Security Technology Critical to Protect Law Officers

Sometimes we forget, but ISC West helped us to remember this year how critical security technology is helping to protect law enforcement officers.

The Security Industry Alarm Coalition (SIAC) was proud to support one of the key sessions last month at ISC West in Las Vegas, covering this issue.

The session we sponsored addressed the Ferguson, Mo., incident from last year, and what newer forms of technology could have done to help prevent the problem from escalating. The session was titled “Responding to Ferguson,” and details about it are available here: http://www.iscwest.com/en/Sessions/11596/Keynote-Responding-to-Ferguson.

Captain Greg Smith of the Missouri Highway Patrol headlined the presentation on April 16, and it was open to all ISC West Badge holders and sponsored by SIAC. We hope you were able to attend.

There are tough public policy issues every day, and our industry has the tools to help. Further dialogue is certainly necessary to continue building a stronger network that prevents these situations in the future, provides greater certainty in choices for law enforcement and citizens to understand the full facts of what went on, and captures data and images necessary regarding the full sequence of what occurred.

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