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 former dark room at the Erie, Pa., Bureau of Police has been turned into an evidence processing area with a $25,000 donation from the Siebenbuerger Club, complete with state-of-the-art fingerprint processing and more.
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Officials in Albuquerque’s mayor’s office told the City Council that staff would review the past two years of crime data after revelations that the city has released numbers that dramatically overstated improvement.
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Officials say Florida’s elections system is secure, but state and county elections websites are more vulnerable to being attacked, posing a threat not of changing election results, but of undermining voter confidence.
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A Kentucky development district will be the pilot for a state and federal project, where regional agencies identify vulnerabilities to critical infrastructure such as water utilities, power companies and transportation.
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Clark Atlanta and Augusta universities have announced a new plan that will see them partner on cyberphysical and cybersecurity research and opportunities for their students to earn degrees in those fields.
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Police said the student was a high-school senior in November 2016 when she downloaded a computer program onto the school’s system and caused it to crash while also causing disruptions of other linked systems.
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Nearly three-quarters of Louisiana’s motor vehicle offices remained closed Monday as state workers continue to respond to the lingering effects of a cyberattack that hit state servers two weeks ago.
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Since Tucson combined police and fire communications centers and upgraded the technology used to dispatch multiple units from different stations, hold times for 911 calls to police have been cut by three-fourths.
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Identity theft used to be a more complicated, hands-on racket that included mail theft, dumpster diving, scam telephone calls and emailed offers, but hackers armed with improved tech have made the practice more common.
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KSP has been relying on its CAD (Computer Aided Dispatch) program for more than 15 years to supply the information needed by first responders when answering calls for service, according to a KSP press release.
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In the past, when police needed to reach the public, it meant holding meetings or going to news outlets. Now, law enforcement agencies are increasingly reaching the public through social media.
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CentralSquare’s integration with CAD-to-CAD software it acquired earlier this year from Tellus Safety Solutions has enabled an interconnected 911 dispatch network, with the potential to shorten response times.
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The Heflin, Ala., City Council voted unanimously to buy new computers for the police department during a recent meeting, with the current computers soon to be obsolete once Microsoft discontinues support for Windows 7.
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A spokesperson for the Michigan Secretary of State’s Office said the decision to close the offices was made around 4 p.m. after workers were unable to complete transactions at the branch offices.
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The Livingston, N.J., school district’s payroll system was still not fully functional after a ransomware attack, which forced a delayed opening of schools earlier this week, officials said Tuesday.
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More than a dozen U.S. utilities were targeted in a wave of cyberattacks within the past year, many of which are relatively small entities, including Rochester Public Utilities in New York.
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ShotSpotter technology, officials say, could help officers respond to and investigate shootings faster, ‘and bring a sense of calm to our neighborhoods, which are on edge due to the rise in gun-related deaths.’
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The rollout of a long-awaited upgrade to the archaic courts case management system in Cook County, Ill., has caused disarray at the county’s main criminal courthouse on Chicago’s Southwest Side.
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