At the inaugural 2012 Somernites Cruise weekend April 25 and 26, the thousands of muscle car enthusiasts packed into downtown Somerset, Ky. might not have seen the small, white helicopter-like aircraft quietly patrolling the skies above them. But Lt. Shannon Smith of the Somerset Police Department certainly saw them—from the pilot’s seat of the two-seat [...]
When Kevin Billiot first took over as chief of the struggling Montgomery, La. Police Department in April 2011, he was in need of everything from heavy-duty winter gear and uniforms for his officers to big-ticket items like in-car video equipment and trustworthy patrol vehicles.
The Rev. Kevin Billiot had never done any police work until April, when he was appointed chief of the department in little Montgomery, near the Kisatchie National Forest in central Louisiana.
A Kentucky program that provides technology assistance for small and rural law enforcement agencies across the nation helped Christmas come early for a rural Louisiana police department. Police Chief Kevin Billiot of Montgomery, La., was one of 31 participants in the Fall 2011 Rural Law Enforcement Technology Institute, a national conference hosted Dec. 4-8 in [...]
Nearly 40 chiefs, sheriffs, and command officers present for the Fall 2011 Rural Law Enforcement Technology Institute today participated in a law enforcement demonstration day at the Bay Bridge Airport near Annapolis, MD. Activities included demonstrations of a low-cost firearms simulator, flights in light-sport aircraft used in the NLECTC Law Enforcement Aviation Program, and visits at informational booths, [...]
Lonnie Lawson, president and CEO of The Center for Rural Development, spoke to the nearly 40 chiefs, sheriffs, and command officers from rural agencies across the nation present at the Fall 2011 Rural Law Enforcement Technology Institute in Annapolis, MD. The Institute is hosted by the Small, Rural, Tribal and Border Regional Center (SRTB-RC), a Public Safety [...]
Lance Miller, director of the National Law Enforcement and Corrections Technology Center’s (NLECTC) National Center, spoke to the nearly 40 chiefs, sheriffs and law enforcement officials today at the Rural Law Enforcement Technology Institute in Annapolis, MD. The Institute is hosted by the Small, Rural, Tribal and Border Regional Center (SRTB-RC), a Public Safety program [...]
SRTB-RC executive director Dave Mather addresses attendees. Nearly 40 chiefs, sheriffs, and officials from rural law enforcement agencies from across the nation are at the Fall 2011 Rural Law Enforcement Technology Institute in Annapolis, MD. At the event, attendees will deliver presentations on top technology-centered issues at the local agency level, and the strategies they [...]
The Rural Domestic Preparedness Consortium (RDPC) has released a new training course in chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear, and explosive (CBRNE) response for rural first responders. This eight-hour awareness-level course provides rural first responders with an introduction to various types of chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear, and explosive materials and agents. The course is designed to give [...]
Security is always a major concern when a large group of people come together for a public event, and rural first responders and public officials need to understand the importance of and necessity for planning and managing security for any event. MGT 335: Event Security Planning for Public Safety Professionals is a 16-hour, classroom-based course [...]
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