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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Cybersecurity experts warned that hacking had reached crisis level last year, and based on what they've seen in early 2020, a similar warning has now been issued with a note that hackers will likely focus on elections.
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The nation’s largest provider of public safety software and technology has netted a massive contract, about a year after integrating with CAD-to-CAD and evidence management systems from other companies.
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The Mississippi Emergency Management Agency is helping connect software vendor RapidSOS with its 82 counties. The company's no-cost solution can relay a person's location to 911 dispatchers accurately to about 3 feet.
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City officials of Kettering, Ohio are enacting a one-year ban on e-scooters and e-bikes, citing safety concerns. The hiatus will allow city officials to further study the issue and draft new regulations.
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The city of Hampton will install 15solar-powered poles equipped with surveillance cameras for law enforcement in Y.H. Thomas Park. The city spent $137,000 to fund the pilot LED smart pole system.
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The Department of Homeland Security is reviewing a cyberattack that occurred just weeks before the 2016 presidential primary. The Palm Beach County elections office was targeted by ransomware but never reported it.
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Southwick, Mass., Police Chief Kevin Bishop announced Thursday that the department’s official webpage, www.SouthwickPolice.com, has been taken out of commission due to hackers infecting it with malware.
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The state has ordered a software company to halt work on a massive citizen database for the Michigan State Police, saying the product the company has delivered to date is “inoperable,” records show.
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From climate change to housing affordability, water use and evolving transportation infrastructure, the company is staring down a barrel at looming global challenges it hopes to answer with data and AI.
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Plus, Code for America and L.A. County dismiss 66,000 marijuana convictions; Philadelphia’s Pitch and Pilot program tackles tap water with new challenge; and NYU calls on Congress to embrace citizen engagement tech.
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Raleigh PD has stopped using a facial recognition app to identify potential criminals through the Internet, cutting ties with a company that has drawn widespread privacy concerns from the community.
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The University of South Florida’s Cyber Florida initiative, which is a program established by that state’s legislature to bolster its cybersecurity workforce, has appointed J. Michael McConnell as its next leader.
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An FBI study shows that in the past year, the reported incidents of Internet fraud in the U.S. jumped to more than 467,000 cases, while the total dollar value swindled from consumers exceeded $3.5 billion.
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A ransomware attack may have hit the Palm Beach County Supervisor of Elections Office in 2016, corrupting some of the agency’s data, and the potential incident was not reported to state or federal officials at the time.
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Canadian company First Responder Technologies seeks to give schools, places of worship and other institutions an inexpensive and accurate method of identifying deadly weapons before tragedy strikes.
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Cherokee County leaders approved an interlocal contract with the Department of Information Resources this week, for a master services agreement that will check the strength of the county's election security system.
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All Vernon, Conn., town buildings have been without Internet access since Saturday after officials discovered that “an unauthorized user may have attempted to access the town’s computer system,” according to police.
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New legislation would establish a grant program to help address cybersecurity vulnerabilities within government networks, with the goal of protecting cities from ransomware attacks like the one that crippled Baltimore.
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