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Government Security News<br />

MAY 2016 DIGITAL EDITION<br />

Rising tide in the Gulf of Mexico, caused by ice melting in Antarctica, is creating<br />

the first climate refugees in Louisiana, by Dr. George Lane – Full story on page 30<br />

Also in this issue:<br />

HID Global and prime contractor DLRS Group win Best ID Document Award for new Irish passport card, the<br />

first and only credit-card sized passport used in Europe for border crossing – Page 16<br />

Battelle develops time-saving active shooter response system – Page 28<br />

Maine College uses satellite technology to help prevent sexual assaults – Page 38


<strong>GSN</strong> <strong>May</strong> 2016 Digital Edition Technology Spotlight<br />

Congratulations to HID Global and DLRS Group for winning<br />

“ID Document of the Year Award” for producing and designing<br />

new Irish Passport card, first of its kind in Europe<br />

DUBLIN, Ireland and AUSTIN, Texas, <strong>May</strong> 10, 2016 – DLRS Group, Ireland’s leading security<br />

printer and HID Global ® , a worldwide leader in secure identity solutions, today announced that<br />

the new Irish Passport Card has won the Regional Best ID Document of the Year Award 2016<br />

by Reconnaissance International at this year’s High Security Printing Conference in Bucharest,<br />

Romania. The programme’s prime contractor DLRS Group joined forces with HID Global, Absolute<br />

Graphics, and Purple Pod to design and produce Europe’s first passport card, which has<br />

been in circulation since October, 2015. The award was presented to Ireland’ Passport Service<br />

Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade.<br />

The award was accepted by Austin Gormley, Director of Passport Services, Department of<br />

Foreign Affairs and Trade Ireland as well as David O’Connor of DLRS. READ FULL STORY<br />

ON PAGE 16<br />

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NEWS AND FEATURES<br />

What you need to know about the temporary worker<br />

bill introduced by Senator Flake Page 5<br />

Theia Technologies honored by Vision Systems<br />

Design 2016 Innovators Awards Program Page 6<br />

Restrictive voting laws threaten to block millions of<br />

Latino voters, including many newly-naturalized<br />

Page 8<br />

Gallagher new releases include Command v7.50<br />

update to company’s security management platform<br />

Page 9<br />

Genetec AutoVu Managed Services offers<br />

end-user independence from on-premises storage<br />

Page 10<br />

CINCH systems announces Vice President of Sales<br />

Page 10<br />

HID Global Case Study: Migrating to a smart “One<br />

Card” Student ID at George Mason University Page 12<br />

DLRS Group, HID GLOBAL New Irish Passport card<br />

wins Best ID Document Award Page 16<br />

FAA tests drone detection system at JFK Page 18<br />

George Lane Column: The rising tide in the Gulf<br />

of Mexico is creating the first climate refugees in<br />

Louisiana, caused by ice melting in Antarctica Page 30<br />

Law Enforcement/Public Safety<br />

____________________________________<br />

LA Airport Police reject plan to work ten more years<br />

for same retirement package as LAPD Page 19<br />

Motorola Solutions transforms body-worn cameras<br />

for Tetra users Page 22<br />

U.S. Attorney pays tribute to Ohio cops in honor<br />

of National Police Week Page 23<br />

StealthGearUSA showcases premium holsters<br />

and gear at NRA Annual Meeting Page 24<br />

IACP, University of Cincinnati join forces to<br />

start $3.3M policing research center Page 25<br />

Study: Utility claims BodyWorn cameras save<br />

thousands because of auto redacting Page 26<br />

Battelle develops time-saving active-shooter<br />

response system, seeks partner for rollout Page 28<br />

Satellite Communications<br />

____________________________________<br />

COMSAT provides satellite communications services<br />

to the Marines Page 34<br />

Inflatable antennas help Cubic Global Defense<br />

serve military, Middle East markets Page 36<br />

Maine college using satellite technology to<br />

help prevent sexual assaults Page 38<br />

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VeriSat to demonstrate its satellite interference<br />

reduction solution at Singapore conference Page 40


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Theia Technologies honored by Vision Systems<br />

Design 2016 Innovators Awards Program<br />

SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA, <strong>May</strong> 5th,<br />

2016 – Theia Technologies, high<br />

resolution imaging technology specialist,<br />

announced today that its 4K<br />

1/1.8” Compact Lens family was<br />

recognized by the judges of the annual<br />

Vision Systems Design Innovators<br />

Awards program. The judging<br />

panel consisted of esteemed experts<br />

from system integrator and end-user<br />

companies.<br />

Theia was honored with a bronzelevel<br />

award. Theia’s family of 4K 12<br />

megapixel resolution lenses provide<br />

112 to 7 degrees HFOV offering<br />

4-10mm and 12-50mm focal ranges.<br />

Covering 1/1.7” 4K imagers,<br />

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sensor pixels, both offer excellent IR<br />

correction for Day/Night cameras.<br />

At 64.5mm long by 59mm diameter,<br />

they’re the most compact for comparable<br />

4k lenses to facilitate use in<br />

domes, bullets and small enclosures.<br />

Offered in fully motorized, manual,<br />

DC auto-iris, P-iris, CS/C and board<br />

mount combinations.<br />

“Theia is honored to once again be<br />

recognized for innovation in imaging<br />

technology,” commented Mark<br />

Peterson, Vice President of Advanced<br />

Technology for Theia Technologies.<br />

“We strive to design and<br />

develop unique and innovative lens<br />

technology and related products<br />

which provide excellent value to the<br />

markets we serve. We are delighted<br />

that industry continues to recognize<br />

our contributions,” continued Peterson.<br />

Alan Bergstein, publisher of Vision<br />

Systems Design said “This<br />

prestigious program allows Vision<br />

Systems Design to celebrate<br />

and recognize the most innovative<br />

products and services in the vision<br />

and image processing industry. Our<br />

6<br />

2016 Honorees are an outstanding<br />

example of companies who are<br />

making an impact in the industry.”<br />

The Innovators Awards are judged<br />

based on the following criteria:<br />

• Originality<br />

• Innovation<br />

• Impact on Designers, Systems<br />

Integrators, End Users<br />

• Fulfilling a need in the market<br />

that hasn’t been addressed<br />

• Leveraging a novel technology<br />

The 2016 Visions Systems Design<br />

Innovators Awards Honorees are<br />

featured on the June Issue of Vision<br />

Systems Design magazine as well as<br />

on vision-systems.com.<br />

About Vision Systems Design<br />

Published since 1996, Vision Systems<br />

Design is a global resource for<br />

engineers, engineering managers<br />

and systems integrators that provides<br />

comprehensive global coverage<br />

of vision systems technologies,<br />

applications, and markets. Vision<br />

Systems Design’s magazine, website<br />

(www.vision-systems.com), email<br />

newsletters and webcasts report<br />

on and analyze the latest technology<br />

and business developments and<br />

trends in the worldwide machine vision<br />

and image processing industry.


About The Vision Systems Design<br />

2016 Innovators Awards program<br />

The Vision Systems Design 2016 Innovators<br />

Awards program reviews<br />

and recognized the most innovative<br />

products and services in the vision<br />

and image processing industry.<br />

Honorees were announced at The<br />

Vision Show 2016 held in Boston,<br />

MA, USA. Criteria used in the Innovators<br />

Awards ranking included:<br />

originality, innovation; impact on<br />

designers, systems integrators and<br />

end-users; fulfilling a need in the<br />

market that hasn’t been addressed,<br />

leveraging a novel technology, and<br />

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About Theia Technologies<br />

Theia Technologies provides high<br />

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Restrictive voting laws threaten to block<br />

millions of Latino voters, including many<br />

newly-naturalized<br />

By Michele Waslin<br />

Naturalization and voter registration<br />

rates have surged in recent<br />

months, but strict new voter laws<br />

in many states are threatening to reduce<br />

the number of Latinos voters<br />

(including many newly naturalized)<br />

who will be allowed to cast ballots.<br />

More than 185,000 citizenship<br />

applications were submitted<br />

in the final three<br />

months of 2015, which<br />

is a 14 percent increase<br />

from 2014 and up 8 percent<br />

compared with the<br />

same period ahead of<br />

the 2012 elections. According<br />

to the Houston<br />

Chronicle, in Texas,<br />

naturalization ceremonies<br />

in Houston have<br />

swelled to about 2,200<br />

per month, compared<br />

with 1,200 before, and more than<br />

80 percent of those naturalized then<br />

register to vote, compared with 60<br />

percent previously.<br />

Experts are attributing the surge<br />

in naturalization to Donald Trump’s<br />

anti-immigrant rhetoric and policy<br />

positions during the presidential<br />

campaign. Ben Monterroso, executive<br />

director of Mi Familia Vota<br />

said, “A surge in Latino engagement<br />

is coming. Unsolicited, people tell<br />

you that ‘I’m becoming a citizen because<br />

I want to vote against Donald<br />

Trump’ or ‘I want to vote against the<br />

attacks on our community.’ ”<br />

But a new report from the National<br />

Association of Latino Elected<br />

8<br />

and Appointed Officials (NALEO)<br />

finds that eight million Latino voters<br />

could be impacted by new voting<br />

laws. First, in 2013 the Supreme<br />

Court invalidated a provision of the<br />

Voting Rights Act that which obligated<br />

certain states with a history of<br />

discrimination to obtain “pre-clearance”<br />

from the U.S. Department of<br />

Justice to make any modifications<br />

of electoral laws. According to NA-<br />

LEO, approximately 8 million Latino<br />

voters live in jurisdictions that<br />

must no longer be pre-cleared by<br />

the federal government despite their<br />

histories of discriminatory voting<br />

practices.<br />

At the state level, nineteen states<br />

have enacted or implemented<br />

new restrictive laws since<br />

the November 2012 election<br />

that will make it harder for<br />

some voters to cast ballots in<br />

2016. Eight states have laws<br />

that make it more difficult<br />

to register to vote by making<br />

voters register much<br />

further in advance, restricting<br />

community volunteers<br />

from helping with voter registration<br />

efforts, or requiring<br />

additional documentation.<br />

Six states have laws making it more<br />

difficult to vote by shortening early<br />

voting periods, and another six have<br />

placed restrictions on absentee voting.<br />

Finally, nine states have passed<br />

voter ID laws, requiring potential<br />

voters to present certain documents<br />

More on page 42<br />

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Gallagher new releases include Command v7.50<br />

update to company’s security management platform<br />

HAMILTON, NEW ZEALAND-<br />

-(Marketwired - <strong>May</strong> 12, 2016) -<br />

Leading security technology manufacturer,<br />

Gallagher, has released<br />

their latest products and updates<br />

to the global security market. The<br />

release includes Command Centre<br />

v7.50, an update to the company’s<br />

renowned security management<br />

platform, and enhancements to<br />

their award winning Mobile App.<br />

The new generation of products<br />

are designed to elevate the customer<br />

experience by improving organizational<br />

efficiency, automating<br />

manual interactions and streamlining<br />

processes such as site access.<br />

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App was equipped to challenge a<br />

cardholder on sight, our enhanced<br />

mobile solution now empowers a<br />

guard to immediately grant or deny<br />

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Genetec AutoVu Managed Services<br />

