U.S. Sen. Roger Wicker (R-Miss.), chairman of the Subcommittee on Communications, Technology, Innovation, and the Internet, will convene a hearing titled “There’s an App for That: Trends in Mobile Technologies,” . The hearing will examine the state of the mobile app economy and its role in fostering job creation, e-commerce, innovation, and technology investment in the United States, and how apps are disrupting traditional business models and evolving in their sophistication and utility for consumers and businesses. Additionally, the hearing will explore ways to improve mobile broadband connectivity and how to address policy issues to support the continued growth and prosperity of the app economy.
Witnesses:
Mr. Mike Forster, Chairman, Innovate Mississippi, and Founder, Mississippi Coding Academies
Mr. Roger Koch, Chief Executive Officer, Shield Group Technologies
Dr. Sarah Oh, Research Fellow, Technology Policy Institute
Mr. Morgan Reed, President, ACT – The App Association
*Witness list subject to change.
Hearing Details:
Tuesday, May 15, 2018
2:30 p.m.
Subcommittee on Communications, Technology, Innovation and the Internet
This hearing will take place in Russell Senate Office Building, Room 253. Witness testimony, opening statements, and a live video of the hearing will be available on www.commerce.senate.gov.
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The Palm Beach County School District and the Sheriff’s Office are releasing a new app called Palm Beach County StudentProtect, which will provide powerful two-way communication between students and law enforcement to allow the instant reporting of threats and suspicious activity.
It will also provide students with alerts and information regarding threats and security concerns.
Sheriff Ric Bradshaw, Superintendent Robert Avossa and the School District Police Chief are giving more details on the app Thursday.
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PALM BEACH COUNTY, Fla. – Law enforcement and school officials have introduced a new app they hope will improve safety at schools.
Palm Beach County Sheriff Ric Bradshaw and School Superintendent Robert Avossa spoke about the “See Something Say Something” app during a Thursday morning news conference.
Palm Beach County StudentProtect will provide two-way communication to report threats, suspicious activity and receive information and alerts.
The app will be available to students and their parents free of charge.
“On that app they will be able to report mental health problems, bullying problems, social media problems, suspicious activity to the school police or their parents or the school staff and that information will be channeled to the proper people to do something about it,” Bradshaw said.
PBSO said the app also receives bulletins, news and information about threats and security concerns.
The sheriff’s office said the app should be available for download by the middle of next week.
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The new, Official Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office app uses ConnectProtect technology to provide two-way communications between the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office and the people of Palm Beach County.
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It’s a popular saying with an important message: “See something, say something.”
Now when you see something suspicious, you can say something to law enforcement through the free Newport News Sheriff’s Office’s app, released on June 5.
“It is the latest tool we have to connect with the community,” said Sheriff Gabe Morgan.
ConnectProtect℠ provides a confidential communication link for people to provide GPS-tagged “See Something, Say Something” suspicious activity information.
Sheriff Morgan called it a game changer for law enforcement.
“Every day, technology is evolving. The way people use technology today is not the way people used it a week ago. It’s not going to be the way it’s going to be used a week from now. So for us in law enforcement, for us in government, the ability to be on the cutting edge…it is monumental.”
App users also will get the latest news about the sheriff’s office and learn about public events NNSO personnel are attending. Users can sign up to receive notifications when new items are posted to the app.
Sheriff Morgan stresses the cell phone app isn’t designed to report emergency situations. Citizens should call 911 if they have an emergency.
The app, designed by Shield Group Technologies, was made possible thanks to a generous donation from the Wason family through the Williamsburg Community Foundation. Also on hand at Hampton University were representatives from the York-Poquoson Sheriff’s Office, Hampton University Police, Hampton Police Dept. and The City of Hampton 311, which also received apps tailored to citizen needs.
Law Enforcement and Local Officials from throughout Hampton Roads, Virginia, announced on Monday their acquisition of a variety of Shield Group technologies including: ShieldConnect, ConnectProtect, CommunityConnect and StudentProtect.
ShieldConnect provides law enforcement with powerful real-time crime/intelligence led policing solutions to retrieve, compile, analyze and deliver critical information to law enforcement personnel and will be utilized by all of the localities’ police/sheriff’s offices.
ConnectProtect is the world’s most powerful app technology for connecting law enforcement with residents and reporting suspicious activity.
StudentProtect provides powerful, instant, 2-way, GEO-tagged communications between campus communities and campus & local law enforcement.
Hampton Chief or Police Terry L. Sult; Newport News Sheriff Gabriel A. “Gabe” Morgan; York-Poquoson Sheriff J.D. “Danny” Diggs; Hampton City Manager Mary Bunting and Hampton University Chief of Police David Glover all praised the innovative technologies they had acquired from Shield Group.
