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VALET and iVALET: Powerful New Tools for Law Enforcement
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The police department in a large university town needs to curb local burglaries and illegal drug sales. The department wants to identify where and when such incidents are most likely to occur to schedule patrols to areas with the highest probability of such activity. It has years of criminal, traffic and civil (CTC) data that it can use for the analysis but lacks the manpower to study and correlate that data. What can they do?
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2012 First Responder Technologies: A Year in Review
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In 2012, FirstResponder.gov featured several advances and innovations for the first responder community. With some now commercialized and others in the research and development stages, S&T is proud to partner with the first responder community on these critical projects.
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Meet the Virtual Social Media Working Group Series: Brianna Hertzler, Scott Reuter, and Pascal Schuback
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The DHS Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) established the Virtual Social Media Working Group (VSMWG) to provide recommendations to the emergency preparedness and response community on the safe and sustainable use of social media technologies before, during, and after emergencies. Meet them.
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Top Moments in Social Media and Emergencies for 2012
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While there were many remarkable and ground-breaking events throughout the year, the following is a list of some of 2012’s key moments in social media and emergency management.
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Kentucky Emergency Management Successfully Deployed Model to Improve Mutual Aid
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The Department of Homeland Security Science and Technology Directorate’s (S&T) First Responders Grouplaunched an intrastate pilot in January 2012 in partnership with the Kentucky Division of Emergency Management (KYEM).
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