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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Facial recognition technology is already used by several agencies in California, and the Chino Police Department is considering using the technology in the future, pending a forum to collect public feedback.
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More than 2,000 New Mexicans lost roughly $17.9 million in 2019 as victims of Internet crimes, according to a newly released report from the FBI, despite there being 100 more victims in the state a year earlier.
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The Federal Aviation Administration wants unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) to have remote ID technology, similar to an airplane's transponder, built into almost every drone heavier than about half a pound.
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Shawnee County, Kan., is working to digitize most of the mail that jail inmates in the jurisdiction receive as part of an effort to keep them from getting paper letters infused with illegal drugs.
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An unusual state law means law enforcement won’t have to tell the public whether or not they are using cutting-edge surveillance technologies. The secrecy is raising concerns among privacy advocates.
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Maryland elections officials will no longer require the state’s largest jurisdictions to use a wireless network to transmit voter information to the state during its upcoming primary and general elections.
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The Adams County, Miss., Board of Supervisors has given the election commission the authority to apply for a Help America Vote Act grant for an upgrade to technology in the election commissioner’s office.
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State emergency management officials are pointing fingers at a software issue for a false “evacuate now” alert last week. Ten minutes after the false alarm, residents were assured that no evacuation was being ordered.
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A state district judge in Houston told Facebook on Jan. 29 that it must take down a privacy tool announced with much ballyhoo that same day and promoted with a blog post by founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg.
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The House Homeland Security Committee will hear testimony from the National Institute of Standards and Technology regarding how the Department of Homeland Security uses the technology and its limitations.
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Clark County Sheriff Joe Lombardo reported a decline in crime rates during the fifth annual State of the Department address. He gave a nod to technologies like facial recognition and gunshot detection.
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Officials should ban the city’s use of facial recognition technology of the kind the Chicago Police Department utilizes on the grounds that it’s racially biased and an invasion of residents’ privacy, critics say.
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California’s Department of Justice has been working to fix CalGang for two years to prevent questionable gang identifications. But some are worried that the overdue overhaul is now in jeopardy.
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The debate whether local police radio transmissions should be encrypted in Pennsylvania is strong on both sides. Officials are looking to residents to weigh in with their opinions and concerns.
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The Springfield City Council has long debated police use of facial recognition, but it was unable to reach a consensus on a proposal to block the department from incorporating such technology into its duties.
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In a rebuttal last week to Axon’s lawsuit, the Federal Trade Commission says its allegations against Axon must be settled in an administrative proceeding, which Axon has called unconstitutional.
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A simulator is helping school district resource officers prepare in how to respond in the event of an active school shooter. The simulator provides realistic preparation utilizes red lasers to practice firing.
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The use of facial recognition technology is being debated in communities across the country, including in Massachusetts, where some local officials have taken regulating the technology upon themselves.
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