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 lawmakers in the Michigan House called for a ban on the use of facial recognition technology by law enforcement, citing misidentification of people of color. The proposal is part of a series of police reform bills.
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A recent torrent of disinformation seems to have inflamed much of the civil unrest inspired by the police killing of George Floyd. Much of the disinformation was "anti-government" in nature, a new report suggests.
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The Maryland Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services has contracted with OffenderWatch, an IT firm that has developed a vast network of sex offender registries across 21 states.
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On the heels of daily rallies for racial justice in town and across the state and country, Manchester, Conn., officials are expected to discuss several items related to policing, including body cameras.
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Not long after protesters rallied outside the Frederick County, Md., Law Enforcement Center to demand police accountability and transparency, a petition appeared online calling for the use of body-worn cameras.
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Businesses and municipal services large and small — including fire departments, emergency medical technicians, private security firms, department stores and construction crews — have turned increasingly to body-worn devices.
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Hackers claim they stole data from the Cooke County Sheriff’s Office and are threatening to publish it online if their demands are not met. Attacks of this kind are trending across the country.
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Businesses and municipal services — including fire departments, emergency medical technicians, private security firms, department stores and construction crews — have turned increasingly to body-worn devices.
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Amid a deep examination of police tactics and funding, tech companies are re-evaluating their relationship with law enforcement. Amazon, for example, has halted police use of its facial recognition tech for one year.
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A breach of the Maine Information and Analysis Center, within the Maine Department of Public Safety, revealed the personal information of alleged crime victims and suspects. But legal experts say their recourse is limited.
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The Amarillo City Council has recently approved a $54,654 contract with Trinity Innovative Solutions to provide the Amarillo Police Department with 35 GETAC body-worn cameras for officers.
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After mounting pressure from politicians and thousands of law students, the Florida Supreme Court ruled Wednesday afternoon that the Florida bar exam will shift to an online format due to rising COVID-19 cases.
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Dallas County does not have a comprehensive, centralized, publicly available data source for its courts, making it harder to run down basic information about everything from law enforcement to evictions.
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A retiring emergency management agency director said drones with their ability to send videos of impacted areas to operation centers and to every first responder will play a larger role in emergency management.
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SponsoredEmergency responders often work in remote areas far from communications infrastructure, or where it’s been destroyed or disrupted. Satellites overcome those challenges with fast, reliable, cost-effective connectivity.
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Voters in Michigan will get to decide if police need a warrant to access an individual’s electronic data and communications after the House and Senate passed a resolution to place it on the November ballot.
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Beginning in August, jurors in western parts of the state will take part in remote grand jury proceedings through Zoom calls. Officials say the process will be tested thoroughly and rolled out slowly.
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A new police surveillance plane has not slowed Baltimore’s relentless pace of homicides, with more people having been killed in the city this year than during 2019, which had the highest homicide rate on record.
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