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What is Community Policing? “Community policing is a philosophy that promotes organizational strategies that support the systematic use of partnerships…
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What is community policing?
Community policing is a law enforcement strategy that has been around since the early 80s in the United States. Most…
Community policing plays large role in finding missing children
Finding missing children has unfortunately been an issue for a long time. It is an issue that every police department…
Over 60% of businesses are NOT prepared for location-specific events, such as workplace violence or terrorism
We recently announced the results of our annual research collaboration with the Business Continuity Institute(BCI), entitled “The Emergency Communications Report…
Improving hospital patient safety
Patient safety in a hospital setting begins with what The Joint Commission (TJC) calls the environment of care. This made…
Nixle alert used to find missing person with dementia
It can be an extremely nerve-racking situation when a loved one goes missing. When a family member wanders off, there…
Nixle in action: Missing child found in LA County
There’s not many scenarios that will give you more anxiety as a parent than realizing that your child has gone…
Reduce door-to-balloon time with automatic STEMI code alerts
Consider this: every year, around 735,000 Americans have a heart attack – that’s one heart attack every 43 seconds.1 Of…
Nixle in action: New age of tornado warnings
Many states are enduring tornado season, and all of the destruction and disaster that goes a long with tornados. Tornados…
Nixle in action: Campus safety @ UC Berkeley
Communicating effectively with large populations can be a difficult task. Whether it be a large city, a small town, or…
Nixle in action: Missing Rohnert Park boy found safe with help from Nixle
In 2015, over 460,000 children were reported missing to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, according to the…
Manual calling trees, should you use them in a crisis?
What is a crisis? A time of intense difficulty or danger. The diagram below shows what happens to your standard…