June 6, 2013
The Niagara Frontier Transportation Authority announced the launch of the NFTA See Say App, giving the public, "a quick and discreet method for reporting suspicious activity directly to the NFTA Transit Police." Read the full article
Read moreMay 17, 2013
The ELERTS product, ELERTS EPIC with CCTV Attention Engine, won at the Security Industry Association’s 2013 New Product Showcase (NPS), taking the Honorable Mention in the Convergence and Integrated Software and Solutions Award at the NPS awards ceremony at The International Security Conference & Exposition (ISC West) on April 10, 2013. ELERTS is a smartphone communications system that includes a…
Read moreMay 17, 2013
Ironically, people carry their cellphones on them at all times in case of emergencies, but when disasters go down, so too can mobile carrier service. Looking to patch these communications breakdowns, Braintree, Mass.-based Elerts offers emergency response software for smartphones that specifically target transit systems, healthcare companies, colleges and utility providers...Elerts' social integration helps set this startup apart.
Read moreApril 29, 2013
Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority (VTA) began a new public safety initiative today, with the launch of VTAlerts. VTAlerts is a smartphone app, powered by ELERTS, that enables transit riders to report suspicious or criminal activities to Transit Security, literally, at the touch of a button.
Read moreApril 29, 2013
MBTA Superintendent-In-Chief, Joseph O'Connor, discusses the transit system's "See Something, Say Something" campaign. O'Connor emphasizes MBTA's "See Say" app (powered by ELERTS) as a major way to encourage and engage riders' critical participation in transit safety.
Read moreApril 29, 2013
Elaine Weidman-Grunewald, Vice President of Sustainability and Corporate Responsibility at Ericsson, recently commented on the Boston Marathon bombings. Highlighting ELERTS, she stated, "Systems such as ELERTS’ are making use of this huge resource as a way of improving public safety."
Read moreApril 23, 2013
Today the Association of Public Safety Communicaitons (APCO) International launched the Application Community– “AppComm” – a new website dedicated to public safety and emergency response apps for use by the general public, app developers, and first responders.
Read moreApril 22, 2013
During the Boston Marathon, our Chief Architect Tim Bryan was just outside of Copley Square in Boston when the two bombs went off. Unable to place phone calls and having poor SMS service, he successfully submitted a text-only report through our app. This proved that the best chance to get a message out is via the data network.
Read moreApril 5, 2013
A short video explaining MARTA's new app for reporting suspicious or dangerous situations to the MARTA police. Watch the video
Read moreMarch 29, 2013
"MARTA is today launching a free smartphone application that empowers customers to send texts and photos to the transit system’s police department about suspicious activity wherever and whenever their devices are in range of cellular service." Read the article
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