect

Early on in the investigation and search for the suspect the Baker County Undersheriff requested the response of the new Baker County 9-1-1 Dispatch Type II Mobile Communications Unit. It was enroute within four minutes of the request and was staffed by Chris Galiszewski our Communications Technician and Senior Incident Dispatcher Margaret Sackos.

Benefits of Integrating CAD and RMS

A clear sign showing how dispatchers can support law enforcement more directly than before, and even help influence a safe outcome for police incidents, is the move to integrate CAD and RMS systems. Fueling this integration trend is a wide range of software offerings that simplify data entry, retrieval and storage between dispatchers and law enforcement officers.

C4i Introduces Release 6 Of Their Award Winning SwitchplusIP Product

C4i, Inc. recently debuted the sixth release of its award winning SwitchplusIP product, complete with newly upgraded features. C4i's SwitchplusIP family includes SwitchplusIP Command-Post, a communication system designed especially to cater for larger multiple or single agency emergency response applications in both fixed and transportable formats; SwitchplusIP Command-Center, which provides all the functionality required by a single or joint agency operations center to communicate with...

C4i's Military Grade Testing Ensures Maximum Dispatch System Reliability

C4i goes to great heights to test durability of its Radio Interface Unit (RIU), not only for military, but for an array of other fields as well - including public safety, government, transportation, and utilities. C4i demonstrated this extreme durability with the successful completion of Mil Std-810 Altitude qualification testing for its Radio Interface Unit.

CDW-G Delivers Ruggedized Technology & Seamless Connectivity to Newport News Police

CDW Government LLC (CDW-G), a leading provider of technology solutions to government, education and healthcare customers, today announced that it worked in partnership with Accelera Solutions to equip the Newport News Police Department (VA) with fully ruggedized mobile technology and enable anytime, anywhere access to essential data and applications for officers in the field.

CODY Systems Unveils Cloud-Ready Tactical Cross-Agency Search App

CODY Systems, a nationwide leader in public-safety software, has unveiled C.tac 5, the company’s latest cloud-ready addition to its market-proven C.O.B.R.A. real-time tactical information-sharing platform. C.tac 5 is a .NET, browser-based rich client that is already arming law enforcement agents with instant mobile and in-house access to real-time RMS information (including pictures) from across jurisdictions, regardless of RMS vendor.

Detroit PD opts for OEM Micro's Mobile Tactical Computer

OEM Micro Solutions, a leader in mobile electronic systems for public safety agencies, has announced a new multi-year agreement with the Detroit Police Department for their Mobile Tactical Computer, the MTC-3+. The Detroit Police Department, which has begun phasing in the MTC-3+, adopted the technology as the standard computing platform for all of its patrol vehicles.

El Paso County 9-1-1 Deploys onBoard Mobile Gateway for County-Wide Comms

In Motion Technology, a leader in mobile networking technologies that efficiently connect and manage equipment, information and people in the field, has announced that El Paso County Enhanced 9-1-1 Emergency Communications District is deploying the onBoard Mobile Gateway as the single communications platform to support a county-wide initiative that will improve situational awareness.

ELERTS Showcases Smarter Mobile Emergency Communications

Founded by a deputy fire chief with 26 years of first responder experience, ELERTS is building a smartphone/tablet-based emergency alert system that turns citizens into assets for first responders - and gives first responders vastly better tools with which to communicate.

Emergency Technologies Deploys Multi-Department Fire Records System in San Antonio, Bexar County, and Schertz Fire Departments

Emergency Technologies, Inc. (ETI) proudly reports that that the Visual Fire system is live and operational within the city of San Antonio Fire Department, the city of Schertz Fire-Rescue, and throughout all of the Bexar County Fire Departments. ETI's Visual Fire solution allows these city and county fire departments to have an integrated public safety information system to help streamline information sharing between city and county agencies.

Flint Michigan PD Embraces Total Evidence Management Strategy

Florida Highway Patrol Selects Panasonic Mobile Digital Video Solution

GammaTech Introduces Fully Rugged Durabook R13C Convertible Computer

GammaTech Computer Corp., offers the Durabook R13C, an upgraded version of model R13S perfectly suited for a variety of applications, including law enforcement, military, homeland security, and mobile workers in any type of outdoor environment.

Havis Offers New Toughbook Certified Docking Station for Panasonic 53

Havis latest innovation is the industry's first Toughbook Certified docking station for Panasonic's Semi-Rugged 53. In addition to keeping mobile workers safe, it provides intelligent port replication to reliably connect to peripherals, such as printers, keyboards and bar-code scanners, while minimizing the risk of accidental disconnects. An integrated power supply cord routed along the bottom prevents loss of power.

