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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A recent ransomware attack that took over some Hall County, Ga., election information will apparently not harm other election systems in the state, according to the secretary of state's office.
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Turlock joins several other law enforcement agencies in that area of California and beyond in adopting a technology with two key purposes: to help gather evidence of crimes and to build trust with the public.
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Aurora will now have a pilot program of between 30 and 45 days to find out which of two vendors it will award a contract of more than $2 million to for the body cameras for the police department.
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This series of virtual events, which is being hosted by students, is designed to help people learn more about an individual's personal security and how cyber risks impact all facets of society.
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Months into the pandemic, the courts of Elkhart County, Ind., were way behind on hearings. But a month after gaining the ability to conduct virtual hearings, the courts got completely caught up.
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Ten helicopters are equipped with technology that allows for video to be transmitted to commanders on the ground in real time. New equipment has been approved that will allow the footage to be preserved.
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The attack primarily targeted the county's email system and was likely compromised by a remote login, the use of which has significantly increased since the onset of the coronavirus pandemic, an official said.
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Although attempts to disrupt the U.S. elections have increased, Washington's voting system is safer than it was in 2016 and has withstood any attacks, state and local elections officials said Monday.
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St. Augustine Police Chief Barry Fox said that the officers within the department will begin using body cameras in their day-to-day interactions with the community beginning in early December.
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Vallejo City Council is meeting to discuss the usage and privacy policy of the police department's purchase of cellphone site simulator tech, also known as 'stingray.'
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Bad actors ramp up attempts to mislead readers during election season, when people are naturally looking to learn about ballot issues and candidates' positions, making this a time for extra vigilance by news consumers.
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The Vallejo Police Department would like to adopt the cellphone site simulator technology known as stingrays to track and identify people via their cellphones, and the city council is slated to discuss.
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The Minnesota law enforcement agency is responding to a Web service data breach that has exposed the information of 1,400 people, officials confirmed. The office was initially notified of the exposure in June.
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Unless residents in Maine live in small towns that hand count ballots, they’ll feed completed ballots into a machine that scans ovals to determine votes, making an electronic record of the results.
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Nearly half of teachers who participated in a recent survey have received no training at all on student privacy, beyond simply signing a form, while some have also not been trained on video conference platforms.
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More people are reporting losing money to scams that started on places like Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, Snapchat, TikTok and Twitter, according to a new report by the Federal Trade Commission.
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The last half-century or so has seen incredible but inequitable innovation in both private and public sectors, so it's on the next generation of innovators to make sure everyone has a seat at the table from the start.
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When body cameras were first introduced to local police nearly two decades ago, La Crosse County Sheriff Jeff Wolf said officers were initially wary. However, he now says attitudes have changed.
