Justice and Public Safety
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Resilient regions and organizations require well thought out disaster plans addressing recovery and mitigation. In creating them, state officials said, collaboration with other governments and communities is essential.
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While mobile IDs promise new access for people with disabilities, a "one ID, one device" model and accessibility failures threaten to exacerbate the digital divide, according to experts in the field.
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Officials are upgrading software designed to share data from police agencies, dispatchers and jail staff. A popular online log of inmate mug shots has gone dark during the update but emergency response systems are unaffected.
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Together with the Vanderbilt Initiative for Smart Cities Operation and Research, the Nashville Fire Department and the city’s IT agency created a tool that uses predictive modeling to forecast emergency response times.
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The California legislation follows multiple years of disastrous wildfires where residents didn't receive alerts about the oncoming infernos because of inoperable cell service infrastructure.
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Social media, cell phone signals, online search history and other digital evidence led to the arrest and guilty plea of an Ohio man in the murder of a 23-year-old woman in the summer of 2018.
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Holland, Mich., is investing in a new digital video recording system for interviews with funds approved by the city council, replacing a current audio and video equipment system that is no longer fully functioning.
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Large or small, rich or poor, diverse or homogeneous, opioid overuse and overdoses have come to virtually every piece of Connecticut. Here's what data is telling communities and health professionals in the state.
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The technology is replacing a 20-year-old system and will allow law enforcement to run tags and driver’s licenses in their cars. It will also serve firefighters, emergency medical services and city governments.
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The architect behind the Los Angeles Police Department’s widely hailed but controversial data-driven crime-fighting tools is leaving the agency next week to help expand similar programs in other cities.
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Under a collaboration scheme, Dallas County, Texas, has effectively lost all control over a court-case tracking software project that has already cost taxpayers $30 million with nothing to show for it, commissioners say.
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The sergeant was sentenced to psychiatric therapy and house arrest because of his heroic actions in Foxy Lady shooting, despite having used police tools to stalk his ex-wife and destroy her property.
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The 108-35 vote will be followed by a final vote that will send House Bill 1631 to the Senate, potentially spelling the end of automated cameras that snap photos of traffic violations at marked intersections.
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The V.I. Bureau of Corrections is adopting video chatting visitations as an alternative to in-person visiting to make the process more cost effective and easier to access, as well as preventing contraband.
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In order to prevent potential mass surveillance and civil rights abuses, the two California cities are both considering ordinances to stop police and other agencies from using facial recognition technology.
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The nationwide public safety broadband network reports more than 600,000 device connections, more than 7,250 user agencies, and performance numbers that are 25 percent faster than commercial networks.
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A change in Georgia law this year was supposed to bring county 911 centers more money. But a couple of months in, counties in the northwest corner of the state are receiving significantly less than they used to.
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The tech vendor has offered to replace more than 1,600 radios and accessories with the latest model for free for both Erie County and the local first responders that had also bought the older version, the VP600.
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5G is expected to download data 20 times faster than its predecessor, and some experts argue it could be much faster. But like many new technologies, it has sparked concern about potential health issues.
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With dockless electric scooter rental programs on the rise in cities across the country, a new study has identified a corresponding rise in related injuries for local government to address.
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A work group will explore the technology to assess its value as a law enforcement tool, considering cost, usefulness, transparency, training and privacy issues.