The CitySafe Podcast
The City Safe Podcast
Hosted by Don Carr and Jim Cords
In a world where safety is more complex than ever, The City Safe Podcast explores how technology, communication, and innovation can help cities reduce crime and protect their communities. Hosted by public safety leaders Don Carr and Jim Cords, each episode dives into real-world challenges and solutions—featuring expert insights, practical tools, and forward-thinking strategies.
From smarter emergency response systems to advanced data integration, The City Safe Podcast is your trusted source for understanding what it takes to build safer, more resilient urban environments.
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- Update frequency
- every 6 days
- Average duration
- 14 minutes
- Episodes
- 36
- Years Active
- 2022 - 2025
Episode 35 - From Intel to Justice: How SafeScope Builds Rock-Solid Cases
For years, retailers have been drowning in video footage that shows crime but rarely delivers justice. CCTV can document a theft—but without airtight evidence, detectives can’t act, pro…
Ep. 34 Cameras See Crime. SafeScope Ends It.
CCTV watches. SafeScope stops. In this episode of The CitySafe Podcast, Don and Jim dive deep into the retail battlefield—where organized retail crime crews, habitual trespassers, and …
Ep. 33 - Beyond CCTV: Hotels Get Smart (Part 2)
Our last conversation about hotel safety struck a chord — so much so that we had to come back for a Part Two. In this episode, Don and Jim dig deeper into how SafeScope is transforming …
Ep 32: No Vacancy for Crime: SafeScope’s Hotel Intelligence Revolution (Part 1)
Ever checked into a hotel, parked in a dimly lit lot, or walked down a quiet hallway and wondered, “Am I really safe here?” You’re not alone—and the truth is, most hotel security hasn’t…
Episode 31: Game Over for Repeat Offenders - Special Guest Interview with Retired Police Chief and Security CEO Stephen Pales
🚨 90% Less Crime – One Agency’s Game-Changing Move 🚨
What happens when a retired police chief takes on crime with a whole new playbook? In this episode of CitySafe, Don and Jim sit down …
Episode 30: The Ultimate Crime-fighting Solution Retailers Have Been Waiting For!
In this episode of The CitySafe Podcast, Don and Jim take you behind the scenes of SafeScope, the groundbreaking technology helping retailers fight back against organized crime. Discove…
Ep. 29 Court‑Ready Evidence: SafeScope’s Feature-Matching Edge
Join Don and Jim for a look inside how Safescope’s race- and gender-agnostic feature‑matching engine builds court‑ready digital incident records in real time. From matching face scans …
Ep. 28 Boosted: Inside the Black Market Supply Chain
Organized retail crime isn’t what it used to be—and that should worry all of us. In this episode, Don and Jim expose the new face of ORC: coordinated crews, encrypted comms, online fenc…
Ep. 27 Evidence That Fights Back
How SafeScope is changing the rules of justice—one incident at a time.
In this follow-up to our explosive SafeScope deep dive, Jim and Don break down what happens after the camera catche…
Ep. 26 From Incident to Evidence in Seconds
In this episode of The CitySafe Podcast, Jim and Don take you deep inside the technology that’s redefining the fight against organized retail crime and human trafficking.
Meet SafeScope—…
Ep. 25 Ground Zero – Stopping Trespassers & Property Damage with SafeScope
Repeat trespassers. Vandalism. Property owners demanding answers. If you’re a boots-on-the-ground security company, you know this story too well. In this hard-hitting episode, Don and J…
Ep. 25 Ground Zero – Stopping Trespassers & Property Damage with Safe Scope
Repeat trespassers. Vandalism. Property owners demanding answers. If you’re a boots-on-the-ground security company, you know this story too well. In this hard-hitting episode, Don and J…
Ep. 24 Beyond the Camera: Actionable Intelligence At The Pump
In this action-packed episode of the CitySafe podcast, co-hosts Don Carr and Jim Cords unveil how SafeScope’s Guard Intelligence Console is revolutionizing security at gas station conve…
Ep. 23 Room Keys and Red Flags: The Hidden Threats Hotels Face
What if your front desk could quietly flag a fugitive, identify a human trafficker, or alert staff to a missing child—all before the guest gets a room key?
In this episode, Don and Jim e…
Ep. 22 Neighborhood Watch 2.0: Real-Time Safety with SecureX (Part 2)
Social apps weren’t built for public safety—and in Episode 22 of The CitySafe Podcast, Don Carr and Jim Cords reveal how SecureX is filling the gap. Say goodbye to buried posts and unre…
Ep. 21 SecureX: Closing the Communication Gap in Real-Time Safety (Part 1)
In this episode of The CitySafe Podcast, Don Carr and Jim Cords introduce Securex, BlueWave Technology’s newly patented safety platform built to transform how people report threats and …
Ep. 20 From Patrol to Prevention: How SafeScope™ Transformed Wolf Creek Security
In this episode of The CitySafe Podcast, Don Carr and Jim Cords spotlight a powerful case study out of Oklahoma, where Wolf Creek Security partnered with BlueWave Technology to take a b…
Ep. 18 An Ounce of Prevention is Worth a Pound of Cure
Brace yourself for a paradigm shift in community safety! In this episode, we explore how a living, digital incident record—updated in real time and shared across communities—can turn th…
Ep. 19 Can AI Help to Make Emergency Response Smarter?
Welcome to The CitySafe Podcast with Don Carr and Jim Cords. In this episode, we dive into the high-stakes world of 911 dispatch centers and explore how artificial intelligence is trans…
Ep. 17 Fighting Community Crime with Smart Tech
In the debut episode of The CitySafe Podcast, hosts Don Carr and Jim Cords tackle the $114 billion problem of retail theft. They explore how Safe Scope—a real-time mobile incident platf…