Updates

Delta Ships First Mail-Screening Security BioBooth

Self-contained, prefabricated, pre-wired, and UL-listed, the BioBooth mail-screening booth was designed to permit inspectors to safely receive and open mail, isolating the rest of the staff and facility from exposure if bio-hazards are present.

CBP Border Patrol Sends Search-and-Rescue Resources to Tornado-Torn Georgia

A total of 12 Border Patrol Emergency Medical Team members from El Paso provide assistance in the area near Americus, Ga., as part of a national effort to assist in recovery and clean-up operations in that community.

Wisconsin State Patrol Tests Raytheon Channel Controller

The P25 channel controller converts analog radio channels to P25 digital channels, allowing users to economically replace conventional analog communication systems with the modernized P25 digital system.

DHS Issues Proposal for States to Enhance Drivers' Licenses

The REAL ID requirements were developed in accordance with recommendations made by the 9/11 Commission that Congress passed into law, and will enhance the security and integrity of drivers' licenses.

Los Angeles Fire Department Uses ADASHI First Response for Event Management at the Academy Awards

The Los Angeles Fire Department (LAFD) used ADASHI First Response software to assist in the security arrangements during the 79th Annual Academy Awards ceremonies.

MDI Receives $25.3 Million Initial Order for Deployment of Products and Professional Services to Stratis Authority's Learn Safe Program

The first phase of the Learn Safe solution will be delivered to multiple security-minded school districts that value the safety and security of their employees, students, and parents.

Anne Arundel Community College Offers Homeland Security Training, Credentialing

Career changers and traditional-age college students alike are enthusiastically enrolling in Anne Arundel Community College's homeland-security classes.

University of Nevada Las Vegas (UNLV) offers Executive Master of Sciences in Crisis and Emergency Management (ECEM) Degree Program

How do you add value to your operational experience? Combine it with academic knowledge in UNLV's unique and marketable Master of Science program. Designed specifically for you as a crisis and emergency manager, it takes just 18 months to complete!

DHS Secretary Chertoff Notes Progress on Border During Visit to Yuma, Arizona

DHS Secretary Michael Chertoff announced that, as a result of the success of the border measures taken, increases in the number of Border Patrol agents annually deployed to the Arizona border during summer months.

Transportation Security Agency (TSA) Joins National Center for Missing & Exploited Children to Launch AMBER Alert at Nation's Airports

"Our 43,000 TSOs come in direct contact with two million passengers each day," said Kip Hawley, TSA administrator. "By putting TSOs on alert to a potential child abduction, we greatly increase the effectiveness of the AMBER Alert distribution."