Information - A First Responder's First Line Of Defense

We live in a mobile era of cell phones, text messaging, instant messaging, and email. Information is only ever one search away on a computer, MDC, Smart Phone, or other handheld device, so the question becomes, why didn't the First Responders dispatched to this domestic dispute call illustrated above have this mission-critical and potentially life-saving information at their finger tips?

Iowa County, WI Selects VisionAIR to Enhance Service and Regional Initiatives

VisionAIR, provider of the integrated Public Safety Suite of software, announces its newest client, Iowa County Sheriff's Office in Wisconsin. Located in Southwest Wisconsin, approximately 40 miles west of the capitol city of Madison, Iowa County covers 763 square miles. The integrated public safety system consists of products from VisionAIR's Public Safety Suite, including Computer-Aided Dispatch (VisionCAD), Records Management System (VisionRMS), Mobile Data application (VisionMOBILE) with...

Kussmaul Battery Saver Keeps Your MDT or In-Vehicle Laptop Operable

The new Battery Saver Low Ripple HO, Model 091-195-12, introduced by Kussmaul Electronics, is a 20 amp, Low Ripple power supply with a load transfer relay. The relay automatically switches the load from the battery to the power supply when the A.C. line is applied. This unit is ideal for powering a mobile computer or MDT. It provides a low ripple regulated output and an anti-glitch feature which protects from losing power and causing a computer or sensitive electronics to reboot.

LA County Sheriff Selects Panasonic Toughbook Mobile Computers For Countywide Patrol Vehicle Deployment

Panasonic Solutions Company, a provider of rugged mobile technology solutions for the Public Sector, has announced that the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department (LASD), the largest Sheriff's department in the United States, has selected its Toughbook 31 and Toughbook CF-19 fully-rugged mobile computers for countywide vehicle deployment, as part of the LASD Mobile Digital Computer (MDC) project

Mobile Computer Terminal offers easy integration into existing systems

RadioMobile has released its MCT8500 mobile computing terminal for vehicles with computing requirements. This processor is compatible with a variety of software systems and applications. It uses an industry standard high performance Intel processing and graphics chip set with a solid state hard drive. The use of commercial off-the-shelf components ensures easy upgrades and repair. Agencies can integrate the MCT8500 into their current mobile computing systems, allowing users to keep displays,...

Mobile Data Information Management

In a crisis, coordinated communication is critical to establishing command and control, maintaining situational awareness and coordinating response efforts across agencies and jurisdictions. When an emergency of any kind strikes, first responders must have immediate access to real-time, situational information.

New Armor Rugged Tablet Optimizes Communications For Mobile Workforce

The new ARMORT X10gx rugged tablet enhances the efficiency and productivity of an increasingly mobile workforce. It offers AT&T wireless certification and optional integrated GobiT 2000 mobile broadband to keep the user connected on multiple wireless networks. The ARMORT X10gx also is equipped with standard 802.11n Wireless LAN connectivity and BluetoothR v2.0 + EDR (Class 2), as well as integrated GPS. Standard routing of GPS and WLAN to two RF ports allows switching between internal...

New Compact Tablet Mobile Computer from DRS Tactical

DRS Technologies, Inc., A Finmeccanica Company, announced today that its Tactical Systems Group has recently unveiled its newest ARMOR rugged mobile computer, the ARMOR X7 compact tablet. This all-new small mobile computer is specifically-designed for those mission-critical tasks that require connectivity, hand-held mobility, ease of use and the durability to support all-weather operations.

New Mobile Application Increases Officer Safety on National Wildlife Refuges

Until recently, access to database systems has been limited to mobile data terminals in officer’s cars. But now, officers are able to access information from anywhere in the field - either on their RIM BlackBerry smartphones with PocketCop or their laptops with InterAct Mobile. This eliminates the added time of going through a dispatcher from the car radio. PocketCop on a smartphone has the added advantage of being accessible when the officer is outside of the vehicle.

New tool allows first responders to visualize post-event disaster environments

Using iPad mobile devices, emergency preparedness officials and first responders participating last month in the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s National Level Exercise 2011 (NLE-11) were able, for the first time, to make use of a new, science-based software tool from Sandia that allows them to view and modify accurate models of building damage and other post-event disaster effects.

Oakwood Hills Pd Saves $ While Upgrading to Rugged Laptops In Vehicles

The Village of Oakwood Hills, Illinois was looking for an alternative to using standard personal notebooks to meet their needs, that wasn't as costly as some fully ruggedized laptops for law enforcement or military use. Police Commander Peter Goldman said, "In law enforcement, ruggedized laptops need to be the perfect blend of durability and meeting the budgetary constraints that this economy has put every village under." That is why they chose the Rugged Notebooks Eagle. It has the...

