Public Safety
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While the city has used drones before, Chief Roderick Porter said the two new aerial vehicles the department is getting under a contract with security tech company Flock Safety are more advanced. -
The proposed legislation would require public agencies to delete any footage their license-plate-reader cameras, such as those sold by Flock Safety, collect within 72 hours.
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The Osceola County Board of Commissioners approved the purchase of new portable and dual band radios at a cost of $330,552 during its meeting Dec. 16, by a vote of 5-1.
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Police officers are under scrutiny after school district employee, Philando Castile, was shot dead July 6 during a traffic stop.
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Police are encouraged to be proactive in engaging with the community, especially young people.
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The shooting started as the 12- to 17-year-olds were leaving the nightclub. At least 16 more were injured.
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At least 10,000 people were taking part in a peaceful demonstration.
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The gunman, inspired by mass shootings around the world, acted alone.
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Police spoke of an 'acute state of terror' in the southern German city after the shooting at its Olympia shopping center resulted in a series of evacuations and a widespread state of panic across the city.
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Switch to an unencrypted channel for basic communications among patrol officers and dispatchers will keep the public in the loop.
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Simulated active shooter scenario takes participants though the response processes.
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State and local governments are taking a variety of approaches to how they regulate police body camera footage. While some aim for protecting the rights of citizens, others want to limit access altogether.
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The Police Department currently does have one small robot, which officers use for surveillance, but wants one with updated technology.
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'I grabbed both of his wrists, and he grabbed mine. I dragged him outside of the club through the patio, and away from the building.'
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In Miami, after an Army veteran ambushed and shot 12 Dallas police officers earlier this month, killing five of them, police were outfitted with 687 new steel-plated vests capable of repelling rifle fire.
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In a July 8 video, Long suggested that if 'anything happens to me … don't affiliate me with anybody.'
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While some local departments called meetings to address new protocols or implemented new safety measures, others kept with their usual routine, reminding their officers to be even more vigilant than usual.
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At least 84 people were killed and dozens more injured, French officials said, with many children among the victims.
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There were shots fired during the attack, but it was not immediately clear if the shots were fired by people in the vehicle or by police.
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About a year after the city authorized a three-year, $37,000 contract with California-based PredPol Inc. for predictive policing software, the department pulled the plug, citing minimal benefit that did not justify continuing costs.
