WRITER PROFILE

RICHARD BRAY
Writer/Reporter

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

May 2018  |  Magazine

When disaster overwhelms a Canadian community’s medical resources, a federal program called the National Emergency Strategic Stockpile (NESS) delivers fast relief. 

November 2015  |  Innovation, Magazine

Unmanned systems have the potential to extend first responders’ capabilities and do the ‘dull, dirty and dangerous’ tasks.

November 2015  |  Magazine

Research at the National Research Council facilities promises enhanced tools for the first responders of tomorrow.

July 2014  |  Magazine

Richard Bray takes a look at what Radar S21 Networks add to public safety and where it best suits operational needs.

July 2014  |  Magazine

With the increased availability and the burgeoning avenues for domestic local use of UAV's and RPV's presents a challenge for regulators.

March 2014  |  Magazine

The next generation of simulation training systems will be another giant step forward in realism.

December 2013  |  Magazine

Far from being a “victimless crime”, contraband tobacco ­victimizes every citizen, says Gary Grant, spokesperson for the National Coalition Against Contraband Tobacco.

March 2013  |  Magazine

Given that thousands of people monitor police communications, do unsecured communications put officers at risk?

December 2012  |  Magazine

Are Canadians being victimized by the contraband tobacco chain?

September 2012  |  Magazine

Winning the Howard Hughes award for helicopter technology improvement, Eurocopter's X3 exceeds company expectations during flight tests and remains low cost.

June 2012  |  Magazine

As an innovative OPP cop shows, the policing sector can save money by using a UAV for a wide variety of requirements.

March 2012  |  Magazine, Magazine

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...

March 2012  |  Magazine, Magazine

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...

March 2012  |  Magazine, Magazine

CCGA Volunteers provide SAR in Canada's Arctic

March 2012  |  Magazine, Magazine

CCGA Volunteers provide SAR in Canada's Arctic

March 2012  |  Magazine, Magazine

Situational awareness is crucial in a CBRNE (Chemical, Biological, Radioactive, Nuclear and/or Explosive) incident. 

March 2012  |  Magazine, Magazine

Situational awareness is crucial in a CBRNE (Chemical, Biological, Radioactive, Nuclear and/or Explosive) incident. 

December 2011  |  Magazine

Canada has all the elements of a national public alerting system, but are time-sensitive public safety messages getting through to the public?

December 2011  |  Magazine

When terrorists attack using CBRNE threats, first responders are vulnerable to invisible weapons. Emergency crews must have equipment to analyze contaminants.

December 2011  |  Magazine

Police Science program prepares recruits.