offers end-user independence from<br />

on-premises storage<br />

MONTRÉAL, <strong>May</strong> 11th 2016 –<br />

Genetec Inc. (Genetec), a leading<br />

provider of open-architecture, unified<br />

IP security solutions today announced<br />

the latest update of AutoVu<br />

Managed Services (AMS), a<br />

turnkey Automatic License Plate<br />

Recognition (ALPR) solution that<br />

allows parking customers to outsource<br />

their IT hardware and management<br />

requirements to Genetec.<br />

AutoVu Managed Services leverages<br />

the cloud to offer end-users<br />

independence from on-premises<br />

storage, IT management and depreciation<br />

costs, and can now accommodate<br />

larger fleets of patrol<br />

vehicles with support for fixed LPR<br />

cameras, addressing end-user requests.<br />

AutoVu is offered as part of<br />

Genetec Security Center, the company’s<br />

unified IP security platform<br />

that combines access control, video<br />

surveillance and ALPR.<br />

Genetec will demonstrate AutoVu<br />

Managed Services for the first time<br />

at the upcoming IPI Parking Show<br />

in Nashville, TN (<strong>May</strong> 17th-20th)<br />

on booth # 215 along with its full<br />

catalog of AutoVu parking and law<br />

enforcement cameras, systems and<br />

services. AutoVu Managed Services<br />

is expected to be available in mid-<br />

<strong>May</strong> from Genetec AutoVu channel<br />

and sales partners.<br />

“With the responsibility of managing<br />

parking for the City of Richmond,<br />

we were having to host and<br />

maintain our own servers on premises,<br />

which, after troubleshooting,<br />

we found were only performing 55%<br />

of the time. We also had frustrating<br />

performance lag and regularly occurring<br />

internal IT conflicts,” said<br />

Javon Barner, On-Street Parking<br />

Enforcement Manager at the<br />

City of Richmond,<br />

Virginia. “After we<br />

became an earlyadopter<br />

for AutoVu<br />

Managed Services,<br />

More on page 43<br />

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CINCH systems<br />

announces Vice<br />

President of Sales<br />

ST. MICHAEL, MN, <strong>May</strong> 24, 2015<br />

– CINCH systems, Inc. is pleased to<br />

announce Dennis Dop as the company’s<br />

Vice President of Sales. Dop<br />

will be responsible for driving sales<br />

in high security markets for intrusion<br />

detection systems and sensing<br />

devices to achieve company growth<br />

objectives.<br />

Dop, a wellknown<br />

and<br />

respected veteran<br />

in the<br />

security industry,<br />

comes<br />

to CINCH<br />

systems with Dennis Dop<br />

20+ years of VP of Sales<br />

CINCH systems, Inc.<br />

security sales<br />

and sales force<br />

management experience. Dop<br />

brings industry knowledge and<br />

strong sales leadership in commercial<br />

and residential security markets,<br />

national account management,<br />

and driving dealer sales. With the<br />

addition of Dennis Dop, CINCH<br />

systems will grow the sales base,<br />

broaden customer reach, and expand<br />

into new markets.<br />

“In every industry there are a se-<br />

More on page 44


HID Global Case Study: Migrating to<br />

a smart “One Card” Student ID<br />

at George Mason University<br />

As the commonwealth of Virginia’s<br />

largest public university, George<br />

Mason University has a population<br />

of more than 30,000 students<br />

with nearly 5,000 facility members<br />

and 2,000 contractors on campus.<br />

Showing no signs of slowing its student<br />

enrollment, George Mason is a<br />

rapidly expanding campus with new<br />

facilities and residential halls under<br />

construction, and new services being<br />

deployed each year. However, an<br />

outdated and vulnerable Mason ID<br />

card system needed to be replaced<br />

with a more secure and comprehensive<br />

“one card” solution that could<br />

provide better security, efficient<br />

end-to-end issuance capabilities and<br />

connect card holders to new services<br />

and departments on campus. Most<br />

importantly, the university needed<br />

a cost-effective migration plan if it<br />

were to completely replace its legacy<br />

student ID card system.<br />

Challenges<br />

For over a decade, George Mason<br />

has been issuing Mason ID cards<br />

with magnetic swipe technology to<br />

its students, faculty and contractors.<br />

These legacy cards not only wore<br />

out quickly but they relied on a security<br />

technology that lacked the<br />

cryptographic capabilities of smart<br />

cards, and were thus susceptible to<br />

cloning and counterfeiting. It was<br />

also difficult to update and manage<br />

old campus door locks and cards.<br />

Needing to address today’s increasing<br />

security challenges, George<br />

Mason also recognized that with<br />

any new technology deployment on<br />

campus, they had an opportunity to<br />

lay a foundation that would help the<br />

university meet the needs and the<br />

expectations of a very technologysavvy<br />

generation of students.<br />

Greater campus security could be<br />

achieved by moving to a new contactless<br />

smart card technology, but<br />

the greatest efficiency and convenience<br />

would come from leveraging<br />

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the power of a flexible, “one card”<br />

solution that enabled the Mason ID<br />

to be used with not only access control<br />

systems, but other value-added<br />

applications and services on and off<br />

campus.<br />

Determined to move to a new and<br />

comprehensive ID solution, George<br />

Mason was conscious of its limited<br />

budget and the time and cost<br />

associated with replacing existing<br />

card infrastructure and ultimately,<br />

rebadging its more than 30,000 card<br />

holders on campus.<br />

The Solution<br />

By working with HID Global and<br />

its parent ASSA ABLOY, George<br />

Mason was able to design a cost-effective<br />

and comprehensive, end-toend<br />

ID solution that would enable<br />

university administrators to migrate<br />

their existing card system over an<br />

expected five years. Simultaneously<br />

compatible with the legacy student<br />

ID cards and the existing hardware


on campus, this new solution would<br />

be deployed slowly and consist of<br />

the following:<br />

• HID Global multiCLASS<br />

SE® readers, as well as<br />

PERSONA® Campus<br />

Software and SAR-<br />

GENT Passport® locks<br />

from HID Global’s<br />

parent company, ASSA<br />

ABLOY. Chosen for their<br />

built-in encryption and enhanced<br />

security, the multi-technology readers<br />

and locks also support the legacy<br />

magnetic stripe (magstripe) cards<br />

used on campus as well as newer,<br />

contactless card technology.<br />

• Seos® smart cards from HID<br />

Global were chosen for their advanced<br />

security, interoperability<br />

between the new locks and readers,<br />

and the multiple card applications<br />

enabled by its breakthrough technology.<br />

For instance, the university<br />

leveraged HID Global OMNIKEY®<br />

desktop readers to extend the Seos<br />

card’s use to check out library books<br />

and to pay for meals in the cafeteria.<br />

• HID Global FARGO® DTC4500e<br />

ID card printers and encoders along<br />

with its Asure ID® card personalization<br />

software were installed at the<br />

campus card office. Cards are personalized<br />

by printing student information<br />

to the card at the same time<br />

encoding and programming of both<br />

magstripe and Seos technologies are<br />

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Total issuance time is drastically<br />

reduced, data entry mistakes are<br />

eliminated and the new ID cards are<br />

printed at higher quality with more<br />

durable lamination.<br />

“One of our goals is to get the students<br />

out of the card office as quickly<br />

as possible. We wanted something<br />

that was seamless, so staff could<br />

search for the person, verify the<br />

identity, print the card and hand it<br />

to the person, knowing that it would<br />

work right away,” said Jerry Baugh,<br />

Director of the Mason Card Office<br />

with George Mason University.<br />

“With the new printers and Asure<br />

ID software, we were able to really<br />

streamline the entire card process<br />

and set up a true one-stop shop on<br />

campus that not only reduced the<br />

waiting time for the student, but<br />

produced a more durable and better<br />

looking card that eliminated the<br />

hassle and costs of replacing cards<br />

that used to wear out too quickly.”<br />

George Mason worked closely<br />

with HID Global and ASSA ABLOY<br />

to chart a three-year migration path<br />

for its new solution. To date, George<br />

Mason has installed about 3,500<br />

new HID Global readers and ASSA<br />

ABLOY locks, and has issued more<br />

than 12,000 new Mason ID cards<br />

to incoming freshmen to start. The<br />

university expects to complete its<br />

card migration by 2017 with more<br />

readers and locks to follow.<br />

Powered by Seos smart card technology,<br />

the new Mason ID cards<br />

are initially being used for accessing<br />

facilities, residence halls, library<br />

and cafeteria services. The multitechnology<br />

readers and locks ensure<br />

the total system also works with the<br />

older magstripe ID cards still in use.<br />

Potential applications for the new<br />

Mason ID include cashless payment<br />

for the Washington D.C. transit system,<br />

time and attendance when at<br />

the gym, and even generating onetime<br />

password (OTP) soft tokens to<br />

allow students and faculty to access<br />

cloud applications, data and other<br />

services in the future.<br />

Benefits<br />

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The university now has state-of-theart<br />

facility security as well as realtime<br />

control when a lock-down or<br />

other changes are needed. They also<br />

can quickly and easily modify their<br />

access control system, including updating<br />

card privileges, revoking and<br />

replacing lost or stolen cards, and<br />

adding or removing applications,<br />

while the new ID card also frees the<br />

students to easily access so many aspects<br />

of campus life.<br />

The move to a Seos-based technology<br />

solution has provided the<br />

university with more freedom of<br />

choice and the ability to add more<br />

applications as it scales in the future,<br />

while providing the confidence that<br />

the university is receiving the bestin-class<br />

security and privacy protection<br />

for its students and staff. In the<br />

coming years, George Mason has<br />

positioned itself to take full advantage<br />

of its ID system to extend not<br />

only the many uses for the Mason<br />

ID, but the form factor of the student<br />

ID itself.<br />

“For us, Seos is a short step; we<br />

want bigger, better, newer, faster. We<br />

know mobile credentials are coming,<br />

and we want to be positioned.<br />

We know our readers are already<br />

there, so the ability for us to leverage<br />

mobile credentials and send<br />

those to the phone will be our next<br />

step,” stated Danny Anthes, Senior<br />

Manager of Information Technology<br />

with George Mason University.<br />

“I think Seos goes beyond just door<br />

access, it speaks better to the credential<br />

and pieces we have in that.<br />

It allows us to put the destiny of the<br />

department back into their own<br />

hands.”


Threat deterrent technology<br />

Disaster response and recovery<br />

Inspection team training<br />

battelle.org/aviation-security


HID Global and prime contractor DLRS Group win Best ID<br />

Document Award for new Irish Passport card; credit-card<br />

sized card is first and only passport deployed in Europe for<br />

border crossing<br />

DUBLIN, Ireland and AUSTIN, Texas<br />

<strong>May</strong> 10, 2016 – DLRS Group,<br />

Ireland’s leading security printer and<br />

HID Global®, a worldwide leader in<br />

secure identity solutions, today announced<br />

that the new Irish Passport<br />

Card has won the Regional Best ID<br />

Document of the Year Award 2016<br />

by Reconnaissance International at<br />

this year’s High Security Printing<br />

Conference in Bucharest, Romania.<br />

The programme’s prime contractor<br />

DLRS Group joined forces with<br />

HID Global, Absolute Graphics, and<br />

Purple Pod to design and produce<br />

Europe’s first passport card, which<br />

has been in circulation since October,<br />

2015. The award was presented<br />

to Ireland’ Passport Service Department<br />

of Foreign Affairs and Trade.<br />

The credit-card sized card is the<br />

first and only passport card deployed<br />

in Europe for border crossing. It allows<br />

Irish citizens to travel across<br />

Europe without their traditional<br />

passports. The award recognizes<br />

the Passport Card for its innovative<br />

design, the combination of state-ofthe-art<br />

technologies and a unique<br />

mobile application process. Citizens<br />

can obtain the card by applying online<br />

or through a smartphone app<br />

that allows the applicant<br />

to submit a compliant<br />

photo from a mobile device.<br />

Payments are made<br />

through a secure payment<br />

gateway.<br />

Cardholders benefit<br />

from the card’s state-ofthe-art<br />

technologies and<br />

innovative security features. The card<br />

is the first to combine optical security<br />

media and an ICAO-compliant<br />

chip, which together provide ultrahigh<br />

levels of protection against attempts<br />

at fraud and counterfeiting.<br />

Other innovations optimizing the<br />

card’s reliability, durability and security<br />

include a highly secure personalized<br />

embedded hologram photo;<br />

a unique anti-crack technology that<br />

protects the card from daily wear<br />

and tear; and direct bonding, which<br />

minimizes the space required for<br />

the RFID chip, allowing the unique<br />

combination of security features.<br />

Other security features on the<br />

passport card include the holder’s<br />

signature, a Kinegram overlay featuring<br />

a 12 string harp, specific tactile<br />

features, optically variable and<br />

thermochromic inks plus a covert<br />

diffractive image.<br />

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The new Irish passport card fits<br />

thematically with the new Irish ePassport,<br />

using some of the same imagery,<br />

representing the culture, history<br />

and people of Ireland.<br />

The Irish security printer DLRS,<br />

was the lead company in the management<br />

and delivery of the card<br />

project, partnering with HID Global<br />

Ireland, Absolute Graphics and Purple<br />

Pod. It was also the producer of<br />

Ireland’s new ePassport, which was<br />

introduced in 2013.<br />

HID Global designed and manufactures<br />

the card and also supplies<br />

the personalization software and<br />

Fargo Laser Engraving equipment<br />

– the high security personalization<br />

systems used to print and issue the<br />

cards.<br />

Austin Gormley Director of Passport<br />

Services, Department of Foreign<br />

Affairs and Trade Ireland said,


“We are delighted to receive this<br />

prestigious international award,<br />

which recognizes the quality and innovation<br />

of the card, and the benefit<br />

it delivers to our citizens. It is also a<br />

tribute to the technical capabilities<br />

within Ireland.”<br />

The award was accepted by Austin<br />

Gormley, Director of Passport Services,<br />

Department of Foreign Affairs<br />

and Trade Ireland as well as David<br />

O’Connor of DLRS.<br />

The Regional ID Document of<br />

the Year award aims to promote the<br />

best in security printing, system infrastructure<br />

and implementation of<br />

a government passport, identity or<br />

other security card scheme. The conference<br />

organizers, Reconnaissance<br />

International, recognized the pioneering<br />

use of many new high security<br />

printing technologies and techniques<br />

deployed in the Irish passport<br />

card.<br />

“DLRS and our team of partners<br />

take great pride in delivering the<br />

new Irish passport card, that is making<br />

the lives of Irish citizens easier,”<br />

said David O’Connor, Sales Director,<br />

DLRS. “Our goal was to deliver the<br />

highest quality and most innovative<br />

card imaginable, within budget<br />

to the government of Ireland. This<br />

award recognizes our success in doing<br />

so.”<br />

“Congratulations to Ireland’s Department<br />

of Foreign Affairs on this<br />

exciting award,” said Rob Haslam,<br />

Vice President Government ID Solutions,<br />

HID Global. “DLRS successfully<br />

spearheaded this award-winning<br />

project by bringing together<br />

the right team of experts, ideas and<br />

technologies. It is rewarding that<br />

HID Global’s daily focus on innovation<br />

has helped to deliver this unique<br />

project.<br />

About DLRS Group<br />

DLRS Limited is Ireland’s largest<br />

security printer. Established since<br />

1976, the Company has a production<br />

facility in the Republic of Ireland,<br />

servicing the needs of major<br />

financial and government bodies<br />

supplying passport books and cards,<br />

biometric cards and network development<br />

including enrolments, production<br />

management and Personation<br />

solutions, fiscal stamps and<br />

security documents.<br />

For more information visit http://<br />

www.dlrsgroup.com.<br />

DLRS Limited is the security division<br />

of the Smurfit Kappa Group,<br />

world-leader in paper based packaging,<br />

operating in 22 countries in Europe.<br />

Smurfit Kappa Group is the<br />

European leader in containerboard,<br />

solid board, corrugated and solid<br />

board packaging and has a key position<br />

in several other paper packaging<br />

market segments.<br />

About HID Global<br />

HID Global is the trusted source<br />

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for innovative products, services,<br />

