Justice & Public Safety
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The local police department recently unveiled a new rooftop drone port at headquarters. The agency fielded approximately 10,000 drone flights in 2025 and expects about twice as many this year. -
While the city has used drones before, Chief Roderick Porter said the two new aerial vehicles the department is getting under a contract with security tech company Flock Safety are more advanced.
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More than 200 Wisconsin law enforcement agencies use license plate reading technology. The state’s capital city, however, has so far not installed such cameras even as its neighbors have done so.
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With the coronavirus death toll still mounting, Santa Fe, N.M., startup Legacy Concierge LLC hopes to ease the pain a bit for victims’ families with free electronic estate resolution services.
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Although the city does not currently have in-car or body video cameras, the Reading, Pa., Police Department is hoping to add another level of transparency by outfitting officers with body cameras.
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Rather than keep litigants six feet away from each other, Northampton County, Pa., has instead decided to take people out of its courtrooms and put them on the Internet with the use of video technology.
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A proposal from a Utah think-tank suggests that the state create a first-of-its-kind privacy oversight committee and public officer to evaluate the ways the government uses surveillance technology.
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Houston is one of several cities that could see spikes in COVID-19 cases over the next month as restrictions are eased, according to new research that uses cellphone data to track how well people are social distancing.
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A viral Facebook post falsely claiming new federal legislation would allow the government to forcibly remove people from their homes is an example of one of the many messaging challenges facing contact tracers.
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Wisconsin State Justice Department crime labs were slower to process some types of evidence in 2019, providing a setback for Attorney General Josh Kaul, who once chided his predecessor for crime lab delays.
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According to the Federal Trade Commission, scammers are now using what was meant as a tool for good, for evil, by sending text messages to bait consumers into giving out their private information.
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On Tuesday, Gov. Kevin Stitt vetoed a bill that would have created a Rural Broadband Expansion Council and given the Legislature more say in efforts to expand Internet access in rural areas.
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Officials call it the 'Picnic Court' in Prattville, Ala., and it involves respondents lining up on the lawn of the Autauga County, Ala., Courthouse to have their matters handled virtually via tech.
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Tacoma, Wash., is taking a step forward with its fleet electrification, investing in 34 hybrid-electric police vehicles. While the move signals a willingness to adopt new technology, some barriers to electrification remain.
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While many jury trials remain suspended through the end of May, other court activity has moved to the virtual world, with video conferences and phone calls replacing in-person sessions to keep pending cases moving along.
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Drones are finding work surveying crowds and testing temperatures during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Oklahoma’s Legislature passed legislation last week to require the Department of Public Safety to use $300,000 to pay for a medical marijuana pilot program to test out marijuana breathalyzers.
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The Hamilton County Health Department has pulled out of a plan to share coronavirus patient data with first responders and 911 dispatch. The controversial plan drew fire over concerns about privacy.
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Milford, Mass., made the decision as part of an attempt to stop people from Zoombombing, or crashing public meetings with inappropriate images, videos, or audio, Milford leadership officials said.
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The Bernards Township, N.J., computer system was breached by a ransomware attack that was discovered Monday night that caused the township’s website to go offline, the mayor and administrator said.
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After a plan to share data about novel coronavirus cases between the state health department and police agencies came to light, some officials have opted out of the agreement citing privacy concerns.
