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Broadband Communications Technology Guidance for Law Enforcement, California, Massachusetts, 2019-2022 (ICPSR 38547)

Released/updated on: 2026-07-16

Geographic coverage: United States, Massachusetts, California

Time period: 2019-01-01--2022-01-01

In 2018 law enforcement agencies gained access to a federally created, nationwide, interoperable first responder broadband communications network, called the National Public Safety Broadband Network, also known as FirstNet. The RAND Corporation was funded to conduct research and provide guidance to law enforcement agencies on how to best transition to the broadband communication network. To this end, the RAND Corporation performed a literature review, interviewed subject-matter experts, and developed coverage maps for select areas. The interviews covered topics such as the current state of deployment, system governance, system reliability, vendors used, and plans for migration.

This data collection includes select quotes and interview notes from the interviews with subject-matter experts. The literature review and coverage maps for select areas are not included in this collection.

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Development of a Brief Elder Abuse and Neglect Screening Tool for Emergency Medical Services: Detection of Elder Abuse Through Emergency Care Technicians (DETECT), Texas, 2015 (ICPSR 37245)

Released/updated on: 2022-08-30

Geographic coverage: United States, Texas

In collaboration with Texas Adult Protective Services (APS) and one of the largest mobile healthcare providers in North Texas -- MedStarMobile Healthcare (MedStar) -- this study developed and piloted an elder abuse (EA) screening tool: Detection of Elder Abuse Through Emergency Care Technicians (DETECT). The DETECT tool was designed specifically to help medics identify potential EA among community-dwelling older adults during an emergency response. DETECT relies entirely on the medics' systematic observations of the older adults' physical and social environment -- no direct questioning of the older adult or their caregivers is involved. The DETECT tool was developed through an iterative, user-centered design process in which input was gathered from key stakeholders, and revisions to the tool incorporated their feedback. The intent was for that process to result in an EA screening tool that was easy for medics to use in the field and that helped medics capture information about older adults, their environments, and their caregivers that is thought to be associated with the occurrence of EA.