solutions, and know-how related to<br />

the creation, management, and use<br />

of secure identities for millions of<br />

customers around the world. The<br />

company’s served markets include<br />

physical and logical access control,<br />

including strong authentication<br />

and credential management; card<br />

printing and personalization; visitor<br />

management systems; highly secure<br />

government and citizen ID; and<br />

identification RFID technologies<br />

used in animal ID and industry and<br />

logistics applications. The company’s<br />

primary brands include ActivID®,<br />

EasyLobby®, FARGO®, IdenTrust®,<br />

LaserCard®, Lumidigm®, Quantum<br />

Secure, and HID®. Headquartered in<br />

Austin, Texas, HID Global has over<br />

2,700 employees worldwide and operates<br />

international offices that support<br />

more than 100 countries. HID<br />

Global® is an ASSA ABLOY Group<br />

brand. For more information, visit<br />

http://www.hidglobal.com.<br />

For more information and HID<br />

Global news, visit our Media Center,<br />

read our Industry Blog, subscribe to<br />

our RSS Feed, watch our videos and<br />

follow us on Facebook, LinkedIn and<br />

Twitter.<br />

Visit http://www.hidglobal.com/<br />

government/citizen-id


FAA tests drone detection system at JFK<br />

The FAA and its government partners<br />

are expanding research on ways<br />

to detect “rogue” drones around airports.<br />

The Federal Aviation Administration<br />

(FAA) and its government, industry<br />

and academia partners have<br />

joined forces to evaluate drone detection<br />

technology at John F. Kennedy<br />

International Airport (JFK) in<br />

New York.<br />

Over the last two years, the FAA<br />

has received numerous reports<br />

from pilots and residents about unmanned<br />

aircraft systems – UAS, or<br />

“drones” – around some of the nation’s<br />

busiest airports, including<br />

JFK.<br />

“We face many difficult challenges<br />

as we integrate rapidly evolving<br />

UAS technology into our complex<br />

and highly regulated airspace,” said<br />

Marke “Hoot” Gibson, FAA Senior<br />

Advisor on UAS Integration. “This<br />

effort at JFK reflects everyone’s<br />

commitment to safety.”<br />

Beginning <strong>May</strong> 2, the FAA conducted<br />

evaluations at JFK to study<br />

the effectiveness of a Federal Bureau<br />

of Investigation (FBI) UAS detection<br />

system in a commercial airport<br />

environment. Five different rotorcraft<br />

and fixed wing UAS participat-<br />

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ed in the evaluations, and about 40<br />

separate tests took place.<br />

The JFK evaluation involved extensive<br />

government inter-agency<br />

collaboration, and cooperation<br />

from industry and academia. The<br />

tests expanded on research performed<br />

earlier this year at Atlantic<br />

City International Airport.<br />

In addition to the<br />

FAA and the FBI, the<br />

agencies combining<br />

forces in this research<br />

included the Department<br />

of Homeland Security<br />

(DHS), Department<br />

of Justice, Queens<br />

District Attorney’s Office<br />

and the Port Authority<br />

of New York and New Jersey.<br />

DHS and the FBI want to identify<br />

unauthorized UAS operators for<br />

law enforcement purposes, and the<br />

FAA’s mission is to provide a safe<br />

and efficient airport environment<br />

for both manned and unmanned air<br />

traffic.<br />

“We applaud the FBI and FAA for<br />

their efforts to detect and track unmanned<br />

aerial systems (UAS),” said<br />

Thomas Bosco, Port Authority Aviation<br />

Director. “We look forward to<br />

supporting continued U.S. Government<br />

efforts to identify and deploy<br />

countermeasures to neutralize the<br />

threat posed by rogue UASs.”<br />

The team evaluating the FBI’s<br />

detection system also included<br />

contributions from one of the six<br />

FAA-designated UAS test sites. The<br />

Griffiss International Airport test<br />

site in Rome, NY, provided expertise<br />

in planning the individual tests<br />

as well as the flight commander for<br />

the tests and two of the UAS used.<br />

The FY 2016 Appropriations law<br />

mandates that the FAA continue<br />

research into detection of UAS in<br />

airport environments. The agency<br />

is continuing to formulate an interagency<br />

strategy to evaluate detection<br />

systems in a variety of airport<br />

environments.


Law Enforcement/Public Safety<br />

Los Angeles Airport Police reject plan to work<br />

ten more years to get same retirement package<br />

as LAPD and LAPD Port Police<br />

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LOS ANGELES, CA - Almost one<br />

hundred Los Angeles Airport Police<br />

Officers from Los Angeles International<br />

Airport (LAX), LA/Ontario<br />

International Airport (ONT) and<br />

Van Nuys Airport (VNY) attended<br />

Thursday’s meeting of the Board of<br />

Airport Commissioners at LAX to<br />

voice their concern about Los Angeles<br />

World Airport’s (LAWA) decision<br />

to continue treating their lives,<br />

service and commitment as not<br />

equal to those of other City police<br />

agencies.<br />

During today’s public comment<br />

section, officer after officer reiterated<br />

their unhappiness with the City’s<br />

decision to provide a retirement<br />

package that forcesAirport Police<br />

officers to work an additional decade<br />

to be on par with officers from<br />

the Los Angeles Police Department<br />

and Los Angeles Port Police-also<br />

City police agencies.<br />

“Everyday the City of Los Angeles<br />

tells me my life isn’t as valuable or<br />

important as other officers by refusing<br />

to give me equal pay and benefits<br />

for equal work,” said LAXPD<br />

senior leader officer and Los Angeles<br />

Airport Peace Officers’ Association<br />

(LAAPOA) president Marshall<br />

McClain.<br />

“As it stands now, Airport Police<br />

officer will have to work an additional<br />

decade or more to achieve<br />

the same retirement package that’s<br />

currently available to Los Angeles<br />

police officers in the City and at the<br />

Port. That’s more years of putting<br />

our lives on the line. More years of<br />

breathing in bad carcinogens at the<br />

airport and risking injury. Los Angeles<br />

takes great pride in treating<br />

everyone equally-except for when<br />

it comes to its police officers at the<br />

airport.”<br />

Officers reminded the sevenmember<br />

board that their lives, families,<br />

service and commitment to the<br />

City of Los Angeles and its three airports<br />

mattered. Officers pointed out<br />

that they shouldn’t have to work an<br />

additional decade in order to retire<br />

with the benefits of the 30-year pension<br />

plan currently being offered to


Law Enforcement/Public Safety<br />

them.<br />

Last week Airport Police officers<br />

voted to approve a tentative agreement<br />

after working without a mutually<br />

agreed upon contract for six<br />

years. While the contract still requires<br />

the final approval of the city<br />

council, over 400 police officers and<br />

firefighters assigned<br />

to LAX, Van Nuys<br />

and Ontario airports<br />

voted to approve a<br />

contract that includes<br />

a first raise of 6.7%<br />

that will take effect in<br />

June 2016 followed by<br />

2% raises in July 2017<br />

and January 2018. Officers<br />

will not receive<br />

raises or cost of living<br />

allowances for years<br />

2014 and 2015. The<br />

contract if approved<br />

will run through June<br />

30, 2018.<br />

This contract is<br />

the result of tedious mediations to<br />

achieve a global settlement agreement<br />

in an effort to resolve several<br />

open employee grievances, unfair<br />

labor practices and a pending lawsuit.<br />

In exchange, this contract improves<br />

the starting salary to the<br />

same amount as all other police<br />

agencies in Los Angeles, includes<br />

a $500 increased uniform allowance<br />

and a safety tier retirement<br />

with a .14% increased pension formula,<br />

which was a counter offer to<br />

bring Airport Police officers to the<br />

same retirement level as the City’s<br />

other two police agencies. In addition,<br />

LAAPOA members will have<br />

to contribute more money to the<br />

cost of medical, pension and retiree<br />

health. LAAPOA is currently awaiting<br />

an actuarial report from the City<br />

Administrative Officer that would<br />

give Airport Police officers the same<br />

retirement as employees of the Department<br />

of Water and Power-but<br />

not equal to the LAPD or L.A. Port<br />

Police.<br />

“With the tentative agreement in<br />

place to bring Airport Police officers<br />

20<br />

retirement benefits to at least match<br />

DWP employees we’re headed in the<br />

right direction but we’re far from<br />

achieving equal pay and benefits for<br />

our officers at the airport,” said Marshall<br />

McClain. “All we’re asking for<br />

is to be treated equally.”<br />

All funds used to pay for LAXPD<br />

officers are derived<br />

from airport feesnone<br />

of the funds<br />

come from City monies.<br />

Taxes will not go<br />

up if Airport Police<br />

officers are compensated<br />

the same as other<br />

City police agencies.<br />

The Los Angeles<br />

Airport Peace Officers<br />

Association<br />

(LAAPOA) represents<br />

the sworn police<br />

officers and firefighters<br />

of the Los Angeles Airport Police<br />

Department assigned to protect<br />

and serve Los Angeles International<br />

Airport (LAX), LA/Ontario International<br />

Airport (ONT) and Van<br />

Nuys Airport (VNY). For more information<br />

on LAAPOA, please visit<br />

laapoa.com.


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Law Enforcement/Public Safety<br />

Motorola Solutions<br />

transforms body-worn<br />

cameras for Tetra users<br />

AMSTERDAM, The Netherlands<br />

– <strong>May</strong> 19, 2016 – At Critical Communications<br />

World 2016 (<strong>May</strong> 31<br />

to June 2 in Amsterdam), Motorola<br />

Solutions announces a new combination<br />

of body-worn video camera,<br />

radio speaker and microphone,<br />

along with new, cloud-based, digital<br />

evidence management software,<br />

which is able to collaborate with<br />

TETRA digital two-way radios. The<br />

new “Smart Interface” (Si) Si500<br />

Video Speaker Microphone (VSM)<br />

is reducing the number of devices<br />

that weigh down public safety officers<br />

in the field today, while CommandCentral<br />

Vault digital evidence<br />

management software is providing<br />

unparalleled efficiency that saves<br />

time and resources.<br />

Public safety agencies today face<br />

an increasing demand to capture,<br />

store, properly manage and share<br />

video evidence. While use of bodyworn<br />

cameras has widespread and<br />

growing acceptance with public<br />

safety agencies and the citizens<br />

they protect, the massive amounts<br />

of data cameras create needs to be<br />

managed and stored, oftentimes<br />

incurring significant<br />

costs. With its<br />

new solution, Motorola<br />

Solutions tackles all of<br />

these challenges and offers<br />

an end-to-end solution that can<br />

be used with existing TETRA radio<br />

equipment. Public safety agencies<br />

are provided with a seamless experience<br />

from video capture in the field<br />

to back office storage and content<br />

management that helps them simplify<br />

workflows and reduce administrative<br />

overheads.<br />

“In Europe Middle East and Africa<br />

(EMEA), TETRA digital radio<br />

technology has become a standard<br />

for mission-critical communications,”<br />

said Steven Young, vice president<br />

TETRA devices at Motorola<br />

Solutions. “This is why we have<br />

developed a body-worn video solution<br />

that collaborates with TETRA<br />

radios. The Si500 is transforming<br />

digital evidence management by integrating<br />

our best microphone into<br />

a body-worn camera and combining<br />

it with a content management<br />

22<br />

Si 500 VSM extends performance of Motorola Solutions<br />

Tetra digital two-way radios<br />

system that´s unmatched in its easeof-use.”<br />

Sight and Sound Simplified<br />

Both body-worn camera and remote<br />

radio speaker microphone,<br />

the compact Si500 VSM is a unique<br />

interface that extends the missioncritical<br />

performance of Motorola<br />

Solutions TETRA digital two-way<br />

radios. The lightweight compact design<br />

includes innovative features to<br />

meet the needs of first responders:<br />

• The Si500 VSM is equipped with<br />

a 210-degree range-of-motion camera<br />

lens that provides optimal fieldof-view<br />

and flexible wearing positions.<br />

Users can wear the VSM with<br />

the display facing in or out.<br />

• The Si500 VSM features a new<br />

adaptive audio engine that automatically<br />

adjusts audio settings based<br />

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U.S. Attorney pays tribute to Ohio cops in<br />

