Justice & Public Safety
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County commissioners approved a contract that will begin with a free nine-month pilot, but could extend to a three-year, $2.5 million pact. Residents voiced a variety of concerns about the drone program. -
The extent of the data breach is still unclear, and city officials have said they are investigating to find out what was taken, who was responsible and how the city’s cybersecurity was compromised.
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The town Select Board unanimously approved appropriating the funds to outfit 50 police officers with the cameras and software. The cost also includes record retention equipment.
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State officials don’t have a current count of how many police agencies in New Jersey use body cameras, but a survey by New Jersey Advance Media found that officers in four of the 10 most-populated towns don’t have them.
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The new facility would be employed exclusively by government agencies, with the police department as the primary user. The project spurred opposition from residents concerned about the tower opening the door to 5G.
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U.S. Sen. Ed Markey introduced a facial recognition bill this week with Rep. Ayanna Pressley, another Massachusetts Democrat; Sen. Jeff Merkley, an Oregon Democrat; and Pramila Jayapal, a Washington Democrat.
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Plus, Equifax’s payout for its massive 2017 breach, a look at American fears of riding in autonomous vehicles and a potential solution for sanitizing sports arenas between events post-COVID.
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A group of citizens filed a lawsuit against Vallejo for breaking state law by authorizing the purchase of a cell site simulator. The device appears as a cell tower and diverts cell signals to the simulator.
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While companies and governments are halting the use of facial recognition technology, the Pinellas County Sheriff’s Office is refusing to comply until official regulations are put in place.
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Specifically mentioning the killing of George Floyd, the startup hopes to use its records management software to create reports to inform police, city officials and citizens what officers are doing on a day-to-day basis.
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The Palm Beach Police Department purchased a virtual reality simulator for $300,000 to help train officers to de-escalate conflicts. The purchase comes amid national cries for drastic police reform.
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Jeffersonville, Ind., is now poised to equip the officers within the city’s police department with a set of all new high-tech body-worn cameras, pending the approval of funding by the city council.
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City officials showed off a new system that alerts only the fire and EMS stations that are being dispatched to a call, rather than blasting the call on a radio for every station and first responder on duty to hear.
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The man says he was mistakenly tagged by facial recognition tech as a suspected shoplifter in Detroit in 2018, a move that dumped him into the criminal justice system that he says was humiliating and frightening.
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The legislation, passed during the special session called by Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham, calls for law enforcement officers in the state to wear cameras and activate them when responding to calls.
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State courts are scheduled to reopen in Massachusetts with limited access and coronavirus screenings. Some matters will still be held virtually as a precautionary health and safety measure.
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After fostering the development of predictive policing technology a decade ago, Santa Cruz, Calif., has now gone on to become the first city in the United States to approve a ban on its use.
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SponsoredAs the world around us changes, often inexplicably and without any sense of consideration, we must find a way to balance growth and the protection of public safety and health.
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In an internal letter circulated last week, more than 1,600 employees calling themselves the Googlers against Racism demanded that the technology giant end police contracts and stop selling its products to law enforcement.
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The Spokane County Sheriff’s Office asked for federal COVID aid funding for a helicopter thermal scanner, which could help with social distancing, responding to protests and reducing manpower for policing the county.
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The New York Civil Liberties Union, which has consistently opposed the system since it was first proposed, sued the Education Department in State Supreme Court in an effort to overturn the approval for the system.
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