Justice & Public Safety
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The Flathead County Sheriff's Office is set to receive a new remote underwater vehicle after getting approval from county commissioners on Tuesday. -
Thurston County, Wash., commissioners are currently considering regulating the county’s acquisition and use of artificial intelligence-enabled surveillance technology with a new draft ordinance.
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The Larimer County Sheriff’s Office on Monday arrested the man after he reportedly stole a vehicle from a business in east Fort Collins, set it on fire and damaged nearby agricultural land.
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The Kern County, Calif., Sheriff's Office was among hundreds of law enforcement agencies nationwide that piloted the use of a controversial facial recognition tool that has been heavily marketed to policing agencies.
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While many police departments have been working to procure body-worn and dashboard cameras in accordance with new requirements, smaller towns with resident state troopers learned last month they bear significant cost.
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Most of Huntington Park's finance department was placed on administrative leave and another staffer was arrested after unauthorized computer access and identity theft came to light, city officials said.
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Detroit police's reliance on facial recognition technology ended in the wrongful arrest and imprisonment of a man from Farmington Hills, Mich., and now he's suing the department in relation to the mistake.
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ParkMobile, which provides a digital parking-payment app for Keene, N.H., and other municipalities, was the victim of a data breach that accessed users' information, the company has announced.
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A former employee of the Post Rock Rural Water District is accused of tampering with water treatment systems after leaving the job two months earlier. The incident, and others like it, raise serious cybersecurity concerns.
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The use of facial recognition technology by police represents a breach of the public trust and a move toward the sort of widespread and invasive surveillance that has no place in our communities.
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Starting July 1, a statewide ban on facial recognition technology will go into effect as part of House Bill 2031. Law enforcement agencies will need legislative approval prior to using the controversial technology.
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Starting July 1, a de facto ban on use of facial recognition technology will go into effect across Virginia, meaning that most police departments will not be allowed to use or buy it without legislative approval first.
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Various Idaho law enforcement agencies are testing out controversial facial recognition software, Clearview AI.
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More than 60 law enforcement agencies in North Carolina have been named in a report centered on the use of a controversial facial recognition tool that relies on facial images scraped from social media profiles.
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Pittsburg County Sheriff Chris Morris said the unmanned aircraft system will be useful when it comes to searching for missing children, hunters and elderly people and other law enforcement activities.
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Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey has appointed state Chief Information Security Officer Tim Roemer to direct the state Department of Homeland Security. Roemer will bring new cybersecurity focuses to the department.
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Plexiglas partitions, arraignments of defendants from their homes and judges moderating virtual hearings have become the norm for courts across Michigan since COVID-19 was discovered in the state just over a year ago.
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Massachusetts public health officials are testing a Bluetooth app that alerts users if they have potentially been exposed to the coronavirus, with the cities of Somerville and Methuen starting a pilot program.
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The data storage costs associated with the widespread adoption of police body cameras is hampering efforts in Stillwater, Okla., where agency officials say they are anxious to implement the technology.
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The company behind FirstNet is now offering its faster 5G+ option to public safety users in 38 cities. It’s also adding encryption from “tower to core” and creating a new coalition focused on health and wellness.
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Officials involved in the project say it's the first in the U.S. to use a new international standard meant to make mobile IDs interoperable. So in the next year, Utah's pilot project just might show everyone the future.
