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Why Public Works Needs a Seat at the Planning Table

Despite their critical role in disaster response, public works agencies are not always included in the emergency planning process. To bridge planning gaps, public works should be integrated into emergency response efforts. Key steps can help ensure that these and other agencies can more effectively respond to the next disaster.

A Data-Driven Approach to Police Recruitment and Retention

From the rise of advanced criminal networks and borderless crimes to the persistent hurdles of limited resources, inadequate training, and outdated tools, law enforcement departments navigate an increasingly demanding landscape. Big data and artificial intelligence can help build and maintain this critical public safety workforce.

Editor’s Note: Preparing for the Future of Artificial Intelligence

A close-up of a hand gently holding a glowing sphere with the letters AI prominently displayed in the center. The sphere emits a bright blue light, symbolizing the power and potential of artificial intelligence. This image conveys a futuristic vision of AI technology being carefully controlled and harnessed by human innovation.The December 2024 edition of the Domestic Preparedness Journal provides insight into the intersection of AI and emergency preparedness. With their exponentially increasing speed of development, existing, emerging, and not-yet-created technologies must all be part of the planning process in 2025 and beyond.

Opportunities for Artificial Intelligence in Emergency Management

Recent research into the relationship between AI and emergency management uncovered an environment prepared for AI-based solutions. While AI must overcome some infrastructure hurdles, technologies to prevent, mitigate, and recover from emergencies are on the horizon.

Emergency Management of Tomorrow: Emerging Technologies and Concepts

More frequent and intense disasters put pressure on emergency managers and emergency operations centers to share and analyze data faster than ever before and with more reliability and defensibility. The future of emergency management is changing fast—and so is the science and technology to protect it.

Advisory Board Spotlight: Interview with Caroline Agarabi, Ph.D.

What does it take to bridge science and strategy in the world of emergency preparedness? Caroline Agarabi, Ph.D., shares how her work shapes disaster response plans, supports lifesaving countermeasures, and prepares communities for the unexpected. Dive into her unique journey and insights in this compelling conversation.

Protecting Critical Infrastructure From Weaponized Drones

The image displays a detailed close-up of switchgear and transmission towers against a vivid sky, symbolizing energy infrastructure and power distribution.Electricity substations are traditionally only protected by chain link fences and signage warning of the dangers of high voltage. However, this still leaves property vulnerable, especially to weaponized drones attacking from above, a mode of terrorism being used more extensively across the world and at home.
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