Abstract: A visual and/or audible beacon is provided by an access device or an external device to assist emergency response personnel to locate the person that initiated the emergency call. A communication server that handled the emergency call can cause lights on the access device to blink in a specified pattern, so that emergency personnel may more easily locate the access device that was used to place the emergency call. The communication server can also cause the access device to output a series of audible tones that may be used to locate the access device that was used to place the emergency call. Emergency response personnel may control the audible/visual beacon through the communication server to cause the beacon to be selectively activated or deactivated as necessary. Optionally the beacon may be turned off from the access device as well.

Abstract: An improved gun grip panel includes two pieces of a carbon, kevlar or carbon/kevlar mix material separated by a spacer. This material and spacer are encapsulated in a clear resin. The combination of strong, lightweight woven material and resin provide improved strength and resiliency to the gun grip panel without disadvantageously increasing the panel's weight. The clarity of the resin allows the woven material to be visible through the resin, giving the gun grip panel an ornamental appearance. Also, the gun grip panel may be textured to improve the grip of the user of the handgun. The inventive method of manufacturing the improved gun grip panel includes cutting a pair of gun-grip-panel-sized inserts from the woven material. The two pieces of material, with the spacer between them, is positioned to cover the bottom of a silicone mold. The silicone mold is then sandwiched between a pair of rigid plexiglass sheets, and the combination is placed in a chamber.