Industry Insights

Smart Building Tech Company Brivo Integrates with Gun Detection Tool ZeroEyes
Cloud-based access control and smart building tech company Brivo has announced an integration with ZeroEyes, an AI-based gun detection solution.

AT&T Launches Nationwide Location-based Routing for Wireless 911 Calls
AT&T has partnered with global technology provider Intrado to become the first carrier to launch nationwide location-based routing to automatically transmit wireless 911 calls to the appropriate call centers.

FirstNet Authority, NIST Establish Public Safety Immersive Test Center With VR/AR Capabilities
Located in the FirstNet Authority building in Boulder, Colo., the Public Safety Immersive Test Center was designed to further the development of standards and technologies that improve public safety and equip first responders to save lives.

NFPA Receives Grant from G.M. to Train Firefighters to Fight EV Car Fires
NFPA will coordinate with U.S. fire service organizations and the U.S. Department of Energy’s Clean Cities Coalition to maximize participation in the NFPA Electric Vehicle Safety training program.

Competitors Look For Ways to Optimize Unmanned Aircraft for Indoor Search and Rescue Scenarios
Save more lives with more intelligent drones: That’s the idea behind the recently-launched First Responder UAS Indoor Challenge, hosted by the U.S. Department of Commerce’s National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST).

Watch: Food on the Stove is Feeding the Need for Health Education
Food on the Stove is a Washington, D.C.-based nonprofit organization founded to promote healthy lifestyle management among firefighters, with programs ranging from healthy cooking demonstrations to partnerships with local farms.

Nearly $105 Million to Boost Crisis Call Center Services Capacities
Some 54 states and territories will receive $105 million in grant funds to help reinforce crisis care infrastructure before July 16, when the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline will convert from a ten-digit phone number to the new 988 three-digit dialing code.

COPS Office Partners with Organizations to Advance Community Policing
The goal, according to a COPS Office news release, is for these three partnerships to assist law enforcement agencies in a few strategic and specific ways.

Watch: Former D.C. Police Chief Cathy Lanier on Selecting Security Tech
Lanier is now the senior vice president of security for the NFL. A few months after joining the organization, she was charged with securing Super Bowl LI in Houston.

$26 Billion Global Opioid Settlement Reaches 90% Participation of Local Governments
This settlement was finalized with the “Big Three” drug distributors (AmerisourceBergen, Cardinal Health, and McKesson), as well as former opioid manufacturer Johnson & Johnson.