Motorola Solutions announced the 2019 Motorola Solutions Education Video Contest winners. The contest invited K-12 public, private or charter schools or school districts based in the U.S. to submit videos honoring favorite school heroes, highlighting outstanding achievements or demonstrating their efforts to ensure positive learning environments.

York Regional Police (YRP) in Canada purchased 270 Axon Fleet in-car video systems and 1,800 licenses to its digital evidence management solution. This order was received in the third quarter and will begin shipping in phased deployments in the fourth quarter.

Iredell County, North Carolina, celebrated the grand opening of a new public-safety complex. The $17.3 million complex, designed to meet all of the county's emergency communications needs, houses the County’s public-safety division to include emergency management, emergency communications, emergency medical services (EMS) and the fire marshal.

A new ATIS report by the Alliance for Telecommunications Industry Solutions (ATIS) examines the topic of network slicing, which is one way to help network operators enable the services of a diverse range of vertical applications in a guaranteed way on the same network, in a new report. The burgeoning growth in the internet of things (IoT) is driving a wide range of new uses, as well as requirements on network infrastructure.

Everbridge announced it is part of the team of providers that was awarded a five-year contract with the state of California to upgrade the state’s outdated 9-1-1 system to a next-generation 9-1-1 (NG 9-1-1) platform. The win represents the largest state contract in Everbridge’s history.

The National Information Exchange Model (NIEM) 4.2 release candidate 1 (RC1) is available for public review and comment through Oct. 7.

Beyond-visual-line-of-sight (BVLOS) unmanned aerial system (UAS) operations are key for future commercial use cases, including public safety, industrial inspection and urban air mobility. Frequentis has partnered with mobile network connectivity specialist and start-up, Dimetor, to enable network connectivity for command and control (C2) and payload data links to ensure reliable and consistent data sharing.

The Airborne International Response Team (AIRT), a Miami-based 501(c) non-profit organization that provides public-safety and disaster response support capabilities with drone technology, announced that it received a grant from the Motorola Solutions Foundation, the charitable arm of Motorola Solutions.

Datamark announced it has secured a series of significant next generation 9-1-1 (NG 9-1-1) projects across the state of Maryland, including six of the state’s 24 counties.

Axon announced that the Fresno Police Department is the first agency to deploy Axon Records, a new records management system (RMS). The department deployed Axon Records in its entirety to officers and supporting staff in early September.