honor of National Police Week<br />

by Benjamin C. Glassman<br />

Acting U.S. Attorney for the<br />

Southern District of Ohio<br />

As the top federal law enforcement<br />

official for the southern<br />

half of Ohio, I’ve had the opportunity<br />

to work with many<br />

great police officers over the<br />

years. They are impressive<br />

people doing impressive work.<br />

Sometimes I wish everyone<br />

had the opportunity that I have to<br />

get to know all of these officers personally.<br />

Police officers are public servants<br />

who are an integral part of our daily<br />

life. They catch criminals, find and<br />

return things that are lost, point the<br />

way when we ourselves get lost, and<br />

help the elderly and children alike<br />

cross the street. In other words, police<br />

officers serve; they protect; they<br />

listen; they teach. What distinguishes<br />

a police officer’s job from that<br />

of almost all other public servants,<br />

however, is that it requires the officer<br />

to put his or her very life on the<br />

line in the performance of duty.<br />

Policing is a difficult and honorable<br />

calling that bears tremendous<br />

responsibility. We ask our police<br />

23<br />

officers to run<br />

toward danger,<br />

rather than away<br />

from it, and<br />

once there, we<br />

ask them to use<br />

their best judgment<br />

in making<br />

split-second<br />

decisions. The<br />

Benjamin C. Glassman consequences of<br />

those decisions<br />

are an officer’s burden for life.<br />

To be sure, just because policing<br />

is honorable work does not mean<br />

that every single police officer is an<br />

honorable person. There are rogue<br />

police officers who abuse their<br />

powers and commit crimes—just<br />

as there are doctors and lawyers<br />

and teachers and priests who abuse<br />

their positions and commit crimes.<br />

It is precisely because policing is so<br />

important to the fabric of all of our<br />

lives that my office takes so seriously<br />

instances of police abuse. The U.S.<br />

Attorney’s Office has prosecuted<br />

corrupt police officers to the full extent<br />

of the law, and we will continue<br />

to do so.<br />

But those cases are very much the<br />

exception, not the rule. In my experience,<br />

at least 999 out of every<br />

1,000 police officers discharge their<br />

duties professionally and honorably.<br />

Sometimes, I think, that rule is<br />

harder to see in today’s Internetsaturated<br />

culture. It’s so easy to see<br />

a video clip on the internet of a police<br />

officer somewhere misbehaving<br />

and form an opinion, perhaps even<br />

subconsciously, that police officers<br />

are really like that—even if, on reflection,<br />

the misbehaving officer in<br />

the video is in some jurisdiction<br />

hundreds of miles away that has<br />

absolutely no connection with the<br />

southern half of Ohio or any police<br />

officer you’ve ever met or will ever<br />

meet. The social dynamics of the<br />

internet, moreover, often seem to<br />

encourage taking sides as to everything.<br />

But policing is not something<br />

that’s amenable to taking sides because<br />

all of us want the same thing:<br />

safe communities in which order<br />

is maintained in an atmosphere of<br />

fairness and mutual respect.<br />

The police with whom I work in<br />

the Southern District of Ohio are<br />

doing tremendous work. They are<br />

seeking to be proactive instead of<br />

reactive. They are using data-driv-<br />

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Law Enforcement/Public Safety<br />

StealthGearUSA showcases premium holsters<br />

and gear at NRA Annual Meeting<br />

AMERICAN FORK, UT – Like<br />

most ideas that begin with a need<br />

to fix everyday things in the garage,<br />

StealthGearUSA too was founded<br />

upon humble beginnings. In 2012<br />

CEO and Founder Paul Laemmlen<br />

focused on the idea of creating the<br />

perfect holster as he was attempting<br />

to fix a poorly designed IWB holster,<br />

manufactured by a major U.S. company<br />

that had failed in a very public<br />

way. His leather holster failed,<br />

causing his sidearm to fall onto the<br />

floor of a busy retail establishment.<br />

Through hours and hours of studying<br />

other holsters and creating prototypes,<br />

Laemmlen developing the<br />

company’s first ventilated holster<br />

using its Ventcore® platform.<br />

Never one to sit back and not take<br />

action, Laemmlen began an exhaustive<br />

search for better options –<br />

nothing existed that met his exacting<br />

standards. Thus began his quest<br />

to craft a better holster. It would<br />

need to be built without moisturetrapping<br />

leather, with completely<br />

synthetic materials, ventilated, and<br />

padded for comfort. It would need<br />

to be lighter and tougher than other<br />

holsters on the market. It would be<br />

a holster that would give rock-solid<br />

confidence knowing it would always<br />

perform flawlessly and be so comfortable<br />

that it would be a pleasure<br />

to wear for everyday carry.<br />

Four years later, StealthGearUSA<br />

has grown from those<br />

humble beginnings to<br />

its current position as<br />

a highly sought-after<br />

manufacturer of highperformance<br />

holsters<br />

and gear that embodies<br />

the needs of the demanding<br />

user in the everyday<br />

carry (EDC) space. Since the<br />

company’s inception in 2012 with<br />

two employees, it has now experienced<br />

400% growth each year and<br />

has more than 25 employees operating<br />

out of a nearly 10,000 square<br />

foot manufacturing and operations<br />

space. In 2016, StealthGearUSA will<br />

also open its first retail space (2,200<br />

square feet) near their headquarters<br />

in American Fork, UT.<br />

At the 145th annual National Rifle<br />

Association’s (NRA) Annual Meetings<br />

& Exhibits <strong>May</strong> 20 – 22 in Louisville,<br />

KY , StealthGearUSA became<br />

a first-time exhibitor (booth #2741).<br />

During the massive three-day event<br />

at the Kentucky Exposition Center,<br />

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StealthGearUSA<br />

showcased the holster that<br />

put the company on the map – the<br />

SGUSA IWB Holster – and will<br />

debut the new IWB Mini-Holster,<br />

OWB Mag & Utility Carrier and the<br />

SGP-1R Tactical Flashlight.<br />

Each of the StealthGearUSA<br />

hand-crafted holsters are customized<br />

to fit the consumer’s personal<br />

handgun and are made with the<br />

company’s own Ventcore platform.<br />

Additionally, StealthGearUSA will<br />

unveil their new OWB Magazine<br />

& Utility Carrier and feature their<br />

wide-array of mag carrier and holster<br />

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Ventcore® and FLEX platforms and<br />

More on page 45


IACP, University of Cincinnati join forces<br />

to start $3.3M policing research center<br />

By Steve Bittenbender<br />

Editor, Government Security News<br />

Funded by a $3.3 million grant, the<br />

University of Cincinnati and the International<br />

Association of Chiefs of<br />

Police announced earlier this month<br />

they will create a new research institute<br />

aimed at protecting constituents<br />

and ensuring the fair treatment<br />

of those served by law enforcement.<br />

The two organizations received<br />

funding from the Laura and John<br />

Arnold Foundation to establish the<br />

IACP/UC Center for Police Research<br />

and Policy, which will have<br />

staff housed at both the Ohio school<br />

and at IACP’s headquarters in Alexandria,<br />

VA. In its first three years,<br />

the center has goals of establishing<br />

and sharing a national policy<br />

for conducting research, starting<br />

at least three research efforts and<br />

translating researchers’ findings into<br />

recommendations for police chiefs.<br />

“The goal of the IACP/UC Center<br />

for Police Research and Policy is to<br />

provide a path for law enforcement<br />

and researchers to work together<br />

on evidence-based research studies<br />

that will drive future practices<br />

and policies,” said IACP President<br />

Terrence M. Cunningham, Chief of<br />

the Wellesley, Massachusetts, Police<br />

Department. “Academic researchers<br />

often don’t have access to data<br />

police departments collect. Additionally,<br />

research does not<br />

provide actionable recommendations<br />

that can be<br />

easily translated into specific<br />

policies and practices<br />

that could enhance policing.”<br />

Dr. Robin S. Engel, the<br />

university’s vice president<br />

for safety and reform, will<br />

help lead the new initiative,<br />

which will bring together experienced<br />

researchers to identify law<br />

enforcement practices that both effective<br />

and reasonable. UC’s School<br />

of Criminal Justice is renowned for<br />

its research capabilities, and U.S.<br />

News & World Report considers the<br />

school as one of the top three criminal<br />

justice doctoral programs in the<br />

country.<br />

“The IACP/UC Center for Police<br />

Research and Policy will bring<br />

high-caliber academic researchers<br />

and police practitioners together to<br />

conduct cutting-edge research and<br />

share findings with law enforcement<br />

leaders around the world,”<br />

said Engel, who currently serves as<br />

a consultant for police<br />

departments in<br />

Cincinnati and Tulsa,<br />

OK and has served as<br />

a criminal justice researcher<br />

and educator<br />

for more than 17<br />

years. “This innovative<br />

collaboration will enable<br />

us to develop evidence-based<br />

policies<br />

and practices that are focused on<br />

addressing critical policing issues,<br />

creating a ground-breaking model<br />

for police-academic partnerships.”<br />

The initiative comes less than a<br />

year after a white University of Cincinnati<br />

officer shot and killed an<br />

unarmed black man during a traffic<br />

stop that took place outside of the<br />

university’s campus. Investigators<br />

used the officer’s body camera foot-<br />

More on page 44<br />

Dr. Robin S. Engel<br />

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Law Enforcement/Public Safety<br />

Study: Utility claims BodyWorn<br />

cameras save thousands because<br />

of auto redacting<br />

By Steve Bittenbender<br />

Editor, Government Security News<br />

Utility CEO Robert McKeeman calls<br />

redacting of images captured by police<br />

body-worn cameras the “elephant in the<br />

room.”<br />

The work it takes to intentionally distort<br />

innocent bystanders and other nonessential<br />

elements – for privacy protection<br />

purposes – from body camera<br />

footage is often considered an arduous<br />

task that sometimes complicates and<br />

lengthens the time it takes for footage to<br />

be released to the public.<br />

However, McKeeman, whose company<br />

produces the BodyWorn camera systems,<br />

said that the ability to automatically<br />

redact extraneous images that are not<br />

necessary to the case at hand. It means<br />

the press, the public, juries and judges<br />

can see the evidence without jeopardizing<br />

the privacy concerns of those in the<br />

background.<br />

Further, McKeeman said, auto redacting<br />

is a tremendous cost saver, and a<br />

recent study published by his company<br />

shows police departments can save significantly<br />

through automatic redaction.<br />

“It is the major cost that rarely gets<br />

considered when evaluating body cameras,<br />

even though handling redaction<br />

automatically could end up improving<br />

operations and saving departments millions,”<br />

he said. “Police transparency and<br />

accountability, and protecting the privacy<br />

of police officers and citizens, very<br />

much depends upon being able to redact<br />

video quickly and at low cost. We encourage<br />

all Police Departments to tailor<br />

our analysis to their specific situation so<br />

they make an informed purchase choice<br />

that provides the best solution to increase<br />

police officer safety while also providing<br />

the best value for their taxpayers.”<br />

The call for police departments to implement<br />

body-worn cameras has grown<br />

louder in recent years as a number of<br />

high-profile incidents called into question<br />

how officers treat suspects. At the<br />

same time, however, civil rights advocates<br />

have questioned how the use of<br />

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such cameras won’t invade the privacy of<br />

bystanders.<br />

In the report, Utility claims automatic<br />

redaction can save police departments<br />

up to $12,000 per camera over a five-year<br />

period. The report is available at: http://<br />

bit.ly/1XEyrdU.<br />

“This analysis is intended to educate<br />

government leaders, police executives<br />

and procurement staff about the true total<br />

cost of implementing and operating a<br />

body camera program. The body camera<br />

hardware is just the start of the total cost<br />

of ownership,” McKeeman said. “Police<br />

departments have been surprised by<br />

significant additional costs for network<br />

infrastructure; operations staff support;<br />

police officer overtime; security; backup<br />

and disaster recovery; and video storage,<br />

redaction and administration costs. Our<br />

analysis addresses the 5-Year Total Cost<br />

of Ownership of a police body camera<br />

solution.”<br />

McKeeman added that cameras also<br />

should be as easy to use as possible for<br />

officers, who are often required to turn<br />

on manual cameras during highly stressful<br />

situations. He noted a Department<br />

of Justice study that indicated Phoenix<br />

police officers only turned on manually<br />

activated cameras only 13 percent of the<br />

time they were required to do so.<br />

“Body-worn cameras should reliably<br />

capture video and audio without burdening<br />

the Police Officer,” McKeeman said.<br />

BodyWorn isn’t the only system avail-<br />

able that provides automatic redaction.<br />

VIEVU offers an automated video redaction<br />

technology that uses an advanced<br />

algorithm to blur faces and other identifiable<br />

features.<br />

“The cutting-edge AVR system offered<br />

by VIEVU will lessen the burden<br />

on police departments and simplify the<br />

redaction process, allowing for increased<br />

adoption of body worn cameras around<br />

the world,” VIEVU President Steve Ward<br />

said last year in a release touting its development.<br />

Graphic courtesy of Utility<br />

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Law Enforcement/Public Safety<br />

