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 chief of the Worcester Police Department has raised concerns about implementing a body camera program. According to a department report, the program would cost up to $11 million over the next five years.
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Hundreds of billions of dollars in tech spending was approved by the House Appropriations Committee. Twelve bills focus on boosting homeland security, election security, rural broadband and other issues.
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Expressway shootings have surged in the Chicago area this year, surpassing what is normally seen in an entire year and increasing pressure for the installation of cameras and scanners that read license plates.
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By the end of this year, Hall and City Manager T.C. Broadnax wants the city of Dallas to have a comprehensive early warning system to better identify officers whose behavior on patrol crosses lines.
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Hackers demonstrated they can take over Twitter's technology infrastructure, a brazen move that hints at how such an attack could destabilize society.
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Chilton County, Ala., officials say that they hope to reopen a pair of governmental office services during the week to come after a nearly two-week closure that was caused by a ransomware attack.
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The hackers who turned the high-profile Twitter accounts of world leaders and celebrities into tools for anonymously receiving bitcoin targeted 130 people and were able to reset the passwords of 45, officials said.
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While bitcoin is supposed to be difficult to track, a number of tracing firms have sprung up to help law enforcement. Law enforcement agencies have been able to track stolen bitcoins many times in the past.
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Criminal defense attorneys and county prosecutors across the state have publicly raised concerns over how the virtual grand jury proceedings are playing out and the long-term consequences the new process could have.
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If approved, the bill would remove a provision of public records law that allows police agencies in the state to withhold information about whether they use powerful surveillance tools to investigate crimes.
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As civil liberty groups have lobbied for police reforms nationwide, an increasingly hostile regulatory landscape is emerging for facial recognition technology. It throws into question whether there is a path forward for its use by state and local governments.
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Amid calls to reduce police funding, a recent report from the U.S. Bureau of Justice Statistics shows that in 2017, police spending per capita recovered to its pre-recession peak after years of steady increases.
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The controversial database, which stores the names and information of nearly 80,000 suspected active gang members, has faced scrutiny over the accuracy of information imputed by some agencies.
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If county commissioners approve the change this month, the 911 system upgrade could be installed by November. But officials expect that the new feature would not be ready for public use until mid-spring.
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Amid a surge of COVID-19 cases in Florida, courts in the state are taking unusual measures to be safe, including jurors selected via Zoom, attorneys making statements while wearing masks, and more.
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The heavily criticized company hasn't said much about its contracts with agencies such as the Los Angeles Police Department and Immigration and Customs Enforcement. But if it goes public, it will need to reveal more.
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Opponents of biometric surveillance have pointed out that the software is being used by agencies with minimal oversight. This raises questions about the extent to which the technology should be used in everyday life.
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The June data breach that exposed thousands of law enforcement reports from the Maine Information and Analysis Center will mean those mentioned in the documents must be notified — even those under investigation.
