Tag: Boston Marathon bombing
Lead Boston Marathon bombings investigator talks urban security
August 7, 2013Amy Canfield
BOSTON—When the two bombs exploded at the Boston Marathon finish line in April, there was chaos. Hundreds were seriously injured. Participants and spectators were panicked, not knowing where to turn for safety. Were there more explosive devices set to go off in a few seconds?Within 22 minutes, chaos was quelled, and the area was secured.How?“Through planning and training,” said Boston Police Department Superintendent William Evans.Three people died at the Boylston Street scene and...
High-profile bombing, shootings drive MNS market
June 5, 2013Tess Nacelewicz
AUSTIN, Texas—The Boston Marathon bombing, the Sandy Hook school massacre and other high-profile incidents are a key reason why demand for mass notification systems is expected to spike 30 percent within five years, according to a new report from IMS Research, now part of IHS.The need to help protect the public will help drive spending on MNS in North America to $2.1 billion in 2017, up from $1.6 billion in 2013, the report says.“Very few people die in a building fire anymore” because...
Surveillance cameras called 'worse than useless' in Philly
June 5, 2013Rich Miller
It's not the kind of press you would expect for video surveillance, especially after all of the positive PR for helping bring down the suspects in the Boston Marathon bombing. Only onward and upward, right?
Apparently Philadelphia didn't get the memo.
Last week, City Controller Alan Butkovitz announced the results of an audit of the police department's surveillance camera program. The news wasn't favorable: Only 32 percent of the cameras reviewed were functioning as they should, down from 45 percent...