Police Collisions

Imagine you are home alone when you hear a very heated argument from the couple who live next door. You become very concerned when you start to hear items breaking; and then, the wife starts screaming. You make the 9-1-1 call to the police, hoping that within minutes, she will be safe.

RAM Mounts & GammaTech Offer Mounting Systems for Durabook Mobile Computer

RAM Mounts and GammaTech Computer Corp. have teamed up to provide vehicle mounts to securely hold a variety of Durabook units in patrol cars and other police vehicles. RAM's Tough-Tray universal laptop tray perfectly adapts to GammaTech Durabook's rugged convertible U12C models, rugged S15C and D14RM, and fully rugged convertible R13S.

Raytheon Partners With LASD to Raise Public Safety In Nation's Most Populous County

Raytheon Company has announced that the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department (LASD) vehicles equipped with new mobile data computer systems (MDCS) are now rolling out on the streets, protecting residents. LASD patrol cars, motorcycles, prisoner transport vehicles and SUVs outfitted with the Raytheon-integrated computer systems are now on patrol in L A County.

Rosenberg PD chooses Spillman to remotely access to data

Sedgwick County EMS Enhances Emergency Responses with Mobile Gateway

In Motion Technology and Bradshaw Consulting Services, Inc. have announced that Sedgwick County Emergency Medical Service has deployed the onBoard Mobile Gateway and MARVLIS (Mobile Area Routing and Vehicle Location Information System) to improve communications and increase efficiency in its emergency dispatch, routing, and operations, improving response times and patient outcomes.

SkyMail for the Public Safety Community

Most people would agree that communications within a Police Department is critical to the daily and safe operation of any community. An unfortunate trend has caught on, though, perhaps in response to tight municipal budgets and officer layoffs... Recognizing that a more effective and safe solution would significantly increase the speed and accuracy of communications from the field, PDV took the lead by creating an application called SkyMail, which allows police officers to quickly and...

Speeding Patient Care - Case Study: The Connected Ambulance

In 2010, the State of Georgia received a grant to bring mobile connectivity to approximately 100 EMS agencies statewide. For Southside Fire and other EMS services, a mobile broadband solution would allow teams in the field to not only file their reports with the state portal from the ambulance, but also transmit patient information to hospitals while en route.

Spillman Touch allows users to access records, dispatch data on a smartphone or iPad

Application allows agencies to access critical data on a mobile device. Public safety personnel can access records, images, and dispatch information on a smartphone or iPad using a new software application from Spillman Technologies. The Spillman Touch application allows users to see critical alerts, outstanding warrants, and warnings in situations where desktop or laptop computers aren't accessible, such as on motorcycle patrol.

Tiburon Announces New Public Safety Software Suite: IQResponse

Tiburon has announced its newest public safety software offering – IQResponse, a suite of components that were designed and built from the ground-up to be fully integrated... In parallel with Tiburon’s IQResponse product announcement, the company has also announced its first IQResponse client, the Lubbock, Texas Police Department.

Toughbook 53 Versatile NextGen Semi-Rugged Notebook

Panasonic Solutions Company, provider of collaboration, information-sharing and decision-support solutions for government and commercial enterprises, announces the Toughbook 53, a 14" High Definition LED display, semi-rugged notebook. Starting at only 5.6 pounds and delivering up to 10 hours of battery life, the Toughbook 53 provides a highly reliable and versatile device that delivers high performance computing.

Verizon Wireless & In Motion Technology Deliver 4G LTE Vehicle Area Network

Verizon Wireless and In Motion Technology have announced the first wireless mobile router system available for securely extending the enterprise network to the vehicle over the world’s largest 4G LTE network. The In Motion Technology onBoard™ system includes a Mobile Gateway that transforms vehicles into secure, mobile hotspots; a network management system that monitors network health and communications; and a mobile-optimized VPN server providing end-to-end security

Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife Police Mark First Year of Live Operation with Integrated Public Safety Software System from CODY Systems

CODY Systems, an industry leader in integrated software solutions for real-time collection, analysis and sharing of critical data for public safety, law enforcement, regulatory enforcement and intelligence agencies, reported that as of Oct. 15, 2010, the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife Police (WDFW) has marked its first year of live operation with a full implementation of CODY's integrated software suite, including Desktop Records Management and Mobile Records Management and Field...

Xplore Launches New Rugged Tablet PC Family

Xplore Technologies Corp., a respected leader and pioneer of next-generation rugged tablet PCs for domestic and global markets, has announced the launch of its new family of Xtreme Tablet computers. Representing the fifth generation of its iX104 line, the iX104C5s are believed to be the industry's most powerful, rugged, and sunlight-readable PCs ever developed.