The Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) now 2,500 body-worn cameras (BWCs) from Edesix used by more than 7,000 officers covering about 173,000 incidents each year in Northern Ireland.

The Department of Justice (DOJ) published an open letter to Facebook from international law enforcement partners from the United States, United Kingdom and Australia in response to the company’s publicly announced plans to implement end-to-end-encryption across its messaging services.

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) awarded $199,680 to Bastille Networks to deliver its internet of things (IoT) security solution offering real-time situational awareness of threats on connected devices. This is a phase four award under S&T’s Silicon Valley Innovation Program’s (SVIP’s) “Security for the Internet of Things” solicitation, which calls for novel ideas and technologies to improve situational awareness and security to detect, authenticate and update IoT components and systems.

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) awarded $200,000 to CryptoMove to continue to enhance its dynamic defense data protection system for U.S. Customs and Border Protection’s (CBP) small unmanned aircraft system (sUAS) security. This is the final phase of a project that was awarded under the Silicon Valley Innovation Program (SVIP) sUAS capabilities solicitation.

Symantec announced that Symantec Endpoint Protection (SEP) Mobile is now First Responder Network Authority (FirstNet) Listed, making the mobile threat defense app available nationwide through the FirstNet App Catalog.

A report from the newly formed DRONERESPONDERS found that Chinese drone maker DJI is the undisputed leader in providing drones to U.S. public safety agencies. Confusion exists among local public-safety professionals surrounding the alleged security vulnerabilities with Chinese drone technology, the report said.

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) released an update to the National Emergency Communications Plan (NECP). The NECP is the nation’s strategic plan for coordinating and advancing emergency communications to establish and maintain operability, interoperability and continuity.

The Public Safety Technology Alliance (PSTA) released the cybersecurity technical subcommittee report, which includes the initial PSTA recommendations for public safety and industry. The report includes eight best practices and checklists for public-safety agencies based on their size.

PMeV – Netzwerk Sichere Kommunikation, the German association and network for critical communications, established a cybersecurity department. The representatives of the PMeV member companies unanimously elected Nico Werner from telent as chairman of the new department.

The U.S. Department of Commerce (DOC) Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) extended the temporary general license (TGL) authorizing specific, limited engagements in transactions involving the export, re-export and transfer of items under the Export Administration Regulations (EAR) to Huawei and its non-U.S. affiliates subject to the entity list. BIS also identified 46 additional Huawei Technologies affiliates that require inclusion on the entity list as part of a review of all entity listings effective Aug. 19.