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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About 4.1 billion robocalls were received by U.S. households in March — more than 132 million a day, according to experts. That’s down more than 1 billion from the 5.2 billion calls that were logged in the U.S. in March 2019.
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The Elizabeth, N.J., police department will soon begin to use drones with a recorded message from the mayor telling residents to socially distance and go home amid the spread of the coronavirus.
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The groups, representing more than 300 police chiefs, 87 county sheriffs and about 10,400 officers, are asking the Department of Health to share COVID-19 infection locations so they can take precautions in responding to calls at the addresses.
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David Zolet, who sits on the board of FirstNet and is the former CEO of Logistics Management Institute with experience at several technology companies, will lead an executive team largely appointed last spring.
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The San Diego Superior Court has taken a step toward conducting proceedings during the COVID-19 crisis, holding a six-minute hearing via a video hookup that allowed lawyers seated at their office desks blocks away to participate.
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Just as the U.S. government significantly invested in the space program in the 1960s, experts say similar funding in artificial intelligence could be a difference-maker for our nation’s battered health-care system.
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The Stark County Crime Stoppers nonprofit has released a new mobile-friendly crime reporting app that allows citizens to report suspicious activity anonymously, while still being able to talk directly to responding officers.
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According to reports, researchers in Pennsylvania were able to act quickly because they had already laid the groundwork for a vaccine during earlier coronavirus epidemics, including SARS and MERS.
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The U.S. has yet to adopt the most aggressive surveillance-state tactics that other countries are deploying in the name of public health. But as the death toll mounts in the coming weeks, so will the pressure.
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Plus, executive government leaders are taking to social media to address constituent questions; the Census is online as of now; Seattle’s firefighters are dancing for social distancing awareness; and more.
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Bail hearings, some of the only court activities happening in Anne Arundel County, are being conducted via video conferencing. The shift has not been without its flaws, but it’s one of the only options available.
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The discrepancies in Missouri seem to be all about new technology, old practices, mixed messages, and health departments that are trying hard to understand the pandemic that is in front of them.
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Gov. David Ige’s office said his administration is looking to implement “a public health alert network system” in response to the novel coronavirus pandemic that continues to spread across the islands.
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Worries about the potential spread of the coronavirus throughout the Kern County, Calif., legal system have driven a new effort there to convert as many functions as possible to the virtual world.
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As Michigan residents and other Americans adjust to a new normal brought on by the outbreak of COVID-19, prosecutors are trying to maintain normal criminal justice operations in an atmosphere of uncertainty.
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Even as giants in the body-worn camera space have absorbed smaller competitors in recent years, the Swedish company owned by Canon is betting new cameras that work with other systems will sell.
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A coalition of 33 state attorneys general is asking tech companies to establish strict policies to prevent huge price markups on everyday necessities as people stockpile for extended stays at home.
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Councilors this week unanimously approved an agreement with KeyE Corporation for the Vallejo, Calif., Police Department to use a cellular site simulator, a device that masquerades as a cell tower.
