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KWESST Appoints Former Chief of Police to Lead the Expansion of the Company's Critical Incident Management Solutions to the Public Safety Market
Digital transformation of public safety enables dynamic operating environment to better addre...
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[{"type":"text","content":"KWESST Appoints Former Chief of Police to Lead the Expansion of the Company's Critical Incident Management Solutions to the Public Safety MarketDigital transformation of public safety enables dynamic operating environment to better address the evolving array of threats and major incidentsKWESST's Critical Incident Management solutions provide first responders with real-time networked situational awareness information that improves safety and incident managementResponding to RFPs from national, regional, and local public agencies Ottawa, Ontario--(Newsfile Corp. - May 13, 2022) - KWESST Micro Systems Inc. (TSXV: KWE) (OTCQB: KWEMF) (FSE: 62U) (\"KWESST\" or \"the Company\"), a developer of next-generation tactical systems for military, security, and personal defense markets, today announced the appointment of Daniel V. Garcia to lead the expansion of the Company's Critical Incident Management solutions to the public safety market. Garcia is former Assistant Chief of Police for the Dallas Police Department and Chief of Police of the Phoenix Police Department. \"KWESST has clearly demonstrated its ability to deliver digital transformation technologies for tactical military systems, leveraging the Team Awareness Kit (\"TAK\") ecosystem of products to provide real-time exchange of situational awareness, navigation, imagery, and operational information for soldiers on the ground, and now we are applying these proven digitization solutions to the public safety market,\" said Rick Bowes, Vice President of KWESST's Digitization and Counter-Threat division. \"Our solutions solve critical challenges for law enforcement, fire, emergency response, search and rescue, and natural disaster management, all of whom require networked situational awareness to understand, decide, and act faster and more efficiently in response to a critical incident.\"According to Accenture, digital transformation presents one of the biggest challenges for public safety agencies. Globally, the public safety and security market was $435 billion in 2021 and is expected to reach $868 billion by 2028, growing at a CAGR of 10.4%, according to Fortune Business Insights.\"I am very excited at the potential for KWESST's digital transformation technologies to provide the kind of integrated situational awareness solution that agencies everywhere need,\" said Garcia. \"As the ...