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The technology that helped investigators track one of three men accused of opening fire in the French Quarter, killing one and wounding three, has also raised criticism about the actions of an Orleans Parish judge.
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The new reporting system is for crimes that aren’t currently in progress and don’t have any suspects. Reportable crimes include vandalism, hit-and-runs, identify theft, theft and harassment by communication. -
The lawsuit filed by a group of 911 dispatchers at about a dozen suburban emergency departments in Illinois to share the location of novel coronavirus patients was blocked by a Cook County judge Friday.
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Since New York and the state started issuing stay-at-home orders in mid-March, families that might have accessed the Internet through a library or school have been forced to find other alternatives or go without.
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The Spokane Transit Authority has begun to pave the way for an electric bus route traveling through the downtown and the university districts. It will feature an improved boarding and payment process.
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The goal of taking daily attendance isn’t to crack down on absentees, but to monitor that students are faring well through the pandemic, say Pennsylvania school officials working to keep students engaged.
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With public safety officials working to track potential COVID-19 infections with drones capable of taking a person’s temperature from 300 feet in the air, civil liberty groups are warning about the privacy implications.
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With stay-at-home orders in place indefinitely, phone calls, emails, online chats and Zoom fundraisers have replaced going door-to-door, holding rallies and staging events to meet prospective supporters and donors.
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Police in Westport, Conn., thought they had found a viable method to monitor the COVID-19 outbreak in the form of a new drone, but public comments inspired the local department to abandon the technology.
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The shutdowns caused by the COVID-19 pandemic could hasten and expand the process of automation and job losses as companies and consumers were forced into quickly adapting new technologies.
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Gov. Charlie Baker hasn’t ruled out using smartphone technology for contact tracing, but he said its implementation would need to be done in a way that makes people comfortable. The ACLU supports voluntary tracking apps.
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The state, which was hard-hit by the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, has seen less than stellar response to the U.S. Census. Despite a push to garner responses online, the state still ranks 43rd nationally.
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With the coronavirus pandemic still gripping the planet, one of the newest avenues for con artists is in the field of telemedicine, in which health diagnoses and monitoring are rendered remotely and electronically.
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Public health experts warn that quick, effective tracing is key to reducing the spread, and while Massachusetts isn’t implementing mobile contact tracing due to privacy concerns, the governor hasn’t dismissed the idea.
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This week, an Indiana company will begin installing thermal screening systems for clients. The technology existed before the crisis, but officials said the heightened focus on public health has expanded the market.
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The nonprofit and nonpartisan group at the forefront of the civic tech movement in the U.S. has picked as its next leader Renteria, who has more than two decades of experience in government.
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Each year since 2020, 38-year public employee Bill Mann has focused on an individual theme designed to protect both the public and private sectors, and this year’s features weekly cybersecurity lessons.