Battelle develops time-saving active-shooter response<br />

system, seeks partner for rollout<br />

By Steve Bittenbender<br />

Editor, Government Security News<br />

Ed Jopeck found the numbers disturbing.<br />

Despite the technology becoming<br />

available to detect gunshots in<br />

buildings, active shooting events<br />

– and the tragic deaths that all too<br />

often com with them – continued to<br />

occur. According to Federal Bureau<br />

of Investigation data, an average of<br />

more than 16 attacks took place annually<br />

between 2000 and 2013, with<br />

the number almost tripling in the<br />

last seven years.<br />

In all, 1,043 people died or were<br />

injured as a result of such events.<br />

So even with gunshot detection<br />

systems in place, mass shootings<br />

still took place and fatalities still<br />

occurred. It led Jopeck, a program<br />

manager at Battelle, and his colleagues<br />

at the Ohio-based non-profit<br />

research and development institution<br />

to find a way to make detection<br />

systems better.<br />

Two years later, Battelle is ready<br />

to roll out SiteGuard Active Shooter<br />

Response, a solution that uses sensors<br />

and cameras to identify and<br />

pinpoint gunshots as well as monitor<br />

the whereabouts of the shooter.<br />

In a recent test conducted with<br />

representatives from the Federal<br />

Law Enforcement Training Center,<br />

SiteGuard reduced the time officers<br />

needed to neutralize the threat by<br />

nearly two-thirds.<br />

SiteGuard’s “impact can and has<br />

be demonstrated repeatedly to end<br />

a shooting significantly faster,” Jopeck<br />

said. “We are not talking about<br />

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Battelle SiteGuard<br />

responding seconds faster here, but<br />

by six minutes or more. A shooter<br />

can find and shoot at a lot of building<br />

occupants in six minutes.”<br />

What makes SiteGuard stand out<br />

among the solutions available is the<br />

automated video tracking of shooters.<br />

That enables law enforcement<br />

agents arriving at the scene to know<br />

where the shots are being fired and<br />

the assailant’s whereabouts. In the


testing, Jopeck said the system allowed<br />

approaching law enforcement<br />

officers to know what the shooter as<br />

they approached the subject.<br />

Also, Battelle’s audio sensors do<br />

not need line of sight clearance to<br />

identify a shot thanks to a proprietary<br />

two-stage algorithm developed<br />

to identify gunshots sounds with<br />

accuracy. Because of that development,<br />

Jopeck said buildings need<br />

fewer sensors installed, especially<br />

in large open spaces with columns<br />

– such as a library or cafeteria – that<br />

could prevent the visual flash of a<br />

weapon from being detected.<br />

But the system doesn’t just help<br />

law enforcement officers. It also aids<br />

building occupants by disseminating<br />

critical information via public<br />

address announcements, phone<br />

calls, text messages or computer<br />

displays to help them escape or find<br />

appropriate shelter.<br />

“Completely researching, reimagining<br />

and then re-inventing the<br />

response to active shootings helped<br />

Battelle find better approaches to<br />

saving lives that many active shooting<br />

experts had missed,” Jopeck said.<br />

In addition to the FLETC testing,<br />

Battelle has also tested the system at<br />

Reynoldsburg High School, which<br />

is located near Battelle’s headquarters<br />

in Columbus, OH. The system<br />

has been in place for two years, with<br />

Battelle officials implementing new<br />

technology into the school’s system<br />

as it’s developed.<br />

“We are always seeking better ways<br />

to protect our students and teachers<br />

in Reynoldsburg City Schools,” said<br />

Tina Thomas-Manning, Reynoldsburg’s<br />

superintendent. “Battelle’s<br />

science capability and world-class<br />

reputation for supporting education<br />

initiatives gave us confidence to give<br />

the system a trial run and evaluate<br />

its capabilities.”<br />

Since the successful tests at the<br />

FLETC’s Georgia training facility,<br />

Jopeck said Battelle has received<br />

interest from government agencies<br />

and businesses about getting the<br />

system installed in their facilities.<br />

However, in order to meet that demand,<br />

Jopeck said the organization<br />

is looking to meet with technology<br />

companies to help them make<br />

the technology available to a wider<br />

market, such as schools.<br />

The first systems should be installed<br />

by the end of the calendar<br />

year, he added.<br />

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U.S. Attorney pays tribute to<br />

Ohio cops<br />

Continued from page 23<br />

en approaches to enforcement. In<br />

many respects, the police here in<br />

the southern half of Ohio are leading<br />

the way in developing innovative<br />

approaches to today’s crime<br />

problems. The police here are not<br />

immune to mistakes—who is?—but<br />

they are trying, and they care deeply<br />

about the communities they serve.<br />

That warrants support and commendation.<br />

<strong>May</strong> 15-21 served as National Police<br />

Week. It is a tradition that has<br />

grown out of President John F. Kennedy’s<br />

proclamation in 1962 that<br />

designated <strong>May</strong> 15 as Peace Officers<br />

Memorial Day. Tragically, within the<br />

past year, Cincinnati Police Officer<br />

Sonny Kim, Danville Police Officer<br />

Thomas Cottrell, Columbus Police<br />

Officer Steve Smith, and Hilliard<br />

Police Officer Sean Johnson have<br />

lost their lives in the performance of<br />

their duties. They were not only public<br />

servants. They were family members,<br />

neighbors, and friends. As we<br />

remember them, let’s reflect on all<br />

police officers this way. The officers<br />

who serve here in the Southern District<br />

of Ohio are not some video clip<br />

from a far-away state. They are family<br />

members, neighbors, and friends<br />

who perform a dangerous, difficult,<br />

and essential job with honor. I thank<br />

them for their service.


Hazmat Science and Public Policy with George Lane<br />

Rising tide in the Gulf of Mexico, caused by<br />

the ice melting in Antarctica, is creating the<br />

first climate refugees in Louisiana<br />

By George Lane<br />

In January of this year, the United<br />

States Department of Housing and<br />

Urban Development announced a<br />

$48 million grant for Isle de Jean<br />

Charles located on the vulnerable<br />

southern coast of Louisiana: the<br />

first allocation of federal tax dollars<br />

to move an entire community<br />

struggling with the impacts of climate<br />

change. 1<br />

The resettlement<br />

plan is one of the first of<br />

its kind in the world, a<br />

test of how to respond<br />

to climate change in<br />

the most dramatic circumstances<br />

without<br />

tearing communities apart. Under<br />

the terms of the federal grant,<br />

the island’s residents are to be resettled<br />

to drier land, a community<br />

that currently does not exist.<br />

Louisiana officials have been<br />

coping with some of the fastest<br />

rates of land loss in the world, an<br />

area the size of Delaware has disappeared<br />

from south Louisiana<br />

since the 1930s. Unless significant<br />

changes are made, Louisiana will<br />

have the first climate refugees in<br />

the world.<br />

Donald Boesch and Virginia<br />

Burkett, coastal researchers with<br />

Louisiana connections, are widely<br />

respected for their expertise on<br />

why Louisiana’s coast is rapidly being<br />

flooded by the Gulf of Mexico. 2<br />

Both believe that recently released<br />

Unless significant changes are made,<br />

Louisiana will have the first climate<br />

refugees in the world.<br />

research could hold the key to the<br />

success of that effort or its rapid<br />

demise.<br />

However, the surprising new<br />

study doesn’t involve levees, sediment<br />

diversions, oil and gas canals<br />

or any of the other issues usually<br />

debated when Louisiana’s coastal<br />

plan is discussed. It blames Antarctica,<br />

thousands of miles south<br />

of the Louisiana coast.<br />

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The research<br />

presents<br />

evidence<br />

that the world and Louisiana face<br />

a stark choice. If global temperatures<br />

do not rise more than 2 degrees<br />

Celsius by 2100, sea-level rise<br />

could be manageable and Louisiana’s<br />

coastal plan might succeed.<br />

Otherwise a sudden, dramatic<br />

melting of ice on Antarctica<br />

will add another 3 feet<br />

to the current prediction<br />

of a 3.5-foot rise in sea<br />

level by 2100, swamping<br />

most of the southern third<br />

of Louisiana. 3<br />

It holds a key to the future of<br />

the Louisiana coast. The rate of ice<br />

loss projected for Antarctica could<br />

result in the loss of Louisiana’s<br />

coastal systems as we know them.<br />

What happens in Antarctica could<br />

determine what happens here in<br />

Louisiana. We’re definitely linked.<br />

It’s hard to imagine two locations<br />

with less in common. Louisiana<br />

is subtropical, green and home


to pelicans and hurricanes while<br />

Antarctica is freezing, white, and<br />

home to penguins and blizzards.<br />

Yet as soon as science confirmed<br />

that seas are rising because human<br />

actions are warming the atmosphere,<br />

researchers knew Antarctica<br />

would be critical to the future<br />

of coastal communities, especially<br />

the already sinking coast of Louisiana.<br />

Atmospheric warming is raising<br />

sea levels in two ways. First, water<br />

expands as it is warmed, and the<br />

oceans have been increasing in<br />

volume because of that. Second,<br />

water stored as ice in glaciers and<br />

ice shelves is now pouring into the<br />

oceans, further increasing their<br />

volume. Antarctica holds 90 percent<br />

of the world’s ice. Suddenly<br />

an isolated, little-visited continent<br />

became very, very important to<br />

Louisiana, and the world.<br />

Stretched across the bottom of<br />

the planet, Antarctica is huge,<br />

covering an area roughly the size<br />

of the United States and Mexico<br />

combined. Heaped on top of that<br />

vast land mass is ice averaging<br />

7,000 feet in depth. Imagine a vast<br />

container of water with a faucet at<br />

the bottom.<br />

If the faucet only drips, it won’t<br />

change ocean levels much. But<br />

if opened wider and fixed in that<br />

position for centuries, most coastlines<br />

would drown. If all the ice<br />

in Antarctica melts, those same<br />

models show the oceans rising 200<br />

feet, meaning Baton Rouge, Louisiana,<br />

now 80 miles north of New<br />

Orleans, would be on what’s left of<br />

the coast. Evidence has long existed<br />

that past episodes of dramatic<br />

increases in sea level were accompanied<br />

by sudden, huge losses of<br />

Antarctic ice. But the new and rapidly<br />

evolving science focusing on<br />

the complex forces at work on that<br />

continent had yet to nail down reliable<br />

mechanisms for the progression<br />

of ice loss.<br />

While our planet has been<br />

warming, the floating ice fields<br />

surrounding Antarctica have been<br />

growing in size in recent years.<br />

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These floating fields, composed<br />

