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IAB Research & Development Priority List (2020)

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Training Trigger: NIMS Refresh (June 2019)

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Training Trigger: NIMS Refresh

Training Trigger: Operational Security and Mobile Devices

DHS S&T Calls for Anti-Jamming Technology Submissions

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) today released a Request for Information (RFI) for participation in the 2017 First Responder Electronic Jamming Exercise at Idaho National Laboratory in Idaho Falls, Idaho, July 17-22, 2017. The RFI, posted on FedBizOpps, is open to industry, academia, Federally Funded Research and Development Centers, and other government organizations with innovative anti-jamming technology solutions ready for testing and evaluation. The deadline for submitting applications is January 20, 2017.

Program Profile: Police Body-Worn Cameras

This program equips individual police officers with body-worn cameras to record police encounters during shifts. The program aims to reduce use-of-force incidents and citizen complaints by increasing mutual accountability. The program is rated Promising. There was a significant reduction in police use-of-force, but no significant difference in citizens’ complaints.

To read more about this program, please visit: https://www.crimesolutions.gov/ProgramDetails.aspx?ID=499

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DHS & FCC Joint Jammer Infographic

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Firefighter Accountability and Proximity System Fact Sheet

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NATO Adapts NICS, a Communications Platform for First Responders

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) today announced the Next-Generation Incident Command System (NICS), an information sharing tool for first responders, will now be implemented in some NATO member and partner countries as part of NATO’s Science for Peace and Security Project Advanced Regional Civil Emergency Coordination Pilot.

Warning About Plot to Blow Up Universal City Station Prompts Heightened Security Across L.A.

An overseas tip about an imminent bombing of the Metro Red Line’s Universal City station has forced federal and local law enforcement in Los Angeles to swiftly ramp up security across its sprawling transit system, authorities said Monday.

An anonymous man warned of a potential attack on Tuesday and provided the information on a tip line abroad, according to Deidre Fike, the assistant director in charge of the FBI's office in Los Angeles.

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