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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Minnesota is fending off cyberattacks aimed at crippling the state’s computer systems, officials announced without explicitly saying that the attacks are connected to attempts to foment civil unrest as law enforcement.
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Tech experts who work with county court systems have implemented a number of changes to help the justice system continue to function in the time of COVID-19, and some of those changes may become permanent.
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Rockford, Ill., city officials plan to accept a pair of grants totaling more than $1.1 million that will pay to beef up city police technology meant to combat violent crime and for coronavirus-related safety expenses.
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Taking a look at Austin's community policing effort, a city audit found that police have little time to engage with people outside of responding to crime and that the department needs better tracking of such initiatives.
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Arizona Sen. Martha McSally is leading the latest push against drones manufactured in China. Her proposal would prevent state and local agencies from using federal money to buy or operate such technology.
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Northampton County courtrooms are no stranger to video hearings and have used them for several years, but now social distancing efforts are highlighting the importance and usefulness of the technology.
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The data breach happened in December 2018 and compromised the personal information of Wichita State University students as far back as two decades. One of the victims wants to file a class action lawsuit.
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Massachusetts courthouses will remain closed until at least July 1, but judges in the state will start hearing more non-emergency cases by telephone, videoconference or a number of other virtual means.
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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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