of relatively recent snows, serve<br />

as bumpers protecting the massive<br />

land-based ice shelves from<br />

the warming ocean. They were one<br />

reason the United Nations’ Intergovernmental<br />

Panel on Climate<br />

Change said Antarctica would<br />

contribute little to the group’s<br />

“worst case” rise of 3.2 feet by the<br />

end of the century.<br />

That was shaken in January<br />

with the publication of a study<br />

titled “Contribution of Antarctica<br />

to past and future sea level rise.” 4<br />

Researchers Robert DeConto and<br />

David Pollard had been struggling<br />

for years to determine why their<br />

computer models could not reproduce<br />

the dramatic melting that<br />

occurred 125,000 years ago under


Hazmat Science and Public Policy with George Lane<br />

the similar temperatures and carbon<br />

levels that existed at that time.<br />

Then they learned that the floating<br />

ice fields could break up rapidly if<br />

air temperatures continue to rise.<br />

When they added that scenario<br />

into their models, one result for<br />

the future was startling: If carbon<br />

emissions are not controlled soon,<br />

by 2050, the floating ice fields<br />

could fall apart, allowing the landbased<br />

ice shelves to begin melting<br />

quickly. Any rise would be even<br />

higher on the Louisiana coast because<br />

this area would have an increasingly<br />

strong gravitational<br />

pull as Antarctica lost all that ice.<br />

So if a certain amount of ice<br />

melts and raises global sea level<br />

by 1 centimeter, in Louisiana,<br />

that rise would be 1.2 or 2.5 centimeters.<br />

Just another reason why<br />

Fig. 1: This bridge in Louisiana fills with up to a foot of mud during<br />

storms. (Source: Josh Haner/New York Times <strong>May</strong> 6, 2016)<br />

we in Louisiana have to be really<br />

concerned about these sea-level<br />

rise figures. And what happens<br />

in Louisiana in climate change<br />

doesn’t stay in Louisiana. The new<br />

research should be a warning for<br />

coastal areas because when sea levels<br />

were 20 to 30 feet higher than<br />

they are now, carbon levels were<br />

only 280 parts per million; today’s<br />

readings already have passed 400.<br />

The report has serious implications<br />

for Louisiana’s coastal master<br />

plan. The plan is based upon the<br />

principle that the Mississippi River<br />

can provide enough sediment to<br />

rebuild and strengthen the sinking<br />

coastal basins in the face of rising<br />

seas and a sinking land mass.<br />

Projections made in 2012 used<br />

estimates of 10 to 17 inches of sealevel<br />

rise through 2061, projections<br />

many scientists<br />

said were already<br />

too conservative. 5<br />

State officials said<br />

the models they’re<br />

using in drafting<br />

the 2017 update<br />

of the plan have<br />

tentatively been<br />

set from 39 to<br />

70.8 inches of sea<br />

level rise through<br />

2100. That already<br />

has resulted in the<br />

removal of two sediment diversions<br />

planned for the lower section<br />

of the river in quickly sinking<br />

Plaquemines Parish.<br />

The higher projection did not<br />

alter plans for projects about 30<br />

miles farther north. However,<br />

many recent projections show that<br />

if greenhouse emissions are not<br />

dramatically reduced soon, the<br />

rate of sea-level rise will increase<br />

dramatically in the last three decades<br />

of the century, swamping<br />

much of what the state hopes to<br />

build by 2061.<br />

The benefits of reducing carbon<br />

emissions should be clear to Louisiana.<br />

This report says if Louisiana<br />

is aggressive and committed to the<br />

Paris climate change goals, it has<br />

a real chance for saving the coast.<br />

If not, Louisiana will have the first<br />

climate refugees in the world. 6 The<br />

only question then is who’s next.<br />

References<br />

1. “Isle De Jean Charles Band of Biloxi Chitimacha<br />

Choctaw Receive National Disaster<br />

Competition Award for Resettlement”; HUD<br />

and the Rockefeller Foundation, http://www.<br />

isledejeancharles.com/ (For more information<br />

on the resettlement project, visit www.coastalresettlement.org)<br />

2. Coral Davenport and Campbell Robertson,<br />

“Resettling the First American ‘Climate Refugees’”,<br />

New York Times, <strong>May</strong> 6, 2016<br />

3. “What a 6-foot sea level rise would look<br />

like”, Figure 2, Source: Dan Swenson, Baton<br />

Rouge Advocate, <strong>May</strong> 6, 2016<br />

4. Robert M. DeConto and David Pollard,<br />

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Fig. 2: Source: Dan Swenson, Baton Rouge Advocate <strong>May</strong> 6, 2016<br />

“Contribution of Antarctica to past and future<br />

sea-level rise”, Nature, Volume 531, Issue 7596,<br />

pgs 591–597, March 31, 2016<br />

5. United Nations University Institute for Environment<br />

and Human Security, http://ehs.unu.<br />

edu/<br />

6. “This bridge in Louisiana fills with up to a<br />

foot of mud during storms”, Figure 1, Source:<br />

Josh Haner, New York Times <strong>May</strong> 6, 2016<br />

George Lane has 25 years of experience in the development of chemical security<br />

systems, conducting research as a NASA Fellow at the Stennis Space<br />

Center and as a NSF Fellow. Lane was air quality SME for the University<br />

of California at Berkeley Center for Catastrophic Risk Management during<br />

the BP Oil Spill. Lane is currently chemical security SME for the Naval<br />

Postgraduate School Maritime Interdiction Operations in the Center for<br />

Network Innovation and Experimentation.<br />

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Satellite Communications<br />

COMSAT provides satellite communications<br />

services to the Marines during multinational<br />

training session<br />

WASHINGTON (BUSINESS WIRE)<br />

<strong>May</strong> 19, 2016 – COMSAT, Inc., a<br />

leading operator of customized and<br />

secure end-to-end satellite communication<br />

services to the U.S. government<br />

and Inmarsat (LSE:ISAT.L),<br />

the leading provider of global mobile<br />

satellite communication services,<br />

have been supporting U.S. and<br />

Republic of the Philippines forces<br />

in the Balikatan 2016 (BK16) exercise,<br />

which took place in the Philippines,<br />

April 4 to 16. COMSAT, a<br />

value-added reseller of Inmarsat’s<br />

Global Xpress services, worked with<br />

U.S. Marine Corps Forces Pacific<br />

(MARFORPAC), who organized<br />

and managed the exercise, to integrate<br />

Global Xpress into the scenarios<br />

for BK16. The Global Xpress<br />

service was provided via a Cobham<br />

5075 terminal which was deployed<br />

with the U.S. Marine Corps.<br />

Balikatan is an annual military exercise<br />

between U.S. joint forces and<br />

the Armed Forces of the Philippines<br />

(AFP) with multinational participants<br />

such as Australia. The BK16<br />

exercise focused on a variety of missions<br />

to include humanitarian assistance,<br />

maritime law enforcement,<br />

and environmental protection. During<br />

this exercise, U.S. forces conducted<br />

humanitarian civil assistance<br />

projects with the AFP throughout<br />

the Philippine archipelago.<br />

There were also combined operational<br />

events between U.S. forces,<br />

the three main branches of the AFP,<br />

and other major Philippine military<br />

camps to improve collaboration, increase<br />

partnership capabilities, and<br />

plan for follow-on operations.<br />

“As part of this exercise, our intention<br />

was to support MARFORPAC<br />

in this exercise by bringing new and<br />

innovative cost-effective communication<br />

technologies that support<br />

mission success. Unlike competitive<br />

offerings, the service is readily available<br />

today and offers unmatched<br />

end-user benefits,” said Nancy Ho,<br />

Vice President, Business Development,<br />

U.S. Government / Military,<br />

COMSAT, Inc. “The ease of<br />

use and performance of the Global<br />

Xpress solution was able to deliver<br />

a reliable, core communications link<br />

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during the exercise.”<br />

The Global Xpress SATCOM as a<br />

Service end-to-end managed service<br />

capability allowed the Cobham 5075<br />

terminal to be tested at COMSAT<br />

offices in Herndon, VA; shipped to<br />

the Philippines; and brought online<br />

within minutes -- a significant stepchange<br />

compared to the traditional<br />

VSAT capability, which requires operator<br />

intervention to reconfigure<br />

a terminal to operate in a new geographic<br />

location.<br />

Because of its global mobility,<br />

ease-of-use and high throughput,<br />

users were able to set up the Global<br />

Xpress terminal and acquire service<br />

in just minutes for their web browsing<br />

and email applications at Basa<br />

Air Base, the designated headquarters<br />

for all U.S. Marine Corps Forces<br />

involved in the exercise. Supported<br />

by the only commercial worldwide<br />

Ka-band constellation built for mobility<br />

available from a single operator,<br />

Global Xpress delivered BK16<br />

exercise users with end-to-end,<br />

seamless ‘SATCOM as a Service’<br />

capability – compatible with MIL-


SATCOM systems and available on<br />

demand, no matter the environment<br />

or the geographic location.<br />

“We have a proven track record<br />

of more than 35 years delivering<br />

mobile satellite communication capabilities<br />

to U.S. government users<br />

worldwide. Through collaborations<br />

with our skilled partners like COM-<br />

SAT, we have successfully demonstrated<br />

that Global Xpress delivers<br />

a highly reliable Ka-band network<br />

to meet mobile, on-demand communication<br />

needs, worldwide,” said<br />

Kai Tang, Inmarsat’s Vice President<br />

of Market Development, U.S. Government.<br />

“We believe that the BK16<br />

exercise users were able to see firsthand<br />

the benefits Global Xpress delivers<br />

– seamless, consistent wideband<br />

access from a single operator<br />

that supports mobile, interoperable<br />

communication needs, at an affordable<br />

price.”<br />

About COMSAT<br />

Headquartered in Herndon, VA,<br />

is part of Satcom Direct (SD), the<br />

leading provider of satellite voice<br />

and broadband data solutions for<br />

flight deck and cabin communications<br />

serving business, military,<br />

government, and heads of state<br />

aircraft. With a direct lineage from<br />

the COMSAT organization that was<br />

created by the Communications<br />

Satellite Act of 1962, the company<br />

has played an important role in the<br />

SATCOM industry from its inception<br />

to present day. COMSAT offers<br />

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a broad array of advanced solutions<br />

to meet U.S. military and commercial<br />

requirements, including fixedand<br />

rotary-wing aircraft, homeland<br />

security systems, public safety communications,<br />

defense electronics<br />

and avionics, and threat detection.<br />

COMSAT’s key milestones include<br />

being a founding member of Intelsat;<br />

operating the Marisat fleet<br />

network, which provided the first<br />

mobile satellite communications<br />

services to the United States Navy;<br />

and founding the initial operating<br />

system of Inmarsat from the company’s<br />

two earth stations.<br />

About Inmarsat<br />

Inmarsat plc is the leading provider<br />

of global mobile satellite communications<br />

services. Since 1979, Inmarsat<br />

has been providing reliable<br />

voice and high-speed data communications<br />

to governments, enterprises<br />

and other organizations, with<br />

a range of services that can be used<br />

on land, at sea or in the air. Inmarsat<br />

employs around 1,600 staff in<br />

more than 60 locations around the<br />

world, with a presence in the major<br />

ports and centres of commerce on<br />

every continent. Inmarsat is listed<br />

on the London Stock Exchange<br />

(LSE:ISAT.L). For more information,<br />

please visit www.inmarsat.com.


Satellite Communications<br />

Inflatable antennas help Cubic Global Defense<br />

serve military, Middle East markets<br />

<strong>May</strong> was a productive month for<br />

Cubic Global Defense.<br />

The company started off the month<br />

showcasing some of the C4ISR<br />

technology it acquired through the<br />

recent purchases of DTECH Labs,<br />

GATR Technologies and TeraLogics<br />

at the biennial Special Operations<br />

Forces Exhibition and Conference<br />

in Jordan. C4ISR stands for Command,<br />

Control, Communications,<br />

Computers, Intelligence, Surveillance<br />

and Reconnaissance.<br />

Among the products and solutions<br />

marketed at SOFEX included<br />

a mobile Internet solution featuring<br />

end-to-end full motion video and<br />

satellite communications management<br />

that works with essentially<br />

every combat net radio system.<br />

GATR’s portable antenna works as<br />

effectively as its more rigid counterparts,<br />

but at a mere fraction of<br />

the weight. The 85 percent weight<br />

reduction gives it an edge over its<br />

competitors in the government and<br />

commercial markets.<br />

It’s all a part of the company’s<br />

“training to tactical” strategy to<br />

serve its Middle East market, said<br />

John Naff, who serves as the general<br />

manager for Cubic Defense Saudi<br />

Arabia and as the business development<br />

vice president for Cubic Global<br />

Defense.<br />

“These comprehensive capabilities<br />

will provide enhanced flexibility<br />

for not only ground and air training<br />

systems, but also tactical communi-<br />

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GATR inflatable antenna


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op a successful satellite communications<br />

program with its unique and<br />

portable, inflatable satellite terminals,”<br />

said Mike Twyman, executive<br />

vice president of communications,<br />

intelligence and surveillance systems,<br />

Cubic Global Defense. “This<br />

award demonstrates the Army’s<br />

commitment to innovative C4ISR<br />

technologies that support and expand<br />

the warfighter’s capabilities in<br />

remote locations.”<br />

GATR’s terminals were also showcased<br />

at the GEOINT Symposium<br />

in Orlando. Hosted by the U.S. Geospatial<br />

Intelligence Foundation, its<br />

serves as the largest conference for<br />

the geospatial defense and intelligence<br />

community.<br />

TeraLogics’ cloud-based Unified<br />

Video software, which brings together<br />

full motion video with sensor<br />

data and geospatial images to<br />

give analysts usable intelligence,<br />

also was showcased at the Orlando<br />

show, as was Cubic’s game-based<br />

training modules that can be used<br />

to improve decision making in the<br />

field.<br />

Both were also on display at the<br />

Special Operations Forces Industry<br />

Conference in Tampa at the end of<br />

the month.<br />

“With our expanding product<br />

and services portfolio, Cubic is now<br />

poised to deliver innovative techcations<br />

solutions that support real<br />

operations and mission readiness,”<br />

he said.<br />

The day after SOFEX concluded,<br />

GATR announced it received an order<br />

from the U.S. Army to support<br />

its Transportable Tactical Command<br />

Communications (T2C2) initiative.<br />

The $5 million deal, under<br />

an Army Small Business Innovative<br />

Research Phase III Indefinite Delivery,<br />

Indefinite Quantity contract, allows<br />

GATR to test T2C2’s inflatable<br />

satellite terminals in preparation for<br />

upcoming verification test.<br />

At the same time, GATR also delivered<br />

10 inflatable satellite terminals<br />

that will be used for testing<br />

the Army’s next generation tactical<br />

communications system. The Army<br />

has agreed to purchase up to 780<br />

terminals if it exercises all purchase<br />

orders after testing concludes. The<br />

initial 10, which included five small<br />

and five medium terminals, were<br />

valued at $3.2 million.<br />

Because if their significantly lower<br />

weight, the inflatable antennas can<br />

be air dropped on location or even<br />

shipped as commercial baggage,<br />

which significantly reduces the cost<br />

in transportation. The GATR antennas<br />

range in size from 1.2 to 4 meters.<br />

“GATR Technologies has worked<br />

closely with the U.S. Army to develnologies<br />

which address our customers’<br />

need for integrated and comprehensive<br />

mission-focused solutions,”<br />

said Chris Bellios, senior vice president<br />

of defense and intelligence services<br />

for Cubic Global Defense.<br />

Cubic Defense Systems provides<br />

combat training systems and secure<br />

network and communications and<br />

networking solutions to support<br />

both the military and other security<br />

forces protecting the United States<br />

and its allies. Its goal is to increase<br />

situational awareness and understanding<br />

for its global client base.<br />

Special Operations Forces “face<br />

threats in an ever-changing environment<br />

and need specialized training<br />

for increased mission readiness,”<br />

said Bill Toti, president of Cubic<br />

Global Defense. “Cubic is focused<br />

on delivering customers training<br />

and communications products that<br />

offer interoperability, while addressing<br />

the present and future challenges<br />

faced not only by U.S SOCOM<br />

(Special Operations Command) but<br />

also the global SOF network.”


