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By Stephen G. Serrao
Having hit the 10-year mark since the 9/11 attacks, one might ask, “What has really changed in law enforcement since those dark days?”
(This article was originally published in Public Safety IT Jan/Feb 2012)
The tragedy of 9/11 forced everyone to examine just exactly how the government goes about keeping America safe. Yet, a decade later, while disaster preparedness is an even more important issue, only half of Americans feel safer today, while 90 percent believe improvement to public emergency awareness in necessary, according to Federal Signal’s 2011 Public Safety Survey.
(This article was originally published in Public Safety IT Nov/Dec 2011)
By William Kushner
Lessons from numbers.
(This article was originally published in Law and Order Sep 2011)
By Michele Tomlinson
Since 9/11, law enforcement professionals have become
much more aware and sophisticated when it
comes to making decisions about selecting personal
protective equipment for CBRN threats.
(This article was originally published in Law and Order Jul 2011)
As law enforcement agencies strive to keep communities safer, the ability to integrate and share information has become an integral part of the investigative process.
(This article was originally published in Public Safety IT Nov/Dec 2010)
By Candy Phelps
Long before Sept. 11, 2001 and well before “interoperability” was a buzzword among first responders, one commonwealth and one company were working to build a network to make it easier for different agencies across Pennsylvania to talk to one another while consolidating their voice and data systems.
(This article was originally published in Public Safety IT Sep/Oct 2010)
By Jeffery Fuller
Over the last 10 years, natural disasters such as Hurricane Katrina and manmade tragedies such as the events surrounding 9/11 have highlighted significant weakness in the reliability of in-building wireless public safety communications. This has lead to the creation of various codes and ordinances at local and national levels in the United States to ensure that all public buildings provide wireless coverage for the first responder and for public safety.
(This article was originally published in Public Safety IT Jul/Aug 2010)
By Rehan Chawdry
Public safety constituents are using federal funds to plan and implement data sharing initiatives in order to have access to better information and improve the level of service they provide to their communities.
(This article was originally published in Public Safety IT Jul/Aug 2010)
By K. B. Kenney
Hurricane Katrina was a natural disaster; 9/11 was a direct attack. It was determined by minds that are trained in rescue/security issues that communications were an absolute mess in both situations.
(This article was originally published in Public Safety IT Jan/Feb 2010)
By Dan Hawkins
Find out what progress has been made in training communications unit leaders (COMLs) through the Department of Homeland Security's 2007 initiative on Incident Command Systems.
(This article was originally published in Public Safety IT Nov/Dec 2008)