Chief Sult said: “When you get into the Shield Connect…it really allows us to push information like you see on TV, where you get a suspect’s picture shot and we can push it out to the officers real time.
Shield Group CEO Roger Koch said following the announcement: “These communities in Hampton Roads, coming together and using Shield Group’s technologies collectively, is ground-breaking. Their collaboration utilizing varies technologies between them, offers extraordinary benefits for public safety.
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HAMPTON, Va. – The City of Hampton, the Hampton Police Division, Newport News Sheriff’s Office, York-Poquoson Sheriff’s Office and Hampton University held a joint conference Monday morning at Hampton University.
They announced the adoption of new advanced crime-fighting, community communications, and student safety and information technologies to be utilized on the Peninsula.
“People don’t like to make phone calls anymore. People don’t like to write emails. They want to do it right from their mobile device,” said CEO of Shielf Group Technologies, Roger Coch.
Hampton, Newport News and York County officials each have a mobile application to report crime or issues right away. The new mobile apps took months of planning and a $75,000 grant from the Wason Fund for Public Safety that’s part of the Williamsburg Community Foundation.
“We in turn made grants to each of the law enforcement and the college to enable that to purchase the software for free,” said the Williamsburg Community Foundation’s Executive Director, Nancy Sullivan.
There are five apps total.
The “Connect Protect” app allows people to report crime, view mugshots and see other information from the York County Sheriff’s Department, the Hampton Police Division and the Newport News Sheriff’s Department.
There’s also an app called “Student Protect” for Hampton of University students, and another application for people to submit issues to the City of Hampton.
“Say if there was a pot hole or if there was street lights out they can now go on their mobile device and simply take a photo of it send it in they can send it an anonymously or put their name in,” Couch said.
Requests sent through the mobile applications are also GPS tagged.
They even provide open communication between officials and the community.
“For instance, I mentioned parking is an issue sometimes. If I know that on a given day this lot is not going to be available we can push that out to the students that have the app,” said Hampton University Police Chief, David Glover.
Officials across the peninsula hope these news mobile apps can bring transparency and trust between them and the community, and that other cities will adopt them too.
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A handful of Peninsula-area agencies launched new smart phone apps Monday to help solve crimes and connect residents with city services.
The City of Hampton, City of Hampton Police Department, Newport News Sheriff’s Office, York-Poquoson Sheriff’s Office and Hampton University announced the new ConnectProtect apps at a news conference at Hampton University on Monday.
The agencies received the new technology through a $75,000 grant provided by the Wason Fund for Public Safety via the Williamsburg Community Foundation, officials said.
Donors Harry and Judy Wason, of Williamsburg, told the Daily Press at the news conference that they were inspired to invest in public safety after having a conversation with a friend. Through their research, they learned about ConnectProtect already being used by the Palm Beach Sheriff’s Office in Florida. Judy Wason said they heard the office’s success stories and they were sold.
“We said, wow, the Peninsula needs this,” she said.
With the help of the foundation, they reached out to the app maker, Shield Group Technologies, which hosted an information event for universities and law enforcement agencies across the Peninsula. A handful of agencies chose not to launch the app because they have other technology already in place, a company official said.
ConnectProtect
ConnectProtect is unique because it allows two-way communication between residents and the agencies and also uses geocoding to pinpoint specific locations, officials said.
Users can select locations of interest and receive information bulletins from the agency tailored for those areas. Using the “See something” or “Service requests options,” users can submit a request or tip to the agency. A photo or video can be added to the submission.
For example, an individual wanting to request a pothole repair using the 311 Hampton VA app can upload a photo or video with the request. The mobile device assigns a geographical location to the image, which tells the agency exactly where the photo was taken.
The technology gives local law enforcement agencies another method for receiving valuable crime tips from the public, officials said.
Hampton Police Division Chief Terry L. Sult said at the news conference his division has been working on ways to more quickly distribute information from the public to the officers on the streets.
“This is a step in that direction,” he said.
Hampton University’s Pirate Connect has similar crime-reporting features, but also has a panic button. Campus security is alerted to a student’s location when the button is pressed and held for five seconds. Christopher Newport University in Newport News will be launching a similar app through the company when students return in August, officials said.
Hampton University Chief of Police David Glover said at the conference he thinks the app is a great tool for college students who are constantly connected with technology.
“Our students always have their cellphones,” he said, “(and) they always have their faces in their cellphones.”
Ketchum can be reached by phone at 757-247-7478.
Get the app
Download ConnectProtect to your iPhone or Android device from the Apple Store or Google Play store on your device. Search “Connect Protect” with the locality’s name for best results (i.e. “Connect Protect Hampton”).
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