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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A new high-tech system can blare messages with specific instructions about what to do or where to go, and it has a battery backup that can survive PG&E power shut-offs as well as cellphone network failures.
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A cyberattack that has crippled New Orleans’ computer network for more than two weeks might cause another disruption: Unless the systems are restored soon, property owners won't be able to pay their taxes online.
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The end of the partnership means a loss of public access to tabulated crime data collected by Motorola Solutions, which various crime-mapping websites and open data advocates have found useful.
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The total cost of the cyberattack that brought down New Orleans' computer systems almost a week ago and how long it will take to bring them back online both remained unclear as of late last week.
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The legislation would tighten cybersecurity at insurance companies in the state, following news that Minnesota Blue Cross Blue Shield allowed hundreds of thousands of serious vulnerabilities over several years.
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The city partnered with local IoT company Viaanix to put sensors on light poles and junction boxes, which notified police when tampered with, potentially saving tens of thousands of dollars in theft and repairs.
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Baltimore Police stated their support for a pilot program that will use three private surveillance planes over the city. City council members continue to raise concerns about the proposal.
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Thousands of customers of Marietta Power & Water Department may have recently had their information stolen as part of a software hack of a bill payment system that was discovered earlier this month.
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Grappling with a nationwide concern about a wave of cyberattacks that have been targeting local governments, Barton County, Kan., has approved new purchases to bolster its IT security protections.
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The South Bend Board of Public Safety has approved changes to the police department’s body-camera policy, which came under scrutiny this year after a high-profile fatal shooting of a black man by a white police officer.
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Aberdeen City Council held a recent debate on drone usage regulations, discussing rules that prohibit operating a drone flying over anyone without consent, over traffic and over property that the operator does not own.
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The county is also experiencing a continued implementation delay that is set to last about six months as it monitors how the software it has already paid $7 million to develop works in neighboring Tarrant County.
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A hack has affected computer systems in Galt, Calif., allowing encrypted access to data on certain city servers without resulting in the exposure of personal data, according to a news release by Galt police.
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Henry County has spent more than $600,000 restoring its computer network in the five months since a cyberattack crippled the county government’s online operations, according to figures provided by the Atlanta community.
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Some cybercrime experts believe the recent cyberattack on New Orleans local government is the result of Ryuk, which is a type of ransomware used to hamstring computer data until a bitcoin price is paid.
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As more cyberattacks target local governments around the country, including a recent high-profile case in Florida, an international software security company has declared the number of attacks is at a crisis level.
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Austria-based manufacturer Rosenbauer recently toured its concept electric fire engine through California’s coastal communities, offering an early look at the potential future of the vehicles.
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A machine learning expert predicts a new balance between human and machine intelligence is on the horizon. For that to be good news, researchers need to figure out how to design algorithms that are fair.
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