Satellite Communications<br />

Maine college using satellite<br />

technology to help prevent<br />

sexual assaults<br />

BANGOR, MAINE (PRWEB) <strong>May</strong><br />

17, 2016 – Since October of 2015,<br />

Husson University has been the<br />

site of an extensive pilot program<br />

with the Peace of Mind<br />

Company to test a keychainsized,<br />

POM personal security<br />

device that calls campus safety<br />

and security with the touch of<br />

a button. Today, the University<br />

announced, after thoroughly testing<br />

the device, that it is making this<br />

technology available to all members<br />

of the university community who<br />

are interested in subscribing to this<br />

annual service.<br />

“Safety in the classroom, office<br />

and other public spaces is always an<br />

important priority for Husson University,”<br />

said Executive Director of<br />

Safety and Security Raymond Bessette.<br />

“We believe that the addition<br />

of the POM device and subscription<br />

to our current security regimen will<br />

provide an added measure of safety<br />

and security on our campus.”<br />

When the POM keychain-size device<br />

is activated, it sends a GPS location,<br />

profile information, and the<br />

student’s picture to Husson Safety<br />

and Security. With a $45 annual<br />

subscription, members of Husson’s<br />

campus community can choose between<br />

a Silent POM that emits no<br />

sound when activated or a Signal<br />

POM that beeps and buzzes when<br />

activated. The Signal POM also offers<br />

two-way communication with<br />

Husson’s Safety and Security dispatcher.<br />

The Silent POM, on the<br />

other hand, allows the dispatcher to<br />

hear communication but does not<br />

allow the signal activator or anyone<br />

near this individual to hear the dispatcher.<br />

The U.S. Department of Educa-<br />

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tion’s Campus Safety and Security<br />

Data Analysis Cutting Tool continues<br />

to show that Husson University<br />

has one of the lowest levels of<br />

campus crime in Maine. “Our University<br />

continues to be one of the<br />

safest campuses in the country and<br />

we want it to stay that way,” continued<br />

Bessette. “One sexual assault<br />

on campus is one too many. We’re<br />

hoping that this device can help<br />

make our already safe campus,<br />

even safer.”<br />

Husson has installed and<br />

trained their Safety and Security<br />

dispatchers on the specially designed<br />

POM software that shows<br />

the location, picture and profile information<br />

of anyone who activates<br />

the device. The device pairs easily<br />

with a Bluetooth-enabled mobile<br />

phone. If a student or other member<br />

of the Husson community activates<br />

the device while they are off<br />

campus, the software automatically<br />

redirects the signal to local law enforcement.<br />

This device has several unique advantages.<br />

Unlike the call boxes currently<br />

on many college campuses,<br />

anyone who feels threatened carries<br />

the ability to initiate emergency<br />

communication immediately from<br />

wherever they are. Since activating<br />

the POM device only requires<br />

pushing one button, those in danger<br />

need not worry about trying to


dial when calling for help. This will<br />

allow individuals to be in communication<br />

with emergency assistance<br />

immediately.<br />

Members of campus Safety and<br />

Security will have copies of the<br />

POM app on their iPhones and Androids.<br />

This will allow them to use<br />

the GPS feature to quickly find those<br />

in need of assistance if the situation<br />

demands that those in danger move<br />

as they are calling for help.<br />

In addition to sexual assault prevention,<br />

the POM device has applications<br />

to other campus situations.<br />

Individual can also activate the device<br />

when they:<br />

• Feel unsafe in a classroom or<br />

office<br />

• Need a virtual-walking escort<br />

• Need to call for an in-person<br />

walking escort<br />

• Have a health emergency<br />

• Are lost<br />

• See suspicious activity, a<br />

threatening situation or<br />

witness a crime<br />

• See someone who needs<br />

help<br />

Members of the Husson community<br />

interested in signing up for this service<br />

are asked to visit http://www.<br />

POM-CO.com/husson.<br />

For more than 100 years, Husson<br />

University has prepared future<br />

leaders to handle the challenges of<br />

tomorrow through innovative undergraduate<br />

and graduate degrees.<br />

With a commitment to delivering<br />

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affordable classroom, online and<br />

experiential learning opportunities,<br />

Husson University has come to<br />

represent superior value in higher<br />

education. The Bangor campus and<br />

satellite education centers in Southern<br />

Maine, Wells, and Northern<br />

Maine provide advanced knowledge<br />

in business; health and education;<br />

pharmacy studies; science and humanities;<br />

as well as communication.<br />

In addition, Husson University has<br />

a robust adult learning program. For<br />

more information, visit Husson.edu.


Satellite Communications<br />

VeriSat to demonstrate its satellite interference<br />

reduction solution at Singapore conference<br />

By Steve Bittenbender<br />

Editor, Government Security News<br />

Norwegian-based VeriSat has announced<br />

that its innovative solution<br />

to reduce interference from VSAT<br />

terminals will be on display at one<br />

of Asia’s largest communications<br />

conferences.<br />

VeriSat’s SatGuard<br />

picks out the VSAT terminals<br />

that cause interference,<br />

detecting the<br />

unique identifier from<br />

the offending terminal.<br />

That enables the satellite<br />

network operator to<br />

take the required steps<br />

to resolve the issue. It<br />

works on both adjacent<br />

and cross-polar interference.<br />

SatGuard’s launch last year was<br />

considered revolutionary in the<br />

satellite communications industry,<br />

helping the company win the Technology<br />

Company of the Year earlier<br />

this year at the Via Satellite Excellence<br />

Awards.<br />

Companies like VeriSat “set a<br />

benchmark for what can be accomplished<br />

in this market,” commented<br />

Mark Holmes, Editorial Director,<br />

The Aerospace Group. “We are delighted<br />

to add VeriSat to our list of<br />

winners for Technology Company<br />

of the Year. We believe the development<br />

of SatGuard is hugely beneficial<br />

to the industry given satellite<br />

SatGuard by VeriSat<br />

interference has been an ongoing<br />

problem. This Award is really welldeserved.”<br />

Attendees at CommunicAsia will<br />

get a chance to see an up-close demonstration<br />

of SatGuard as part of a<br />

tour sponsored by the Satellite Interference<br />

Reduction Group.<br />

“The VeriSat booth is one of<br />

the must see stops on the tour. Its<br />

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range of solutions have done so<br />

much to better manage services<br />

and strengthen our battle against<br />

satellite interference,” said Martin<br />

Coleman, Executive Director, Satellite<br />

Interference Reduction Group.<br />

Adding, “The SatGuard solution is<br />

widely regarded in the industry<br />

as a game changer.”<br />

Petter Amundsen, Veri-<br />

Sat’s CEO, said the tour<br />

offers a chance for leaders<br />

in the communications industry<br />

to see the types of<br />

solutions available to mitigate<br />

their problems.<br />

“Since first being presented<br />

the challenge of VSAT<br />

interference, we have put a<br />

lot of effort into giving the<br />

industry tools to resolve it<br />

quickly and efficiently,” he<br />

said. “We are proud of what we have<br />

achieved so far and will continue to<br />

develop the tool further and support<br />

our customers to combat this<br />

tricky problem.”<br />

In addition, VeriSat also will showcase<br />

its GSM interference resolving<br />

solution. The GSM solution works<br />

by extracting the country identification<br />

code as well as the unique


identifier on the mobile device. Determining<br />

those pieces of information<br />

resolves the interference in a<br />

manner more expedient than other<br />

solutions.<br />

Now in its 27th year, CommunicAsia<br />

2016 is billed as the one-stop<br />

venue for professionals and executives<br />

in the information and communications<br />

technology industry.<br />

The four-day event starts <strong>May</strong> 31 at<br />

the Marina Bay Sands in Singapore.<br />

Besides satellite communications,<br />

the conference also offers tracts in<br />

broadband, enterprise digital transformation,<br />

Internet of things technologies<br />

and smart cities, among<br />

other subjects.<br />

The conference attracts telecommunications<br />

and satellite operators<br />

as well as ICT solution providers<br />

and government organizations.<br />

Attendees come from all over the<br />

world, including the United States<br />

and Europe to participate.<br />

For more information on VeriSat,<br />

go to: http://verisat.no. For more information<br />

on CommunicAsia, go to:<br />

http://communicasia.com.<br />

U.S. Transportation Secretary<br />

Foxx to visit seven cities in<br />

Smart City Challenge<br />

Last December, Secretary<br />

Foxx launched the Smart<br />

City Challenge in response<br />

to the trends identified in<br />

the Beyond Traffic draft report,<br />

which revealed that<br />

our nation’s aging infrastructure<br />

is not equipped<br />

to deal with a dramatically<br />

growing population in regions<br />

throughout the country.<br />

The USDOT has pledged up to<br />

$40 million<br />

(funding subject<br />

to future<br />

appropriations)<br />

to one<br />

city to help it define what it means<br />

to be a “Smart City “and become the<br />

country’s first city to fully integrate<br />

innovative technologies – self-driving<br />

cars, connected vehicles, and<br />

smart sensors – into their transportation<br />

network<br />

On Monday, <strong>May</strong> 16th, U.S.<br />

Transportation Secretary Anthony<br />

Foxx kicked off visits to all 7 Smart<br />

City Challenge Finalist cities. He<br />

will meet with mayors and other<br />

local leaders in Austin, TX; Columbus,<br />

OH; Denver, CO; Kansas City,<br />

MO; Pittsburgh, PA; Portland, OR;<br />

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Transportation<br />

Secretary Foxx<br />

and San Francisco, CA as<br />

they work to complete final<br />

proposals by <strong>May</strong> 24.<br />

<strong>May</strong>ors of the seven finalist<br />

cities – Austin, Columbus,<br />

Denver, Kansas City,<br />

Pittsburgh, Portland, and<br />

San Francisco - make their<br />

‘final pitch’ for why their city<br />

should be selected as the winner of<br />

the U.S. Department of Transportation’s<br />

Smart City Challenge.<br />

The winner<br />

of the Smart<br />

City Challenge<br />

will receive<br />

up to<br />

$40 million from USDOT to help<br />

create a fully integrated, first-of-itskind<br />

city that uses data, technology<br />

and creativity to shape how people<br />

and goods move in the future.<br />

• Read the seven finalists’ vision<br />

statements from Round 1 of the<br />

Smart City Challenge<br />

• View a list of organizations interested<br />

in partnering with cities on<br />

smart mobility solutions!<br />

<strong>GSN</strong> will report the Winner of the<br />

Smart City Challenge along with the<br />

Winning City’s Plan.


