Justice and Public Safety

Seattle Working on New Wireless Public Safety Network

December 22, 2011 - Seattle releases RFI for building a tri-county wireless public safety network through a public-private partnership.

Bear Necessities

December 21, 2011 - Idaho Department of Fish and Game relaunches website to include bear identification program with training and exams.

The Top 30 Law Enforcement Technology Stories of 2011

December 21, 2011 - 30 examples of technology radically augmenting how police fight crime.

Virginia Training Inmates for Green Jobs

December 19, 2011 - A new Green Heating Ventilation and Air Conditioning program aims to give inmates marketable skills when they re-enter society.

Los Angeles Axes Plans to Add Police Email to Google Cloud

December 16, 2011 - City officials believe that the security requirements needed by law enforcement were not met by Google’s cloud technology.

California Creates Justice Unit for E-Crimes

December 15, 2011 - The eCrime Unit will work across jurisdictional lines to investigate and prosecute cybercrime, identity theft, computer theft, online child pornography, intellectual property theft and similar crimes.

Pennsylvania Counties Hatch 911 Tech Sharing Plan

December 14, 2011 - Municipalities in western Pennsylvania are establishing a regional emergency services network centered on next-generation 911 equipment upgrades.

Feds Call for Nationwide Ban on Texts, Phones While Driving

December 13, 2011 - The National Transportation Safety Board wants all 50 states and the District of Columbia to ban drivers’ “nonemergency use of portable electronic devices” except for in-car GPS navigation.

New Tech Allows Cops to Spot and Cite Tailgaters

December 13, 2011 - Police in Riley County, Kan., target tailgaters with laser gun that measures time and distance between two cars.

Mobile GIS Vehicle Puts Monroe County, N.Y., on the Map

December 9, 2011 - Part of the county’s public safety communications fleet, the GIS truck delivers real-time mapping data for emergency services.

9 Cybersecurity Threat Predictions for 2012

December 7, 2011 - Security vendor Imperva predicts what to look out for next year.

App Helps Drivers Stranded in Winter Storms Contact Help

December 5, 2011 - North Dakota State University Extension Service launches Winter Survival Kit app to help drivers stranded in their vehicle during storms.

Analysis Website Ranks Best- and Worst-Run States in U.S.

December 5, 2011 - Factors include state debt and unemployment rates, as well as population poverty and education levels.

How Social Media Is Changing Law Enforcement

December 2, 2011 - Social media raises positive and negative issues for police.

Wi-Fi Platform Sends Lifesaving Data Between Ambulances, Hospitals

November 29, 2011 - Rowan County, N.C., ambulances wirelessly transmit patient information to hospitals while en route.

Motorcycle Medics Reach the Injured Faster in Austin

November 28, 2011 - Paramedics in Austin, Texas, use motorcycles to shorten emergency response times on a congested highway.

What Big-Box Retailers Can Teach Government About Disaster Recovery

November 28, 2011 - Companies have become masters of disaster as they’ve endured every type of emergency and learned lessons along the way.

Los Angeles Gets Wireless Surveillance Cameras

November 16, 2011 - American Civil Liberties Union continues to object to city’s crime camera program.

3 Lessons Learned from CAD System Migration

November 10, 2011 - Inglewood, Calif.’s CIO shares his experiences in taking a homegrown computer-aided dispatch system off an aging IBM mainframe.

Lancaster, Calif., Approves Aerial Surveillance System

November 9, 2011 - Law enforcement will use video surveillance equipment attached to a small plane.