WRITER PROFILE
Richard Bray began his media career in 1972 in West Germany as an announcer with the Canadian Forces Network, a radio service for Canadian military personnel serving with NATO. Before 1984 when he began a freelance career, Mr. Bray worked with the national radio and television networks of the CBC in Toronto as a producer, reporter and senior news editor.
Articles by this writer
When disaster overwhelms a Canadian community’s medical resources, a federal program called the National Emergency Strategic Stockpile (NESS) delivers fast relief.
Unmanned systems have the potential to extend first responders’ capabilities and do the ‘dull, dirty and dangerous’ tasks.
Research at the National Research Council facilities promises enhanced tools for the first responders of tomorrow.
Richard Bray takes a look at what Radar S21 Networks add to public safety and where it best suits operational needs.
With the increased availability and the burgeoning avenues for domestic local use of UAV's and RPV's presents a challenge for regulators.
The next generation of simulation training systems will be another giant step forward in realism.
Far from being a “victimless crime”, contraband tobacco victimizes every citizen, says Gary Grant, spokesperson for the National Coalition Against Contraband Tobacco.
Given that thousands of people monitor police communications, do unsecured communications put officers at risk?
Are Canadians being victimized by the contraband tobacco chain?
Winning the Howard Hughes award for helicopter technology improvement, Eurocopter's X3 exceeds company expectations during flight tests and remains low cost.
As an innovative OPP cop shows, the policing sector can save money by using a UAV for a wide variety of requirements.
Canadians see Mexico on a split screen. On one side, they see a tourist paradise that attracts 1.5 million Canadians every year. On the other: a drug war that has claimed 50,000 lives in five years...
Canadians see Mexico on a split screen. On one side, they see a tourist paradise that attracts 1.5 million Canadians every year. On the other: a drug war that has claimed 50,000 lives in five years...
Situational awareness is crucial in a CBRNE (Chemical, Biological, Radioactive, Nuclear and/or Explosive) incident.
Situational awareness is crucial in a CBRNE (Chemical, Biological, Radioactive, Nuclear and/or Explosive) incident.
Canada has all the elements of a national public alerting system, but are time-sensitive public safety messages getting through to the public?
When terrorists attack using CBRNE threats, first responders are vulnerable to invisible weapons. Emergency crews must have equipment to analyze contaminants.
