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• LE Software

  29-10-2015 23:07 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  These high-tech programs simplify your workflow and make doing your job easier.AladtecCreated for the public safety sector, Aladtec is designed to be a powerful, easy-to-use online employee scheduling and workforce management software system. It solves the employee scheduling challenges public safety agencies deal with. It's accessible 24/7 from any computer, smartphone, or mobile device with Internet access. Aladtec's automation can drastically reduce the time it takes for personnel scheduling,
  
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• Key Law Enforcement Companies Partner with Microsoft for Cloud-Based Services

  29-10-2015 22:52 via feedproxy.google.com
  At the International Chiefs of Police (IACP) conference held earlier this week in Chicago, Microsoft announced that it will be providing cloud-based service for a number of key law enforcement technology companies.First, Microsoft and TASER announced a partnership that will integrate TASER’s Evidence.com solution and Axon camera systems with the Microsoft Azure cloud platform and Windows 10 devices, providing a connected approach for capturing, analyzing, and archiving video and other data
  
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• Vehicle Mounts

  29-10-2015 22:35 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  D&R ElectronicsD&R Electronics' 2015 Chevy Tahoe console comes in three different custom designed contoured versions with floor-mounting solution included. Each may have side pockets added to the console on the driver's side and/or passenger side for binder or folder storage.  One console can have the D&R LT7600 MDT mount secured to it, whereas the second would need a mount secured off the passenger seat bolts. The third Tahoe console is an extended length model and mounts strai
  
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• Computers Built Cop Tough

  29-10-2015 21:03 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Here are two examples of why law enforcement agencies, which often have budgets strained to breaking, are willing to pay for rugged and semi-rugged laptop computers, tablets, and handheld devices.A Johnson County, Texas, Sheriff's deputy was out on patrol in a rainstorm when the roadway washed out and plunged his SUV into a roiling torrent of water. The deputy escaped unharmed, but the passenger compartment of his vehicle flooded, immersing his fully rugged Getac computer for hours. The computer
  
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• Video: Officers from Small California Agency Training to Use Nunchuks

  29-10-2015 20:50 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  VIDEO: Officers from Small California Agency Training to Use NunchuksThe Anderson (CA) Police Department will start using nunchucks as a way to forcibly restrain suspects.Though nunchucks are not new to law enforcement, they are making a comeback in Shasta County.Nunchucks are illegal for citizens to own in California; however, police can be certified to use them within the state. The ones used by officers are made of plastic and are connected with a nylon rope, KRCR TV reports.Sgt. Casey Day wa
  
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• Video: Los Angeles, Philly Police Unions Join Boycott of Tarantino Films

  29-10-2015 20:50 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  VIDEO: Los Angeles, Philly Police Unions Join Boycott of Tarantino FilmsThe Los Angeles police union and the Philadelphia police union have joined the NYPD union in a boycott of the films of Quentin Tarantino in response to the director referring to "murder" in connection with police use of force at a New York rally over the weekend.“If you believe there's murder going on then you need to rise up and stand up against it. I'm here to say I'm on the side of the murdered,” Tarantino sai
  
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• Glock Donates $80,000 to Survivor Funds at IACP 2015

  29-10-2015 20:50 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Glock Inc. donated a total of $80,000 to law enforcement survivor funds at this week's International Association of Chiefs of Police conference in Chicago.Glock donated $50,000 to Concerns Of Police Survivors (C.O.P.S.) to assist in supporting programs that include scholarships, peer-support, counseling and more for surviving family members and affected co-workers of law enforcement officers who have died in the line of duty. Cheryl Schultz lost her husband, Officer Kevin Schultz, of the Pojoaqu
  
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• FBI and U.S. Marshals Join 2-State Search for Accused Cop Shooter

  29-10-2015 20:50 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  A massive manhunt for a Kentucky rapist accused of shooting at law enforcement officers in two states entered a sixth day on Thursday, with officials saying they'd caught two of his associates.Floyd Cook, 62, has been on the run since he allegedly shot a Tennessee police officer during a traffic stop.The FBI and U.S. Marshals Fugitive Task Force have joined the manhunt for Cook, who officials have described as armed and "extremely dangerous."Two "dangerous" acquaintances — and po
  
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• Video: Thousands Attend Funeral for Slain NYPD Officer

  29-10-2015 17:43 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  VIDEO: Thousands Attend Funeral for Slain NYPD OfficerPolice Commissioner Bill Bratton promoted slain New York City Police Officer Randolph Holder to detective Wednesday, as family, friends and fellow law enforcement officers said their final goodbyes.The funeral for Officer Holder was held Wednesday afternoon at the Greater Allen A.M.E. Cathedral of New York in Jamaica, Queens.Holder’s body will later be sent to his native Guyana for burial. About a dozen NYPD officers will
  
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• Video: D.C. Officer Challenges Teen to Dance Off

  29-10-2015 17:43 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  VIDEO: D.C. Officer Challenges Teen to Dance OffOn Monday, a Metropolitan D.C. police officer wanted a group to disperse on K Street SW when another teenager — identified by the Washington Post as 17-year-old Aaliyah Taylor — walked up playing “Watch Me (Whip/Nae Nae)” on her phone.Then, Taylor said, the officer “laughed and said she had far better dance moves than that,” according to reports. The officer and teenager made it a dance-off.According to Taylor, t
  
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• Texas Deputy Constable Killed in Car Crash

  29-10-2015 17:43 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Bell County (TX) Deputy Constable Jeffrey Radford, 69, died hours after a two-vehicle car crash on Wednesday night. According to Temple Police, the collision occurred at the intersection of Lucius McCelvey Dr. and N.E. HK Dodgen Loop before 7 p.m. It involved a grey Ford SUV and a Deputy Constable’s vehicle from the Bell County precinct 3 Constable’s Office.Radford was transported to Baylor Scott & White in Temple in critical condition where he
  
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• Will Crime Rise If More People Are Kept Out of Prison?

  29-10-2015 17:27 via feedproxy.google.com
  Even many of the nation’s police chiefs have called for reducing the number of people, particularly minorities, sent to prison. But the news that a man suspected of murdering a New York City police officer had been given break after break, and was free because he had been allowed to enter a diversion program rather than be jailed on drug charges, have led even supporters of such programs to raise questions about them.With some already saying that crime may be rising, are we moving too fast
  
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• Albuquerque Officer Dies 8 Days After Being Shot at Traffic Stop

  29-10-2015 16:03 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  The Albuquerque police officer shot and critically injured during a traffic stop last week succumbed to his injuries early Thursday morning after a week-long battle for his life, according to Police Chief Gorden Eden.Officer Daniel Webster, 47, an 8-year-veteran of the department, had been on life support without brain function at University of New Mexico Hospital since Wednesday, his stepfather John Hanafin told the Albuquerque Journal.Webster died at 2:15 a.m., Hanafin said.After the shooting
  
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• IACP 2015

  29-10-2015 01:01 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Here's a look at a few of the products POLICE Magazine saw at this year's International Association of Chiefs of Police Conference in Chicago on the trade show floor Oct. 25-27.  
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• Crossmatch Launches DigitalPersona Mobile ID and Commander Applications

  29-10-2015 00:09 via feedproxy.google.com
  Crossmatch, provider of livescan, mobile and identity management solutions, announced the launch of the company's new DigitalPersona Mobile ID application and Commander mobile device management software at the International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP) conference and exhibition. The introduction of these products offers law enforcement an integrated solution for mobile identity management and device administration, providing trusted performance where it matters most.Mobile ID is a high
  
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