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25 www.officer.com March 2014 Law Enforcement Technology MOBILE APPS Get some feedback Version 2 of WiredBlue's My Police Department (MyPD) app for iPhone and Android lets users sign up to follow their local police department, send in tips, ask questions about law enforce- ment, commend an officer and more. More police departments are reaching out to their citizens through social media and technology. A leg-up on terrorism Forward-looking governments are using next-gen technology to monitor known targets and identify unknown suspects, predict their behavior, and prevent attacks before they take place. The Altus Blue Force app from Polaris Wireless helps government agencies identify and track targets/suspects, and then performs mass surveillance of wireless subscribers, and monitors sen- sitive geographical areas, and historical movements of targets and suspects. << Image sharing and info lookup ROK Homeland Security's new app is a suite of 10 integrated mobile functions, linking into a PC management and control room interface for daily operational policing. It brings together comms, imagery sharing and information lookups so frontline officers have the information they need instantly. Includes: encrypted voice and SMS, GPS track and locate, SOS Alerts, tamper-proof photo and video date, time and location-stamped with automatic upload, ANPR , CCTV multiple camera link, fingerprint recognition and live device-to-device video streaming. >> Track people and phones Manhunt from Badge Apps provides agencies with smartphone based management tools to quickly contain a subject on the run. Predictive location tracking uses terrain and time factors so your perimeter can be visualized, ensur- ing containment. The app can also assist in phone tracking by visualizing a radius around GPS coordinates, and displaying the distance between two points in multiple units for inci- dents where proximity is a factor. << Access and share reports PublicEngines' free CrimeReports Mobile smart phone app is now available for Android. Agencies can easily share crime mapping data with nearly every smart phone user in their community to improve safety and reduce crime. << << LET_24-27_Mobile Apps0314.indd 25 2/24/14 10:36 AM