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Category: Public safety and justice
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When public safety and defense organizations embrace the cloud
Governments must focus on how first responders and defense organizations maintain a level of transparency but also ensure they spend their taxpayers’ money wisely.![Skyline of the city of Houston, Texas](https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/industry/blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/Dissolve_D1488_12_022_6720x3780px_h264-0-00-09-23-300x169.png)
Digital tools help reduce fire and crime incident response times
Public agencies are shortening emergency response times and adding situational awareness with cloud technologies that provide data from new and traditional sources.![Person wearing headphones and working on dual monitors](https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/industry/blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/Win17_CDOC_1581-300x200.jpg)
Dispatching from the cloud: how the digital transformation of 9-1-1 makes communities safer
Read a few perspectives from early adopters on how the power of the cloud helps makes their communities safer.![Dean Rusk Park walking path and small lake](https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/industry/blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/Dean-Rusk-Park-300x169.jpg)
Microsoft Azure-powered Opti platform helps Atlanta prevent flooding
Atlanta is preventing flooding by using Microsoft’s cloud and CityNext partner Opti’s solution to control rain from actual clouds during severe storms.![City skyline](https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/industry/blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/city-300x200.png)
What could the future of government look like?
What could the future of government look like? I invite you to read this blog and infographic to learn about Gartner’s predictions of how governments might work in 2030.![Street view of a New York City two way street](https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/industry/blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/Todd-public-safety-300x200.png)
Reimagining public safety in smart, digitally connected cities
Microsoft and partners such as Innodep and Genetec are empowering public safety teams through smart, digitally connected technology solutions.![Four people sitting and standing at a desk analyzing a laptop computer](https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/industry/blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/CollaborationinGOVTeamsMiBBlog_FeatureImg_800x450_r1-300x169.jpg)
Transforming collaboration in government
Join Microsoft on Oct. 24 to learn how U.S. state and local governments are transforming employee collaboration and delivering better services to citizens.![Firefighters looking a a tablet computer next to a hydrant.](https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/industry/blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/firefighters-300x200.png)
San Diego County improves emergency communications by moving to the cloud
Learn how the County of San Diego Office of Emergency Services moved its servers to the cloud using Microsoft Azure and created a new emergency website using Microsoft Dynamics 365.![](https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/industry/blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/500_banner2-300x94.png)
Smarter fire vehicles mean safer communities
Learn about a new solution that creates smarter fire vehicles to support the mission of the fire service—and help keep communities safer.![Police car and fire engine truck](https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/industry/blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/443_banner-300x94.jpg)
Putting data on the beat—Public safety intelligence led policing
While most public safety agencies operate in a fog of big data, it doesn’t have to be this way. There are approaches to improving data integration and analytics.![](https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/industry/blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/rsz_1rsz_1387_original-300x94.jpg)