The detection system, which triangulates sound picked up by acoustic sensors placed on buildings, utility poles and other structures, is part of a wave of technological advances that is transforming the way police officers do their jobs.
The system, which triangulates sound picked up by acoustic sensors placed on buildings, utility poles and other structures, has raised concerns about privacy and the reach of police surveillance.
Bill Berger, chief of police in North Miami, is president of the National Association of Chiefs of Police, and he explained that in the early days after the terrorist attacks, "generally there was a tremendous urgency to batten down the hatches -- protecting entrances to government buildings, utility plants" and other potential targets.
Buildings, utility services, and transportation links in towns and cities built on expansive clay soils often suffer distortion and/or structural damage.
This means that wireless companies can't use existing facilities, for all of it at least, and will have to apply for access to lots of new buildings, utility poles and so on.
Many others, including the rebuilding of buildings, utilities and telephone networks, require government money.
The sweeping plan includes provisions for coastal defenses, buildings, utilities, fuel and food supplies, health care, transportation and telecommunications.
Properties in New York are divided into different classes, with different tax rates for office buildings, large apartment buildings, utilities and private houses.
Staffordshire council consulted with staff and the public, and decided it needed organisations to take on statutory responsibility for the libraries, while it continued to provide the buildings, utilities, books, IT, training for volunteers and a small support team.
After subtracting money for special needs, buses, buildings, utilities, books, pencils and supplies, "you've got $260,000 left to pay a teacher -- that's what would happen if we got rid of all that bureaucracy and all those tiers of administration".
Once you understand how systems impact each other inside one structure, it's a small leap to grasp how much the systems in a community -- with other buildings, utilities, roads, open spaces, and public transportation -- impact each other.
