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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Social networks are banning them and government agencies and watchdog groups have called them domestic terrorists. But extremist groups still have a vibrant Internet life thanks to online retailers.
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The MyCMPD app allows users to be alerted of crime as it happens in real time in neighborhoods close to their homes, schools or workplaces. The app also centralizes links from CMPD's website.
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Drones are finding their stride in the county, having already been used to find a missing kayaker. They are also being considered by the Flagler Beach Fire Department to deliver life preservers to swimmers.
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The camera network stems from a project established around Lake Tahoe in 2013 and subsequently expanded throughout California, Nevada and Oregon. It has helped firefighters with information for more than 1,000 fires since 2016.
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Last week, the Housing Authority rolled out its latest security effort — six solar-powered surveillance cameras installed in and around the 35-acre Robles Park housing complex. Critics say the cameras are an invasion of privacy.
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Michigan’s election software systems have some room to improve when it comes to catching human errors, experts say after at least two cases of flawed early results reporting on Election Day.
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This industry — which helps individuals and businesses fend off criminal or unauthorized use of electronic data — is growing so much that there will be 3.5 million unfilled positions by 2021.
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The San Diego City Council voted unanimously to approve an ordinance to govern all surveillance technologies in the city — action rooted in pushback after the city quietly installed cameras on 3,000 smart streetlights.
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Police in the city have started using automated license plate readers mounted on city infrastructure in high-crime areas. Civil rights advocates have voiced concern about this technology.
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City officials are considering amendments to a law that the state Supreme Court ruled against earlier this year. The changes would clear the way for a traffic camera program and related citations.
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Dozens of new body cameras will be deployed in the city after the Hazleton, Pa., police department supervisors recently attended an hours-long training session on how to best use the technology.
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Not every 911 call will be answered with a drone, but Brookhaven, Ga., police say the project will give its officers more flexibility, availability and information, while limiting in-person contact amid the coronavirus pandemic.
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The University of Vermont Health Network's set of component hospitals are still continuing to feel the lingering effects of a cyberattack one week after the incident initially took place there.
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The Los Angeles Police Department has added equipment and will begin recording as well as storing helicopter footage of large-scale events this week — just in time for Election Day and its aftermath.
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The Los Angeles Police Department has installed new recording technology on its helicopters that allows it to store video. Previously, the equipment could only send live feeds to officers on the ground.
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State reps have introduced a bill to allow electronic monitoring of offenders when protection orders are violated, doing so in memory of Paulette Timko Propst, who was shot and killed by her estranged husband in 2011.
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The Florida National Guard’s role in election-related missions remained limited as of Monday, even as Guard units across the country mobilize to assist with traffic control at polling sites.
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Hospitals and health-care systems across the nation and in Massachusetts are facing increased ransomware threats, federal law enforcement and cybersecurity agencies warned, urging organizations to prepare.
