The ferry arrived, the gangway went down and 7-year-old Emma Powell rushed toward the Statue of Liberty. She climbed onto the grass around the star-shaped foundation. She put on a green foam crown with seven protruding rays. Turning so that her body was oriented just like Lady Liberty’s, Emma extended her right arm skyward with… Read more >>

Public works officials in City of Laurel, Maryland, don’t like wasting money — especially not on dumping trash that could have been recycled. That’s why the city made recycling a requirement for city residents living in single-family homes and townhouses, and encourages it at apartment complexes. That’s also why its public works department recently installed… Read more >>

iWatch systems has been working hard to reach the prospects in municipal market segment, the major prospects being the Procurement Officials of various State, County and City Level. iWatch has been making concrete efforts to reach various prospects through its marketing activities like tele marketing, sending brochures, newsletters, fax and email marketing, giving demonstrations and… Read more >>

“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 >>

IQinVision, market leader in high-performance HD megapixel network cameras, smart IP cameras, and network video recording systems, today announced that JET Oil has installed IQinVision HD megapixel technology at 24 of its unmanned gasoline stations. To date, the IP video surveillance systems have achieved considerable success in reducing equipment tampering and in increasing asset protection…. Read more >>

The cameras are rolling, and so far, the traffic is, too. It’s been almost three weeks since the new Intelligent Transportation System (ITS) on Interstate 75 went live. It cost $35 million to build the almost 50,000-square-foot center at the Daniels Parkway rest area and install the system on the not quite 100 miles of… Read more >>

The number of cities using public security cameras grows almost daily.  Cities are finding cameras invaluable resources for police departments, public safety officers and city officials. The news this week is that Bryan, Texas a small city in eastern Texas has completed the first phase of a security system that will eventually cover the downtown… Read more >>

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 >>

An emerging concept of policing appears to be helping communities reduce traffic accidents and serious crime. Consider Lafourche Parish, La., one of seven test sites nationwide implementing a paradigm known as Data-Driven Approaches to Crime and Traffic Safety (DDACTS). In 2009, the number of severe traffic accidents in the parish dropped to just 10, down… Read more >>

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 >>