PM is starting out the year strong with subjects of the day, a little football, and dealing with personal issues.
The January/February cover story “Get the Picture: Addressing the Surveillance Revolution” offers information on implementing public safety video technology, including such tools as body-worn cameras, surveillance cameras, and automated license plate readers. It focuses on what the issues are and what managers should be considering.
Authors Mark Ryckman and Don Zoufal caution that “Deployment of video technology is not a quick fix for public safety issues. Rather, the deployment of cameras is one tool among many in furthering local government public safety objective.” Here are the advantages and challenges they explain:
- Reviewing the benefits.
- Understanding the cost.
- Access to and release of records.
- Ongoing maintenance.
- Cyber security.
This combined issue also has these management-related articles (and more online-only articles):
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