Justice and Public Safety
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The gov tech market expert breaks down a "strong first half," including major deals in the public safety and property tax spaces, and forecasts an increase in activity for the remaining months of 2025.
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The young Ohio company provides software that fire and EMS personnel use for a variety of tasks. According to Tyler, Emergency Networking tools already meet new federal reporting requirements.
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During a recent briefing on Capitol Hill, leaders and members of national associations considered artificial intelligence use cases and topics, along with a new playbook guiding the technology’s ethical, scalable adoption.
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The city has authorized its police department to apply for federal Justice Assistance Grants, which will fund half the costs, and the city is on the hook for the rest.
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One of the main benefits of the state’s new system is that it is inherently non-proprietary, which means that local entities can purchase radios and equipment at lower prices on the open market.
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Politicians in the state are specifically moving to address police usage of the technology while activists in the space believe the movement for increased regulation is still gaining strength.
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Axon, known for its body cameras and TASER products, is branching into the emergent technology arena in the hopes it will change the dynamics between officers and those experiencing a mental health crisis.
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The city courts’ websites and certain computer programs were shut down May 21 as a precaution after a virus was found on a limited number of computers. Officials are still working to bring all systems safely back online.
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The software shift was triggered when the prior contractor for the Columbia County Sheriff’s Office announced it would discontinue maintenance on its public safety systems.
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One of the roughly $5,000 radios was given to a Varnell tow truck company by the police chief, sparking debate about how the new system is to be used and who should have access to it.
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When Gov. Greg Abbott signed House Bill 1631 earlier this month, plans for traffic cameras and tech add-ons like license plate readers went out the window in places like Jersey Village.
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Ransomware has crippled governments and companies around the world, encrypting data and demanding payment for the decryption key — though that's no guarantee of recovering the information.
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The city’s look at surveillance technology comes at a time when jurisdictions around the U.S. are scrutinizing their own public-safety tools. Last month, San Francisco banned the use of facial-recognition technology by all municipal agencies.
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Three cities in New York have drawn the attention of the New York Civil Liberties Union regarding a lack of policy around technology like predictive policing software and more general transparency.
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The U.S. Department of Homeland Security has made it a priority to collect and analyze the social media data of thousands of people, but the reasoning behind these efforts is not always straightforward.
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House Bill 2393 would remove the requirement that offending images be posted to a website. It would apply to any distribution of those images, including through technologies that have not yet been invented.
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The U.S. government has set the stage for formal inquiries and escalated pressure on Silicon Valley companies amid increasing criticism that their practices are harming competition in digital markets.
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This will end a years-long process of equipping officers with body cameras, a decision that continues to receive significant resistance from the Boston Police Patrolmen’s Association.
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Next-Generation 911 systems are heralded for their ability to pinpoint caller locations during an emergency while handling the sorts of data coming from smartphones.
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Efforts to reduce the burden on county court systems have taken the form of online resolutions, where businesses and individuals can settle claims without a trip to the local courthouse.
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The 35 hearings Georgia Judge J. Wade Padgett held from January through March saved the prison system nearly $6,000. Video-conferencing equipment was set up at two of the state's 34 prisons.