Justice and Public Safety
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New executive orders seek to boost the use of drones in public safety, mandate the use of AI to speed up the drone waiver process and provide funding opportunities to boost anti-drone tech access. -
After last month's jailbreak by 10 Orleans Parish detainees, some civic and elected leaders say it's time the city loosened the reins on the Police Department's use of facial recognition technology.
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Thousands of crypto ATMs are popping up in physical spaces, and many law enforcement officials argue that the convenience of the machines allows criminals to easily scam people and launder money.
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The devices came online Monday in the city’s Central Precinct. Plans are for all patrol officers to be wearing them by the end of July. They will turn on automatically when cars’ emergency lights come on, or when guns or stun guns are drawn.
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Allentown has recently installed and activated dozens of devices across the city designed to help police respond to crime quickly by detecting gunshots as well as by reading and identifying license plates.
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In the last three years, the Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and Delinquency has invested $35 million in state and federal funds to support 160 projects across Delaware County, some of that going to gun violence investigation.
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Critical Response Group has taken the floor plans of nearly 14,000 schools, updated them and integrated that data with local law enforcement systems, developing a solution that helps when seconds count.
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Nearly a year after the plug was pulled on a multimillion-dollar New Orleans Police Department technology boondoggle, the City Council has approved a new contract with a different vendor for a second try.
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An Atlanta cybersecurity executive who hacked the Gwinnett Medical Center’s computer system in an alleged attempt to boost business for his company has been sentenced to two years of home detention.
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The city of Oneonta Common Council voted unanimously to accept a $142,777 grant for new in-car video and license plate readers systems for the city police department at its meeting Tuesday, June 18.
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City officials said Tuesday they had deployed the first 100 cameras; the other 300 are expected to be on the street by July. The devices, paid for by a $17 million state grant, are intended to take on organized retail theft.
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911 services were down across Massachusetts for two hours on Tuesday. The cause of the outage is still unknown.
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In a new lawsuit, two U.S. government agencies have accused Adobe of making it very hard for users to cancel Adobe subscriptions, which also contained hidden or obscured fees.
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Ruling that the Fourth Amendment protects a person’s right to privacy, a Norfolk Circuit Court has granted a defendant’s motion to suppress evidence obtained by city-owned license plate reader cameras, but without a search warrant.
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Alarmed by the reach and rapid expansion of license plate cameras, privacy advocates have filed suit in Illinois, saying the cameras violate the Constitution’s protections against unreasonable search.
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Los Angeles school officials — fed up with kids distracted by social media and concerned about abuses such as cyber bullying — are poised to join a growing number of school systems across the country.
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The Lexington-Fayette Urban County Council approved a record-setting $532.9 million spending plan with funds for 25 new positions. The budget also includes money for 25 license plate cameras.
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The Peach State joins Nevada and California in hewing to a 2025 deadline — in this case, May 7 — for residents to get their Real IDs. In Georgia, it is referred to as a Secure ID.
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The company Veritone is set to release a new tool to help law enforcement track vehicles, part of a broader offering designed to safeguard against facial recognition bans. A company executive explains the thinking.
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Dozens of nightlife workers gathered for a safety training day held by the city of Atlanta where they learned violence de-escalation techniques, CPR and how to administer naloxone during a drug overdose.
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Officials in Fremont County, Colo., believe that a software/hardware issue contributed directly to a recent prisoner escape, and they are awaiting a response from the jail's current vendor.
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