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Why Digital Signage Needs Dedicated Hardware
A PC or a cast session behind the station TV needs babysitting. Dedicated signage hardware keeps the dashboard on screen, even after a power outage.
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Why Station Dashboards Work, and How We're Growing Them
It started as a way to welcome new members on a station TV. Nearly 1,500 agencies later, here is why dashboards work and where we are taking them next.
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The Group Text Is Not a Communications Plan
If your department's communications plan is a group text and a whiteboard nobody reads, you don't have a plan. You have a habit, and it is failing you.
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Did Your Message Actually Land?
"I sent it" is not the same as "they got it." If you cannot show a policy change was understood, you do not know it was communicated.
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The Officer Is Your Communication Hub
Administration can write the clearest message in the world. If the officer relaying it does not believe it or understand it, it dies right there.
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The AI Feature Is Not the Product
Every vendor says AI-powered now. Almost none will tell you what that actually means until you make them.
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Reaching the Members Who Aren't at the Station
The members who are not around every day are still your members. Under-communicating with them is a choice, and it is the wrong one.
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Public Safety Needs Platforms That Work Together
Most agencies already have plenty of technology. The bigger problem is that CAD, scheduling, training, records and communication systems rarely work together.
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One Message, Too Many Channels
Text, app, email, bulletin board, in-person briefing. More channels does not mean better communication. It usually means worse.
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