SilentPartner: Much More Than Just a Data Capture App

KOVA is excited to share a brand new video about our mobile recording platform, SilentPartner, which turns your smartphone into a multi-purpose tool for capturing data while on the go. There are some apps that help you while away the time with a game, launching birds at unstable structures or decorating virtual cupcakes with virtual […]

What the Updated FAA Advisory Circular Means for Your Airport’s Crash Phone System

In March 2024, the FAA released a significant update to Advisory Circular 150/5210-7E, Aircraft Rescue and Fire Fighting Communications. If you’re responsible for ARFF communications at your airport, this document is worth a close read. It replaces the previous version (7D, dated 2008) and reflects how much the landscape has changed in the last sixteen […]

Speech-to-Text Technology Is Changing How Airports Respond to Emergencies

When a tower controller initiates a crash phone alert, every second counts. But critical details — runway, aircraft type, fuel load, souls on board — are delivered verbally, often at a pace that's difficult to catch in the chaos of an emergency response. What if those details were automatically extracted from the audio, transcribed, and […]

How to Modernize Your Airport Crash Phone System: From Analog to IP

If your airport still relies on analog crash phone circuits — physical copper lines running between your tower and ARFF station — you already know the risks. Those lines age, get damaged during construction projects, and offer no redundancy when they fail. A growing number of airports are making the switch to IP-based crash phone […]

Highway Patrol Officers Do Much, Much More than Catch Speeders

When you ask the average citizen what they think a state highway patrol officer does during his shift, they’re likely to tell you that the officer sits along a highway, points a radar gun at oncoming traffic, and then chases down speeders to write tickets. While yes, state troopers do enforce traffic laws and give […]

6 Forensic Advancements That Are Changing How Police Work Is Done

When you hear mention of the term “forensics,” you may immediately think of television shows like CSI, where a police officer discovers a tiny piece of evidence that can be used to positively identify a criminal. That’s the popular view of police forensics, but only recently have technological advances made actual police forensics resemble something […]

Five Technologies That Could Serve Firefighters

The men and women who fight fires every day are always hoping for new advancements in technology that would make their work easier, and more importantly, safer than it is today. Here are five revolutionary technological advancements that are on the cutting edge of fire safety, and could help firefighters save lives. 1. Virtual reality […]

Six Ways First Responders Can Alleviate Stress

Many non-responders do not understand the toll that being a first responder can take on the mind and body. The stress of being “the one” the public turns to when their worst fears are being realized around them has ill effects, whether a responder wants to admit it or not. This means that taking the […]

Beyond Public Relations: How Law Enforcement Uses Social Media in Crime-solving

Ah, social media: the daily time-sucking tools that have ended friendships over petty squabbles, made celebrities of people who just put the right picture on the right social media account at the right time, and showed us that cats can be pretty darn grumpy. But while many people look at social media as some kind […]

Friend or Foe? Biometrics Can Stop Criminals, but Will the Constitution Suffer?

Biometric technology is advancing at an almost exponential rate, and its impact on law enforcement is only going to grow. Despite the fact that biometric measures will allow police to help keep communities safer and perhaps even allow for cold cases to be solved and criminals brought to justice, there are many who believe these […]

The Keys to Successful Communications in Law Enforcement

In this day of social media, with everything police officers do at risk of being observed and recorded by the public, it’s more important than ever that law enforcement engage in effective communication techniques. The actions of officers in dealing with the public, with government officials, and even with each other can inadvertently escalate situations […]

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