A proposal to bring 30 interactive digital kiosks to downtown Seattle — in the hopes of enhancing public safety, wayfinding, Wi-Fi access, community engagement and more — spotlighted the potential of the… Read More
Public safety technology company Brinc announced a new software platform called LiveOps for managing and monitoring drone fleets, with live streaming, real-time maps, communications, and evidence storage. The browser-based software… Read More
Lassen Peak, a Bellevue, Wash.-based startup developing a handheld concealed weapon detection system, has raised $6 million from Seattle-based Madrona Venture Group. The cash infusion announced Thursday extends a Series… Read More
Citizen, the app that allows people to monitor and participate in public safety watching and reporting, is officially expanding to Seattle after testing in the city for a few months.… Read More
There appears to be some confusion about the term “run program” at Microsoft. A man was stopped by police on the software giant’s sprawling Redmond, Wash., campus last week when he was… Read More
[Editor’s Note: Bill Schrier chairs the Washington State Interoperability Executive Committee, charged with improving radio communications for first responders.] The deaths of three wildland firefighters Aug. 19 in Okanogan County, Wash.,… Read More
