Public Safety and Security
Community Policing in the Digital Era
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Over 30 years ago, I had the opportunity to serve as a Community Service Officer (CSO) in the UCLA Police Department. The CSO program allows students to participate in the UCLA campus safety, serving as additional “eyes and ears”. We helped out as field escorts, hospital and resident hall patrol, bike patrol, building security, and even […]
Cisco Goes Tactical at APCO
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APCO 2016, APCO International’s Annual Conference & Expo, is the premier event for public safety communications officials, from frontline telecommunicators to comm center managers to public safety communications equipment and services vendors, was held August 14 – 17, 2016. It provided four days of educational sessions, committee meetings and special events, paired with two full […]
Cisco Helps Create Safer Communities and Countries in the Digital Era
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Founded in 1935, the Association of Public Safety Communications Officials (APCO) International is the world’s oldest and largest organization of public safety communications professionals and supports the largest U.S. membership base of any public safety association. APCO 2016, APCO International’s Annual Conference & Expo, will be held next week in Orlando and Cisco is proud […]
Public Safety Shines at Cisco Live
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Cisco Live US which was held in Las Vegas the week of July 10th is one of the premier IT industry events Cisco hosts every year. This year’s event drew over 28,000 customers, partners, press and analysts. Our top executives presented keynote and innovation talks which tackled topics like cloud, collaboration, data center, enterprise networks, […]
#TransformationThursday Series: Keeping Communities Safer
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It Takes a Village: Stories of public safety threats and humanitarian crises dominate news cycles, ever present and continuously increasing in complexity. How do we respond, how do we ensure that our collective human story is a happier, safer one? After all, feelings of basic safety and personal security are essential to the core of […]
Cisco Shows Strength in Communications World
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The world’s leading conference and exhibition dedicated to critical communications, the 18th annual Critical Communications World (CCW) event is to be held May 31 – June 2, 2016 in RAI Amsterdam, Netherlands. Over 4000 professionals are expected representing 120+ countries to network and learn from more than 200 expert speakers and 175 exhibitors. While at […]
Time to Submit for 2016 Community Policing Awards
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The International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP) and Cisco Community Policing Awards process is a great way to showcase a Policing agency’s positive efforts at building partnerships within their community. Cisco has partnered with the IACP to encourage policy agency leaders to apply to highlight the great work their agency is doing and to receive […]
Live #CiscoChat May 17th: Safer Communities and Countries in a Digital World – Are You Prepared?
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Public safety is becoming an increasing concern, just about everywhere you go. It seems every time you turn on the news, there’s someone or something else harming people, killing people, or putting them in danger. There are public safety organizations for cities, borders, college campuses, and more, whose job it is to keep you safe […]
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