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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At a time when Christmas online shoppers are expecting packages, Ring has become a new crime-fighting tool for the Mesa, Chandler and Gilbert police in those Arizona communities, helping them stop porch piracy.
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Hours after a gunman opened fire at the city's U.S. naval base, hackers crippled large parts of its network and incapacitated a number of services. The mayor has said it is unclear if the two events are related.
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The majority of Ohio's county boards of elections haven't installed the digital burglar alarm that Secretary of State Frank LaRose says helped his office detect a hacking attempt of his office's website on Election Day.
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New Jersey’s largest health network is grappling with “externally-driven technical issues” that have shut down computer systems at its facilities since Monday, while officials deny widespread problems.
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Unauthorized access of a server used to process payments for a San Bernardino County, Calif., water utility may have exposed some customers’ billing information to theft, authorities disclosed last week.
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People buying items from strangers online have a safe space to conduct the in-person sales in one Massachusetts town after the Southborough Police Department set up a new Internet Transaction Safety Zone.
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An audit by the New York State Comptroller's Office found cybersecurity electronic access vulnerabilities for the water system in upstate Middleton, N.Y., using a simulated cyberattack to find holes in the defenses.
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The Leesport, Pa., Borough Tax Collector has issued an alert via email to residents, advising them to put their bank accounts on hold after learning that the collector’s computer system has been hacked.
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Two Russian nationals are wanted by the FBI for widespread malware attacks that robbed dozens of entities nationwide of $70 million, including the town of Egremont in Berkshire County, Mass.
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A major Dallas-based data center operator says it is working to restore service to six of its customers after a ransomware attack, which primarily affected customers hosted at the company’s New York data center.
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After a data breach in Maine exposed the personal information of school district employees last month, the U.S. Secret Service is now investigating the incident, which did not affect student info.
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East Baton Rouge Parish schools are considering improving backup systems to protect its data from the kind of ransomware attacks that recently hit other school systems and shut down parts of the state government.
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Tisch has led IT efforts for NYPD for six years, and has overseen the rollout of smartphones, tablets and body cameras for the largest police department in the country. Now she will steer citywide technology.
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Officials and stakeholders in Texas this week called for more cooperation from social media companies when it comes to proactively responding to threats that could lead to future mass shootings.
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Officials in Davis, Calif., may turn to installing surveillance cameras throughout the city, after a series of armed robberies in the last two months have prompted a search for more ways to deter crime.
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Text-to-911 capabilities aimed at helping residents get better access to emergency response are now in place at a regional Iowa communications center, which connects people to fire, police and sheriff's departments.
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Davison County, S.D., is pursuing a first responder-specific broadband network that personnel would be able to use to communicate on exclusive channels during emergency events in the region.
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A new multidisciplinary group is hoping to start a conversation that can answer questions about new concerns specific to using drones in the nation's most densely populated metropolitan areas.
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