Justice & Public Safety
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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. -
The new unit, part of the Office of Information Technology Services’ statewide strategy, will focus on New York State Police’s specific needs while preserving shared IT services like AI and information security.
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The City Council has approved a three-year, $200,000 contract to install the surveillance devices. Data collected may be used by other state and local law enforcement at city discretion, the police chief said.
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The Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport is gaining new facial recognition technology called Simplified Arrival to speed up the process for international travelers passing through customs.
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Cameras that can take hundreds of images a minute and read license plates in real time — even on cars traveling more than 100 miles per hour — already are on the job in the city of Stanton, Calif.
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After using the same body-worn cameras for more than a decade, Yuba City Police are getting upgrades for body and in-car cameras. The move aims to improve officer safety and accountability.
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A pair of agencies in one of the states hit hardest by the opioid epidemic has invested in handheld devices that identify dangerous substances in minutes, saving time and potentially first responders’ lives.
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Anderson University has named Karl Perman, a U.S. Army veteran with a background in law enforcement and corporate security, as the first executive director of its new Center for Security Studies and Cyber Defense.
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The Parma, Ohio, Fire Department’s transition to an all-digital operation became official late last year with Fire Chief Michael Lasky touting a more than $10,000 annual savings for the city.
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Anchorage, Alaska, voters in April will decide on a proposed property tax levy that would fund a host of technology upgrades for the police department, including body-worn and in-car cameras.
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A bipartisan group of Indiana lawmakers is looking to bring automated speeding tickets to the state's work zones, improving safety by bumping up speed enforcement through deploying new technology.
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The latest of several public safety tech companies to receive multimillion-dollar investments in recent months, the Tampa, Fla.-based cloud software provider is focused on growth and product development.
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The company behind FirstNet has come out with four new solutions to help extend networks, boost signal, connect via satellite, allow for vertical location tracking and hook up radios with mobile phones.
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Some 1,500 cameras will be given to police officers in July, along with one week of training. A public engagement campaign will be launched to ensure that residents are aware of the technology.
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The pressure applied to the state’s legal system by the COVID-19 pandemic has forced courts to make a number of costly and disruptive operational adjustments.
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A controversial aerial surveillance proposal aimed at curbing violent crime narrowly received approval from the city’s alderman last week. Opponents called the program an invasion of privacy.
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As Maryland health officials scramble to meet growing demand for the coronavirus vaccine, a red flag is emerging: Minorities, who’ve been hit hardest by the disease, have received shots at disproportionately low rates.
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The company has signed a five-year renewal for court technology with the government of the state it’s headquartered in. It’s the biggest contract in Tyler’s history, and one of a few milestones it’s achieved lately.
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Critics argue the technology from Clearview AI treads on basic privacy and civil rights by collecting and storing data on individuals pulled from social media and Internet channels without their knowledge or consent.
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Officials at the Michigan State Police have been using text messaging encryption devices that can put internal communications out of the reach of the Freedom of Information Act, according to info in a civil lawsuit.
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The newest judge in Flagler County, Fla., Andrea Totten, has had to get used to something non-conventional: communicating with plaintiffs and defendants via Zoom from the bench in an empty courtroom.
