Posts Tagged ‘Information Technology’

POINT-OF-VIEW CAMERAS FOR COPS

Wednesday, July 21st, 2010

“We have been aggressively exploring new means to assist our officers and improve public safety, and Seattle should consider the feasibility and usefulness of this technology.” — Council member Tim Burgess chairman of the Public Safety and Education Committee. The Seattle City Council is considering a pilot that would test first-person cameras mounted directly on… Read more >>

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National Public-Safety Information Sharing

Tuesday, June 1st, 2010

Advances in information and communication technology (ICT) have created amazing opportunities for law enforcement professionals at local, state and federal levels to collect, categorize, cross-reference and share data and intelligence in a way that often results in a wealth of actionable knowledge. To take advantage of the opportunities these tools create, criminal justice agencies have… Read more >>

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Fight Graffiti with GPS-Enabled Cameras

Tuesday, May 11th, 2010

As CIO of Riverside, Calif., Steve Reneker manages the Department of Information Technology. For the last four years, he’s overseen IT projects like the 2008 citywide Wi-Fi deployment, which provides Internet access to more than 3,600 low-income families. Reneker is also executive director of SmartRiverside, a nonprofit charged with creating technology initiatives that benefit the… Read more >>

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