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and FDNY so they may be as prepared as possible
when they are facing high-pressure, challenging
situations.”
The technologies that were tested and evaluated
during the exercise were:
• SOCET GXP – A geo-spatial intelligence tool
that uses imagery from commercial, satellite
and tactical sources to identify and analyze
ground features.
• Mutualink – a technology that enables interoperability of voice, text and radio.
• Crowd Evacuation Software – modeling software that shows the time required to evacuate a
facility and identifies potential issues that could
arise during the evacuation as well as corrective actions for mitigating such issues.
• Unmanned Aerial Systems Software (UAS) –
modeling software that allows the user to model
threat vectors, launch points and potential distances that are possible during a UAS attack.
July-Aug 2016 Edition
CHP Orders Dodge Charger Pursuit Police
Sedans for Statewide Fleet (Videos)
California Highway Patrol orders more than 580 Dodge Charger Pursuit police sedans.
The U.S. Army Armament Research and Development Engineering Center (ARDEC) at Picatinny Arsenal Combating Terrorism Technology Evaluation
Program provided technology support, evaluators
and cameras to capture footage for post-exercise
review and analysis from their Combating Terrorism Technology Evaluation Program.
The NYPD Counterterrorism Division deployed
three Special Operations Units during the exercise
including the Emergency Services Unit, the Critical
Response Command, and the Strategic Response
Group.
The California Highway Patrol (CHP) has placed
orders for more than 580 Dodge Charger Pursuit
police sedans to replace aging vehicles in its fleet.
The vehicles will be delivered over the next two
years with the vast majority of the vehicles being
delivered next year.
The California Department of General Services
conducted a public, competitive bidding process
aimed at selecting a vehicle based on price, performance and payload capacity, the Dodge Charger Pursuit sedan was found to comply with enforcement vehicle specifications for the CHP, the
largest state police agency in the nation. The new
rear-wheel-drive sedans will replace existing highmileage patrol vehicles currently in service.
DHS S&T offices participating in the exercise included Homeland Security Advanced Research
Projects Agency, Explosives Division, First Responders Group/National Urban Security Laboratory, the Capabilities Development Support Group,
and the Research and Development Partnerships
Group.
(See the Dodge Charger Pursuit Vehicle in Action, courtesy
of Dodge and YouTube)