The Spokane County Sheriff’s Office has deployed smartphones to all sworn personnel resulting in improved operational effectiveness, increased situational awareness, and expanded tactical response capabilities. Helicopter, drone, robot, bomb squad, and SWAT operations all benefit from the ability to live stream videos of evolving situations. After a fatal school shooting incident in 2017, the agency developed a comprehensive partnership...

Equipping officers with smartphones can increase situational awareness, improve efficiency, and enhance community engagement. The result is a connected officer, who can access mission-critical data regardless of assignment or proximity to a patrol car. Pinellas Park PD has integrated smartphones into a wide range of departmental operations, all with minimal impact on the agency’s budget. Captain Adam Geissenberger will provide insight to...

The Texas Department of Public Safety is one of the largest state patrols in the country and has an area of responsibility of almost 270,000 square miles. Texas DPS has recently expanded its use of smartphones to include issuance of mobile devices to all officers. The agency established a Solutions Center to effectively work through bureaucratic constraints and provide space for collaboration that would identify business and operational soluti...

Law enforcement agencies across the country are going mobile, resulting in connected officers who have greater access to mission-essential information and are better equipped to engage the community. Join us to hear how the Lenexa, Kansas Police Department has constructively integrated mobility into every aspect of patrol and investigative operations, including a web-based regional data sharing application that provides real-time access to com...

Mobile health (mHealth) — the use of portable devices in healthcare settings — is growing exponentially due to innovative advances and increased use of mobile devices. As mobile technology has become more accepted in psychosocial wellness care, advancements in mHealth have triggered a growing demand for easy-to-access, mobile, mental health applications (MHAs). There seems to be an app for almost anything in the mobile app market,...

Law enforcement agencies across the country are going mobile, resulting in connected officers who are better equipped to engage the community. Join us to learn about innovative applications and mobile-first solutions, all powered by America’s largest 5G network. We’ll explore how a smartphone can serve as the primary computing device for in-vehicle, in-field, and in-station operations, including a demonstration of how a smartphone...

Our Fall 2019 Webinar Week includes an impressive line-up of instructors from the first responder and public safety community. They are volunteering their time and sharing their expertise to educate and train public safety professionals from around the globe. There will be a total of 10 webinars available during webinar week, including selected previously recorded webinars. Special note: All webinars will be recorded and only IPSA Members will...