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Greetings!
This month's newsletter highlights recent news stories from your industry -- homeland security, law enforcement or fire & rescue -- that illustrate how aerial data acquisition (ADA) services enhanced, or could have significantly enhanced, the ability of an organization to achieve its goals.ADA services offer significant benefit and value when implemented in a timely manner and as part of your organization's overall strategy.
We hope you find an example that relates to your organization's mission.
Thanks for your continued interest. Jim Bail, Director of Sales & Marketing |
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TODAY'S CHALLENGES
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U.S. Southern Border
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Public safety organizations - law enforcement, fire and rescue and homeland security - often need high-quality aerial imagery to:
- Monitor areas of interest to discover illicit, illegal or prohibited activities
- Assess and respond to emergency situations as they unfold
- Support and reinforce existing law enforcement or emergency response efforts
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THE ADA SOLUTION
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Read more here about how Aerial Data Acquisition (ADA) solutions can help your organization:
- Enhance safety of field-based personnel
- Achieve significant improvements in response time
- Improve search and rescue operations
- Perform faster detection of illicit, illegal, or prohibited activities
- Increase organizational efficiency through better command and control of resources
- Reduce operational costs
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HOMELAND SECURITY IN THE NEWS
DHS allocates $1.3b in security grants,Security Director News July 2, 2012 |
"The Department of Homeland Security has announced final allocations of more than $1.3 billion in fiscal year 2012 funding to seven of its security grant programs. ... New capabilities that are built using homeland security grant funding must be deployable if needed to support regional and national efforts. More ...
Private sector homeland security to grow at 7.7 percent annually,
Government Security News, July 9, 2012
"The U.S. economic downturn has had an adverse effect on the 2009-2010 private sector homeland security (HLS) market, but despite the capital investment aversion trend, the U.S. private sector demonstrates a strong demand for HLS-related products and services. ... Over the next five years, the U.S. private sector HLS market is forecast to grow at a CAGR of 7.7 percent, from $8.6 billion in 2011 to $12.4 billion by 2016." More ...
CBP envisions more detection, inspection, surveillance and communications along Northern Border, Government Security News,
July 27, 2012
"U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has issued a final environmental impact statement that addresses the environmental and socioeconomic effects of its activities along the U.S.-Canada border and has tentatively selected one of the four alternative approaches it could adopt going forward ... This approach would focus on deploying more effective detection, inspection, surveillance and communications technologies along the 4,000 miles of border that stretch between Washington State and Maine, and 100 miles south into the United States." More ... |
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LAW ENFORCEMENT IN THE NEWS
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Coast Guard concerned about possible protests and attacks at GOP convention in Tampa, Government Security News, July 16, 2012
"Concerned about the possibility of "widespread protests" in Tampa, FL, or the potential threat of a small vessel delivering a weapon of mass destruction, launching a stand-off attack weapon or delivering an armed assault force, the U.S. Coast Guard plans to establish seven temporary "security zones" in the waters surrounding the sites of the upcoming Republican National Convention." More ...
Coast Guard, local law enforcement in anti-terror drill off NYC,
Government Security News, July 19, 2012
"The Coast Guard, along with local and federal law enforcement agencies ran a joint-agency anti-terrorism "Securing the Cities" (STC) exercise on July 18 in the waters of New York Harbor. During the exercise, the Coast Guard said two of its cutters and crews from stations in locations near New York Harbor coordinated with local law enforcement agencies in screening recreational vessels for a dirty bomb or nuclear device as they moved through the harbor under the Verrazano Narrows Bridge." More ...
Border Patrol works with NY Naval Militia on Lake Champlain, Government Security News, July 24, 2012
"The Border Patrol is again getting help from state authorities in inspecting pleasure boats on New York's Lake Champlain on busy summer weekends. ... Lake Champlain straddles the New York, Vermont and Canadian borders and allows boats from Canada to enter the U.S. Weekends in July and August see peak levels of pleasure craft, said the U.S. Border Patrol." More ... |
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FIRE & RESCUE IN THE NEWS
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Wildfire risk keeps NH vigilant, New Hampshire Union Leader, July 28, 2012
"When most people think about wildfires, calamities like the Colorado fires that burned nearly 350 homes and left two dead last month come to mind. But fire prevention officials here say our state is not immune from a "conflagration" that could threaten homes and lives." More ...
Search effort fails to find N.C. man missing in Rumney, New Hampshire Union Leader, July 29, 2012
"The largest search effort in the state this year for a missing person has concluded after five days with no sign of a North Carolina man. Hugh Armstrong, 72, visiting with 11 members of his family for a week's vacation near Stinson Lake, went out for an early morning walk Wednesday and has not been seen since." More ...
Homeland Security to experiment with rescue drones inside the United States, Government Security News, July 26, 2012
"The Homeland Security Department expects to fly drones inside the borders of the United States for emergency response purposes, DHS Secretary Janet Napolitano said Wednesday ... She told lawmakers at a House hearing that drone regulation is an air traffic control issue, and therefore is a responsibility of the Federal Aviation Administration."
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FOR MORE INFORMATION...
ASSIST-U.S.® specializes in providing Aerial Data Acquisition (ADA), surveillance and analysis services to public and private sector organizations throughout the Northeast and along the Eastern Seaboard.
If you know others in your organization or industry who would be interested in what we do, please use the "Forward email" link at the bottom of this page.
Visit our website to view our solutions here. Our managers' blogs contain articles of interest, as well. Download our company capabilities brief here.
Use our YouTube channel, LinkedIn group and Facebook page to view our real-time video portfolio and learn how we can support your needs for enhanced visual information through aerial imagery services.
  
I look forward to hearing from you to discuss how we might serve your organization's needs. Please contact me to schedule a facility visit or a demonstration of any of our standard aerial data acquisition services.
Sincerely,
Jim Bail, Director of Sales & Marketing
603-219-09xx, x103 | jim.bail@assist-us.com
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| Our Services |
Customized Missions: Using leading-edge technologies to provide cost-effective aerial imagery solutions from a unique, flyover perspective that meet your needs.
Aerial Imagery Acquisition: Recording and streaming your imagery directly to your chosen devices or locations, archiving it for future analysis based on your requirements.
Analysis and Archiving: Analyzing your recorded and/or archived imagery with its critical, embedded information to deliver the post-flight results and reports you need.
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