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 mysterious hacktivist group has claimed responsibility for the weekend outage of the city's police department website, saying that it was revenge for the recent killing of Rayshard Brooks.
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The Rock County, Minn., Sheriff's Office last week marked the launch of its new smartphone app, which is a tool designed to communicate with the public about local law enforcement activities.
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The Auglaize County, Ohio, Sheriff’s Office has made some changes in how inmate visitations are handled at the Auglaize County Correctional Center, and now people who want to speak with inmates will do so via video.
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The California-based permitting software giant has released its eighth civic application, designed to help fire departments automate aspects of safety and prevention such as permitting and inspection.
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In an effort to streamline the payment of fees and fines, state courts are now accepting payments through convenience stores like Family Dollar and 7-Eleven with the help of industry partners.
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Police forces across the country now have access to surveillance technologies that were recently available only to national intelligence services. The digitization of bias and abuse of power followed.
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Following the lead of Amazon and IBM, Microsoft on Thursday announced it won’t sell its facial recognition technology to U.S. police departments until a federal law regulating its use is implemented.
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If one of the goals and responsibilities of government is transparency, then video footage from police body cameras is vital to ensuring accountability, or at least the perception of accountability.
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Following other tech companies, the software giant’s president, Brad Smith, said Microsoft doesn’t sell facial recognition to police departments and won’t do so until there are federal laws to prevent its misuse.
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In a significant reversal of its earlier stance, Amazon said Wednesday it will stop police use of its controversial facial-recognition technology for a year as it awaits federal legislation to regulate it.
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In letters to several federal law enforcement agencies, House Democrats have questioned whether high-tech surveillance tools like facial recognition and cellphone tracking are being used to monitor protesters.
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So far, five communities in Massachusetts have passed either outright bans or temporary moratoriums on the municipal use of facial recognition. There is concern about the technology being used against peaceful protesters.
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In Georgia’s most populated county, at least three investigations into shoddy elections management have started after poll workers were unable to handle new equipment and voting machines were being delivered late.
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Following in Axon’s footsteps, the computer giant has vowed to drop facial recognition development and offered to work with Congress on technology policies to reduce racial bias in law enforcement.
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Residents of the city are petitioning to expedite the program to equip police officers with body cameras in 2021. As it stands, the department plans to buy the devices between 2022 and 2023.
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The company reports that approximately 190 accounts with ties to white supremacy groups have been removed after encouraging members to attend protests over the police killing of George Floyd.
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The Orlando Sentinel newspaper editorial board calls for a law that would include real consequences for officers who don’t activate their cameras, or who deliberately turn them off to avoid scrutiny.
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Despite what appears to be nearly universal agreement about their value, some departments have said that financial and technical constraints are delaying the institution of body camera programs.
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