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NMLEA
The Department of Homeland Security released its Port Security Grant Funding Notice of Funding Opportunity on Grants.gov on May 21, 2018, with an application submission deadline of June 20, 2018 at 5 p.m. EDT. So not a lot of time to get everything put together to compete for the $100 million in funding available.
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Reuters
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security recently unveiled a new national strategy for addressing the growing number of cybersecurity risks as it works to assess them and reduce vulnerabilities. The announcement comes amid concerns about the security of the 2018 U.S. midterm congressional elections and numerous high-profile hacking of U.S. companies.
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USNI News
The outgoing commander of U.S. Pacific Fleet used his change-of-command and retirement ceremony speech to address the external threat of nations increasingly willing to use military means to exert their influence, and the internal threat of insufficient time and funding to create a ready fleet. Relieving Swift at Pacific Fleet is Adm. John C. Aquilino, who had been commander of U.S. Naval Forces Central Command and U.S. 5th Fleet. Pacific Fleet, which covers 100 million square-miles — half the Earth's surface — and employs about 140,000 active duty and civilian personnel.
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NMLEA
In case you missed it, you can view a recording of the webinar that we conducted with stakeholders from around the country. You can go to our Webinars and Podcast page at www.nmlea.org/webinars-and-podcasts.
Topics discussed in the webinar include:
What we know about the current environment
What could happen, that no one is telling you
What the federal government will want us to focus on
What factors contribute to successful applications
What makes good grant applications - and what makes bad ones
Why some applications continue to fail
Why you need to get that quote today
What's so important about the Post Award process
How do you manage the award, after the fact
Other Webinars and Podcasts available online at www.nmlea.org/webinars-and-podcasts:
No Safe Harbors: Charting a Smarter Course of Maritime Stakeholders through Cyber Risk Management
How Changes in Procurement and Products are Affecting Maritime Public Safety Agencies
Podcast 4/18: Innovation in Healthcare for Academy Members — and Every American
Podcast 3/18: Maritime Advanced Firearms Training — What Makes It Different?
NMLEA
Check it out, and let us know if there are specific products that you'd like to see there.
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Futurism
The biggest growing trend among criminals? Using drones. Defense One reports that FBI agents were monitoring a hostage situation involving organized crime at an undisclosed location last winter. To confuse the agents, the gang used a swarm of small drones to repeatedly fly close to their heads at high speeds, forcing them out of their hiding spot.
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The Associated Press via The Post Star
New York is deploying five new patrol boats to law enforcement agencies around the state. The vessels are designed to operate on rivers, lakes and coastal areas and cost about $150,000. Gov. Andrew Cuomo's administration announced recently that the boats will be assigned to the state's environmental police, the state park police, and to police departments in Glen Cove and Suffolk County on Long Island and Yates County.
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The Maritime Executive
The White House Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs is soliciting public input on ways to reduce regulatory costs and restrictions on the American maritime industry. In particular, it is asking for recommendations regarding merchant ships and opportunities for "increased regulatory cooperation between the United States and foreign partners, especially Canada and Mexico."
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By Bambi Majumdar
 Artificial intelligence-powered body cams are almost ready for the men in blue, which will provide an essential upgrade for fighting crime in the 21st century. Axon recently announced it would be embedding artificial intelligence in its wearable body cameras. The company is known for the wearable body cameras and Taser electroshock weapons used by most police departments in the U.S. These body cams will have AI-powered face recognition technology inserted in them, which will allow the police to scan and recognize the faces of almost everyone they see while on patrol.
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U.S. Department of Defense
Coast Guard Academy cadets studying mechanical engineering here have been prototyping a new and improved rescue basket, which could revolutionize the way the Coast Guard conducts search and rescue missions with MH-60 Jayhawk helicopters. First class cadets Christian Breviario, Riely Brande, Benjamin Crutchfield, Nolan Richerson and Spencer Smith spent the last year working closely with the U.S. Coast Guard Research and Development Center to improve upon the current rescue basket design after receiving input from search and rescue operators in the fleet.
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The Maritime Executive
Piracy and counter-piracy responses have had a tremendous impact on human rights both for those suspected of piracy and for seafarers. Maritime enforcement operations and the subsequent prosecutions and trials alerted the international community to the human rights abuses suspects of piracy might face, according to Dr. Sofia Galani, Lecturer in Law at the University of Bristol and a Non-Executive Board of Advisors member of Human Rights at Sea.
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Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
After nearly two decades of planning, fundraising and construction, the National Law Enforcement Museum will open in October in Washington, D.C., officials said recently.
The museum, which will sit across from the National Law Enforcement Memorial in Judiciary Square, has been under construction for more than eight years.
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Homeland Security Today
Seven months have passed since the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S history. In the months since, the tragedy continues to present difficult questions for the hotel industry and mega-event promoters like Live Nation and A.E.G, which put on the biggest outdoor festivals in the country and a large percentage of the live indoor concerts in North America.
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By Catherine Iste
 Some people seem to float through life effortlessly. Promotions come to them. Raises are provided. Direct reports and those on other teams naturally follow them. And people like them. What’s the difference between a leader with an advanced degree, certificates in leadership and no loyal team members and the leader down the hall who everyone turns to for real direction and guidance? Here are three secrets of natural leaders.
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