Justice & Public Safety
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In the two years since the state released guidance for localities interested in speed or red-light cameras, fewer than 10 percent of its municipalities have submitted and won approval of plans. -
Responder MAX will focus on marketing, communications, recruitment and other areas. First Arriving, which has worked with some 1,300 agencies, will keep involved with its "real-time information platform."
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San Jose is the latest city whose use of the cameras to snag criminal suspects, critics say, also threatens privacy and potentially runs afoul of laws barring access by out-of-state and federal agencies.
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The new system, unveiled Thursday, will send residents of Rapid City Pennington County alert texts related to accidents, infrastructure incidents, fires causing traffic hazards, and weather-related travel advisories.
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Florida may be ripe for the picking, computer scientists say, because numerous counties in the state still rely on voting machines that are drawing fire from experts for their vulnerability to a cyberattack.
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Wednesday's sighting marks the second time pilots have reported seeing someone flying in a jetpack in the LAX approach pattern. The FBI has been investigating but has not announced any leads.
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While the devices are touted as investigative tools — helping to locate stolen cars, missing persons and the like — privacy and civil rights advocates say the technology also raises concerns around misuse and surveillance.
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Thanks to partnerships with the Washington Emergency Management Division and State Department of Commerce, SpaceX Starlink satellites have connected both a fire-stricken town and a tribal reservation to high-speed Internet.
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As part of efforts in Washington state to ensure an uncompromised presidential election next month, experts with Washington National Guard will be working Election Day evening, monitoring for cybersecurity threats.
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A Michigan-based cybersecurity company will receive $7 million in funding from the U.S. Energy Department and others to develop infrastructure that protects the grid from cyberattacks while electric vehicles recharge.
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North Carolina's Insurance Crimes Investigation System has eliminated antiquated manual processes and simplified the way insurance fraud data is handled. The changes have helped crack down on insurance fraud.
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ODU’s Center for Cybersecurity Education and Research is now the School of Cybersecurity, and it opened on Oct. 1, expanding degree options for a program that has grown from 11 students in 2015 to around 800 in 2020.
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The start of early voting showed how a combo of high turnout and problems with equipment might result in problems on Election Day as a record number of Georgia voters are expected to cast ballots.
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A new online system launched last week enables LaPorte, Ind., residents to self-report many types of less serious incidents, including theft, vandalism, identity theft, fraud, harassing phone calls and civil matters.
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The lawsuit alleges that the police department illegally accessed real-time surveillance footage from private cameras to monitor demonstrators following the Memorial Day police killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis.
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Universal Health Services (UHS), which operates hundreds of hospitals in the United States, said Monday its computer network shut down due to a security issue, marking possibly the largest cyberattack to date in the U.S.
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Firefighters moved into the new structures in Bay County, Fla., during the summer, with officials saying the low-cost, innovative and portable facilities so far have proven to be good investments.
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Digital services have made tasks like depositing checks easy to complete online. Doing the same for notoriously slow-moving court processes would improve usability for both citizens and government alike.
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Heartland Community College in Normal, Ill., is now working with outside consultants to address a security breach in its computer system that resulted in the school’s online operations and classes being shut down.
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Davenport, Iowa, is considering a measure that would give police as well as other local law enforcement a new tool for tracking stolen vehicles, as well as vehicles on the run, Amber alerts and much more.
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The FBI and the Department of Homeland Security’s cybersecurity agency issued a series of advisories in recent weeks aimed at warning voters about potential election problems and steps to counter foreign interference.
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