Restrictive voting laws threaten to<br />

block millions of Latino voters<br />

Continued from page 8<br />

proving citizenship either to register<br />

to vote or to vote. Multiple studies<br />

have found that Latinos and other<br />

minorities are less likely to possess<br />

the necessary<br />

documents.<br />

All of these<br />

restrictions<br />

have passed<br />

despite any<br />

hard evidence<br />

that voter fraud is a problem.<br />

NALEO estimates that more than<br />

875,000 Latinos in these 19 states<br />

could be seriously impeded from<br />

participating in the 2016 Presidential<br />

election. According to NALEO<br />

Executive Director Arturo Vargas,<br />

“More than 13.1 million Latino<br />

voters are expected to cast ballots<br />

in 2016. While historic, we know<br />

millions more will stay at home on<br />

Election Day.”<br />

While Latinos and other citizens<br />

feel compelled by the current immigration<br />

debate to exercise their<br />

constitutional right to vote in the<br />

upcoming elections, many may be<br />

deterred from having their voices<br />

heard and votes counted. The barriers<br />

to full civic participation in the<br />

U.S. are extremely troublesome and<br />

must be addressed.<br />

Gallagher releases Command<br />

v7.50 update to company’s security<br />

management platform<br />

Continued from page 9<br />

complete visibility over a site. Developing<br />

innovative solutions that<br />

meet the evolving needs of our customers<br />

is core to what we do here<br />

at Gallagher and our latest releases<br />

again deliver on this promise.” says,<br />

Evan Morgans, Senior Product<br />

Manager – Security.<br />

Further details about<br />

Gallagher’s latest products:<br />

Command Centre v7.50 boasts<br />

new features designed to enhance<br />

the user experience. The ability to<br />

allocate and manage specific Command<br />

Centre workstation licenses<br />

improves operator efficiency, particularly<br />

for multi-tenanted sites.<br />

Another enhancement includes<br />

an integration between Command<br />

Centre and Microsoft’s Active Directory<br />

authentication and authorization<br />

tool, enabling instantaneous<br />

updates of cardholder records,<br />

eliminating duplication of data<br />

entry, and minimizing errors.<br />

Gallagher’s improved Mobile<br />

App extends security across the site<br />

and beyond the door by enabling<br />

guards to make an informed access<br />

decision without requiring control<br />

room verification. The Gallagher<br />

App is designed to work with Apple<br />

devices iOS 8 and newer.<br />

About Gallagher<br />

A technology leader in integrated<br />

access control, intruder alarms<br />

management and perimeter protection,<br />

Gallagher’s security solutions<br />

are in use with national and local<br />

government, military, commercial,<br />

industrial, healthcare, transportation<br />

and academic organizations in<br />

more than 100 countries. A truly<br />

global operation, Gallagher provides<br />

proven protection to customers<br />

in Europe, North and South<br />

America, Africa, Australasia and<br />

South East Asia.<br />

Gallagher’s comprehensive<br />

security and business risk management<br />

solutions provide protection<br />

for large and small organizations<br />

throughout the world, addressing<br />

the key issues of security and risk<br />

management, personnel workflow<br />

and business continuity.<br />

Visit security.gallagher.com for<br />

more information.<br />

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Genetec AutoVu Managed Services<br />

offers end-user independence from<br />

on-premises storage<br />

Continued from page 10<br />

Genetec took over to manage all<br />

parking services and storage needs<br />

remotely, resulting almost immediately<br />

in a 99% uptime, and working<br />

flawlessly ever since. We regularly<br />

email our permit and scofflaw lists<br />

to Genetec, and within five minutes,<br />

everything is up to date. AutoVu<br />

Managed Services allows us to focus<br />

on parking, while Genetec experts<br />

handle the technology,” added<br />

Barner.<br />

“We created AutoVu Managed<br />

Services specifically for customers<br />

who are challenged by cost,<br />

server space limitations and management<br />

of on premises hardware<br />

and IT support issues,” said Chris<br />

Yigit, Business Development Manager<br />

at Genetec. “AutoVu Managed<br />

Services offers our customers the<br />

most flexible way to focus on what<br />

they do best; manage on-site parking<br />

enforcement. With the AutoVu<br />

ALPR system hosted in the cloud,<br />

configuration and maintenance are<br />

entrusted to Genetec technicians,<br />

for easy deployment, management<br />

and support,” continued Yigit.<br />

About AutoVu Managed Services<br />

AutoVu Managed Services is offered<br />

on a term-basis, removing up-front,<br />

capital expenditure costs, avail-<br />

able in two-options: AutoVu Managed<br />

Services Basic and Premium.<br />

AutoVu Managed Services Basic<br />

includes the Genetec-hosted backend<br />

ALPR system, parking permit<br />

management, assisted Security Center<br />

configuration and automated<br />

software upgrades. AutoVu Managed<br />

Services Premium includes<br />

access to a ‘hotline’ contact with<br />

Genetec AutoVu experts for ‘white<br />

glove’ support and consulting hours<br />

to address training, feature updates<br />

or counsel on expanding the client’s<br />

current AutoVu parking configuration<br />

requirements.<br />

For more information about AutoVu<br />

Managed Services, visit: http://<br />

www.genetec.com/solutions/allproducts/autovu/autovu-managedservices<br />

About Genetec<br />

Genetec develops open-platform<br />

software, hardware and cloud-based<br />

services for the physical security<br />

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and public safety industry. Its flagship<br />

product, Security Center, unifies<br />

IP-based video surveillance, access<br />

control and automatic license<br />

plate recognition (ALPR) into one<br />

platform. A global innovator since<br />

1997, Genetec is headquartered in<br />

Montreal, Canada, and serves enterprise<br />

and government organizations<br />

via an integrated network of resellers,<br />

integrators and consultants<br />

in over 80 countries. Genetec was<br />

founded on the principle of innovation<br />

and remains at the forefront<br />

of emerging technologies that unify<br />

physical security systems. For more<br />

information about Genetec, visit:<br />

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CINCH systems announces<br />

Vice President of Sales<br />

Continued from page 10<br />

lect few with the unique ability to<br />

apply technical skills and knowledge<br />

to improve a customer’s business—<br />

making their job easier and more<br />

profitable. In the security industry,<br />

Dennis is one of these select few and<br />

we are pleased that he has joined our<br />

team,” said Joel Christianson, CEO<br />

of CINCH systems, Inc. “During<br />

the last several years Dennis has had<br />

great success in developing sales for<br />

a security company that was new to<br />

the U.S. market. This experience,<br />

coupled with his sales management<br />

background at General Electric is<br />

an ideal fit to our immediate and<br />

long-term growth and revenue objectives,“<br />

adds Christianson.<br />

About CINCH systems, Inc.<br />

CINCH systems products provide<br />

complete patented, 128-bit AES Encryption<br />

End-To-End for a security<br />

system that is protected from system<br />

breach and tamper. System programing<br />

and operation is simplified<br />

with the easiest to use touch screen<br />

interface in the security industry.<br />

Product groups include:<br />

• Intrusion Detection Systems<br />

(IDS)<br />

• Vehicle Barrier Systems (VBS)<br />

Controls<br />

IACP, University of Cincinnati<br />

join forces<br />

Continued from page 25<br />

age and other evidence to charge<br />

him with murder. The university<br />

fired officer Raymond Tensing,<br />

whose trail is scheduled to begin<br />

later this year. A subsequent review<br />

by an external firm also led to the<br />

departure of the university’s police<br />

chief – who encouraged officers to<br />

patrol neighborhoods surrounding<br />

the campus – and his top assistant.<br />

The finalists for those two positions<br />

were scheduled to meet with<br />

campus officials, students and the<br />

• Commercial<br />

Door and Security<br />

Gate Controls<br />

Products are<br />

used to protect<br />

people and<br />

property across<br />

a wide-range<br />

of facilities<br />

for U.S. Government Agencies and<br />

Military facilities, SCIFs–Sensitive<br />

Compartmented Information Facilities,<br />

Law Enforcement, and Commercial<br />

Facilities.<br />

For more information call: (763)<br />

497-1059 or email: info@cinchsystems.com<br />

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Dennis Dop<br />

VP of Sales<br />

CINCH systems, Inc.<br />

community toward the end of <strong>May</strong><br />

as part of the selection process.<br />

The Arnold Foundation provided<br />

money for the center because many<br />

of its current investments center on<br />

improving the criminal justice system.<br />

“We believe that the IACP/UC<br />

Center for Police Research and Policy<br />

has the potential to transform<br />

contemporary policing by helping<br />

to create a dynamic two-way collaboration<br />

between research and practice<br />

that is unprecedented in the<br />

field,” Foundation Vice President of<br />

Criminal Justice Matt Alsdorf said.<br />

“This partnership has the potential<br />

to address some of policing’s most<br />

pressing and persistent challenges<br />

with an evidence-based approach<br />

that is academically tested and practical.”<br />

IACP is the largest organization<br />

of law enforcement executives, with<br />

more than 27,000 members from<br />

130 countries.


Motorola Solutions transforms<br />

body-worn cameras for Tetra users<br />

Continued from page 22<br />

on the user’s wearing position and<br />

environment. With five integrated<br />

microphones and a loud 0.5-watt<br />

rated speaker, it provides the high<br />

audio quality of TETRA radios.<br />

• Integrated Wi-Fi dramatically<br />

improves the speed of uploading<br />

multi-media. It also makes overthe-air<br />

feature updates via Radio<br />

Management quickly and seamlessly<br />

over Wi-Fi.<br />

• The Si500 VSM offers a fullscreen<br />

tempered-glass display with<br />

an intuitive user interface that presents<br />

only vital information within<br />

three panels. Users have the ability<br />

to control radio channels and talkgroups,<br />

view recorded video and<br />

photos, tag videos and listen to audio<br />

recordings.<br />

Digital Evidence Management<br />

Revolutionized<br />

The digital evidence management<br />

solution includes the cloud-based<br />

CommandCentral Vault software<br />

application to securely store, manage<br />

and share digital evidence. With<br />

an expansive base storage capacity<br />

and integration with computer<br />

aided dispatch and records management<br />

systems, CommandCentral<br />

Vault is designed to make digital<br />

evidence management easy and affordable.<br />

The digital evidence management<br />

software also:<br />

• Ensures end-to-end security that<br />

reduces any challenge to chain of<br />

custody for agencies<br />

• Pairs with the Si500 VSM and<br />

can also operate stand alone and<br />

accept evidence gathered from any<br />

device<br />

• Offers a highly streamlined ability<br />

to search, review, annotate and<br />

perform other evidence management,<br />

reducing administrative time<br />

and expense<br />

• Provides an industry-leading auto-redaction<br />

feature to help public<br />

safety agencies remove identities of<br />

individuals in videos seamlessly. Instead<br />

of having to painstakingly invest<br />

the time to review and possibly<br />

edit each video frame, technicians<br />

will be able to automatically mark<br />

objects such as faces, addresses or<br />

license plates and let the new technology<br />

blur them out automatically<br />

throughout the video, saving hours<br />

of administrative time.<br />

• Creates greater engagement and<br />

transparency with communities.<br />

The system enables agencies to improve<br />

evidence sharing and more<br />

easily respond to content requests.<br />

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StealthGearUSA showcases<br />

premium holsters and gear at NRA<br />

Annual Meeting<br />

Continued from page 24<br />

technology.<br />

“We are excited to introduce our<br />

award-winning high-performance<br />

holsters and technical gear to the<br />

attendees, outdoor enthusiasts, and<br />

industry influencers at the 2016<br />

NRA Annual Meetings and Exhibits<br />

event,” said Paul Laemmlen, Chairman<br />

and Founder of StealthGearU-<br />

SA. “Since 2012 we have continued<br />

to raise the bar in the holster and<br />

concealment gear market by developing<br />

new technologies and never<br />

sacrificing quality and performance.<br />

This is why we are fast becoming the<br />

company of choice for firearm owners,<br />

concealed carry proponents,<br />

military, and law enforcement professionals”<br />

In addition, StealthGearUSA<br />

will present to attendees their new<br />

SGP-1R tactical flashlight and accessories<br />

which are ideal for EDC<br />

and designed with feedback from<br />

SWAT operators and other industry<br />

experts.<br />

Recently, StealthGearUSA received<br />

its second consecutive LA-<br />

DIES CHOICE Award from the<br />

Shooting for Women Alliance for<br />

its ONYX IWB holster. The LA-<br />

DIES CHOICE Awards represents<br />

results from 28,700 women who<br />

More on page 46


StealthGearUSA showcases<br />

premium holsters and gear at NRA<br />

Annual Meeting<br />

Continued from page 45<br />

have personally tested the products.<br />

All products were tested first<br />

by SFWA Certified Instructors for<br />

safety and application; however, it<br />

was the thousands of women who<br />

participated in the 4-8 hour training<br />

courses offered by SFWA who<br />

determined the recipients of the<br />

award.<br />

For more information on Stealth-<br />

GearUSA and the company’s products<br />

please visit www.StealthGearU-<br />

SA.com.<br />

About StealthGearUSA<br />

StealthGearUSA, headquartered in<br />

American Fork, UT, is a premium<br />

performance brand that is dedicated<br />

to the design and manufacture<br />

of quality gear meant to work in the<br />

real world, to do a difficult job, and<br />

to do it with consistent excellence.<br />

StealthGearUSA is also the leader<br />

in patented, demonstrably superior,<br />

differentiated technology platforms<br />

for holsters, accessories and support<br />

items.<br />

June<br />

Coming Attractions – 2016<br />

Tech Focus<br />

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Intrusion Detection<br />

Market Focus<br />

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Municipal Security<br />

July<br />

Tech Focus<br />

Perimeter Protection/<br />

Intrusion Detection<br />

Market Focus<br />

Airport/Aviation<br />

Security<br />

August<br />

Tech Focus<br />

Access Control/<br />

Biometric ID<br />

Market Focus<br />

Maritime/Coastal/<br />

Port Security<br />

September<br />

Tech Focus<br />

School Safety/<br />

Mobile & Surveillance<br />

Solutions<br />

Market Focus<br />

Oil/Gas/Electric Grid<br />

Security<br />

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