Unmanned Aircraft Systems have the potential to support the public safety mission in a cost-effective manner.  Getting a program airborne requires a working knowledge of the many issues that a public safety agency must address prior to actually flying a mission.  This workshop will provide information that public safety agencies need to know so that they can determine if there is a role for this technology to support their specific...

Just after noon on November 6, 2012, the Guilford County Sheriff’s Office Aviation Unit, ABLE 1, was on a routine patrol over the Summerfield area of District 1 due to a recent increase of daytime, residential burglaries.  At 12:20pm, GCSO Communications dispatched a Breaking and Entering in progress at a business on High Point Road. ABLE 1 advised Communications that they would be enroute to the call and arrived on scene four...

The Novi, Michigan Police Department is the proud new owner of a military Humvee.  The vehicle was acquired at no cost through the 1033 Federal Excess Property program.  It is expected that the Humvee will be used for public relations, transporting guns to the range, as a utility vehicle and during snow storms. For more information on the 1033 Federal Excess Property program, contact SRTB-RC at 1-866-RURAL-LE or by email at...

Basstrop, Texas police acquired a Humvee and M-16 rifles through the 1033 surplus property program.  For more info on this program, contact SRTBRC Project Manager Charlie Brune at cbrune@srtbrc.org. Link to full article —> Bastrop police receive Humvee, M-16 rifles from...

Communications, information sharing and budgets: needs in these three areas emerged as common themes at the U.S.-Canadian Border Small Agency Summit held in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho, on Oct. 20, 2011. Issues and potential solutions discovered during the 2011 Border Summit could become a starting point for discussions on how decision makers and national groups representing law enforcement can better support small and rural agencies along the...

Very happy for the cities of Montgomery and Atlanta that this equipment has arrived safely. Great story that started with the generosity of so many agencies back in December at the Rural Law Enforcement Technology Institute, and continued with Chief Kevin Billiot paying it forward by giving some of the equipment to a neighboring department. Incredibly proud of our brothers in the Blue Knights for their role in getting these cars to their...