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 platform will offer courts the ability to bring together different functions such as mobile jury check-in, digital document access and online subscriptions to case files into a single portal.
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Restoring remote access to North Dakota court documents is still a work in progress months after the state's Supreme Court suspended the new capability in part due to concerns about the private nature of the info.
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In the February lawsuit, the state of New Mexico alleged Google was using free Chromebook computers to scoop up federally protected personal data, but it has now been dismissed by a federal judge.
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The firm handling IT services for Potter County, Texas, said that it is continually executing efforts to bolster cybersecurity as it relates to the electoral process in advance of the coming vote.
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Due to the thousands of crashes in highway work zones, the Ohio Department of Transportation will work with the Ohio State Highway Patrol to put helicopters over those zones to watch for careless drivers.
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Law enforcement agencies in Colorado have quietly expanded their use of facial recognition software through the DMV and other programs. The state has currently no laws regulating the use of facial recognition.
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Correctional-grade tablet computers at Lackawanna County Prison are both generating revenue and incentivizing good behavior among the inmates who are using the technology, Warden Tim Betti said.
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The Minnesota Judicial Branch has been operating almost entirely remotely for nearly six months, with no end in sight, and that way of doing things comes with a number of advantages and challenges.
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The adoption of a new statewide threat intelligence platform will enable Oklahoma's IT agency to better share information about bad actors with the other public entities throughout the state.
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Almost every state was able to send the majority of death certificates to federal health officials within three months, but Pennsylvania only managed two-thirds of the work — making it the slowest in the country.
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The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Massachusetts on Wednesday launched an interactive digital map that tracks alleged data related to cases of police violence and misconduct across that state.
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A new AI-based tool scans incident reports in real time to notify 911 call centers when they’re being inundated with calls about the same emergency, so they can coordinate the most efficient response.
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Ever since Henderson, Nev., aspired to be a smart city, the fire department has examined how technology could advance its mission. Easily shareable drone footage is one of the outcomes.
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A debilitating May cyberattack against the courts system has become a focus point of the race between incumbent Republican Mike Foley and his challenger, Democrat Zach Dickerson.
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According to records, the Los Angeles Police Department has used facial recognition software nearly 30,000 times since 2009. Despite past denials of using the technology, this report reveals otherwise.
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Among the 20 most populous cities in the U.S., only Indianapolis was without body-worn cameras for its police force. Now the police force has signed a contract and is in the process of rolling them out.
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New investigative tools may help average law enforcement agencies more effectively track criminal activity made profitable through cryptocurrency. This includes ransomware schemes and other popular hacks.
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Genetec’s security platform for monitoring video feeds and flagging specific things on camera, such as motion in particular parts of the image, helped New Orleans crack down on a long-standing criminal issue.
