Your Online Footprint Could Put You at Risk: A Digital Safety Check for Public Safety Professionals - HSToday
Time for your annual check-up. Not the medical kind—this one focuses on your digital exposure. It’s a check we all should do regularly, especially those in public safety. We all get constant notices about data breaches, so much so they almost feel like spam. While two-factor authentication and stronger passwords…
AI for Law Enforcement and Intelligence: The Critical First Step Most Leaders Miss - HSToday
AI adoption in law enforcement starts with defining the problem. Learn how data, sovereignty, and policy shape responsible, effective public safety AI.
When Communications are Critical, Marketing Won’t Save You | All Things FirstNet
by John Paul Jones, David Fogerson, and Rob Patterson Every member of the public safety community who’s ever stood in the chaos of an incident knows this truth: communications are our lifeline. We can have the best training and equipment in the world, but if communications fail, everything else can unravel. Command collapses. Coordination suffers.
Addressing the Opioid Crisis: Moving Beyond Blame and Toward Solutions - HSToday
Editor’s Note: As we mark International Overdose Awareness Day on August 31, and National Recovery Month in September, Homeland Security Today contributor Robert Patterson – former Acting Administrator for the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) – has penned a four-part series to be published weekly. He illuminates the opioid crisis, both…
Addressing the Opioid Crisis: Moving Beyond Blame and Toward Solutions, Part 2 - HSToday
Editor’s Note: As we continue to observe National Recovery Month, Homeland Security Today contributor Robert Patterson – former Acting Administrator for the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) – delivers part two of his four-part September series. After illuminating the evolution of America’s drug crisis in Part 1, Patterson examines the effects…
Addressing the Opioid Crisis: Moving Beyond Blame and Toward Solutions, Part 3 - HSToday
Editor’s Note: As we continue to observe National Recovery Month, Homeland Security Today contributor Robert Patterson – former Acting Administrator for the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) – delivers the penultimate installment of his four-part September series. After illuminating the evolution of America’s drug crisis in Part 1, and the emergence…
Addressing the Opioid Crisis, Part 4: The Hidden Mental Health Toll on First Responders - HSToday
As public safety workers, you are often the first line of defense in protecting and serving your communities, but it’s equally important to protect and support each other. The mental health challenges that come with the profession can take a toll on even the strongest individuals.
PERSPECTIVE: Why FirstNet Offers Public Safety the Communication Evolution It Deserves - HSToday
The public safety community continues to rely on decades-old communication technology, and the ongoing challenges of that foster an urgent need for modernization. There are now innovative solutions that can empower those public safety personnel who we depend on every day, making their work more efficient and significantly safer.