Justice & Public Safety
-
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."
-
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.
More Stories
-
Researchers found that using technology created “potentially unsafe distractions” for everyone, but those in an older study group were at a higher risk and took anywhere from 4.7 to 8.6 seconds longer to do set tasks.
-
The upgrade consists of case, communication and document management through an online database. It allows county public defender’s offices to communicate more effectively with attorneys and clients.
-
The attack, which was discovered late last week, is the latest in a string of cyberincidents targeting government agencies of all sizes. State officials say they are working to get systems back to normal.
-
With the privacy and bandwidth afforded by FirstNet, the San Francisco Bay Area software company hopes to create an alternative to body cameras by replacing them with equally secure and more versatile smartphones.
-
Officials say that new police technologies such as license plate readers, facial recognition and drone surveillance have led to a drop in crime in the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department’s jurisdiction.
-
The program was created by Texas’ Crime Laboratory Service after state lawmakers required the implementation of an electronic tracking system for evidence collected in cases involving sexual assault.
-
City officials said the scooters, which have flooded San Diego recently, were removed for violating a new city ordinance that prohibits such devices from being too close to special events, such as Comic-Con.
-
Days after a 28-year-old woman reportedly in the throes of a mental health crisis was shot and killed by Bernalillo County, N.M., sheriff’s deputies, the ACLU of New Mexico renewed a call to equip deputies with cameras.
-
Texas-based Tyler Technologies Inc. marks its 15th statewide SaaS contract for its Odyssey product line with an $85 million deal for the statewide modernization of North Carolina’s judicial system.
-
U.S. Attorney Stephen McAllister said Wichita’s role in the partnership will emphasize new technology to “analyze local crime trends, identify hot spots and rapidly process crime scene data.”
-
State police Capt. Alex Gardner, director of the forensics division, has said his office is working to use the kit-tracking program that Portland, Ore., police developed and is expected to be offered statewide in 2020.
-
Five years after the killing of Michael Brown, has the widespread adoption of body-worn cameras by U.S. police departments changed the factors that led to his death, and the subsequent protests?
-
The site is located inside the FBI Boston Division headquarters and will provide its services and support to law enforcement agencies throughout New England, including New Hampshire.
-
The vote comes as the city finds itself in the midst of a heated debate around its current surveillance programs and the 2017 purchase of facial recognition technology from a South Carolina company, DataWorks.
-
From 5G networks to specially equipped communications trucks and drones, the nation’s first responders have a growing arsenal of tech tools that keep them communicating during the worst kinds of emergencies.
-
Federal authorities want more effective warnings about life-threatening disasters.
-
Following widespread service breakdowns during recent wildfires, lawmakers are backing legislation to allow states to require wireless companies to upgrade systems for use during fires and other natural disasters.
-
Though some communities have strongly objected to police drones, that hasn’t been the case in Pittsburg, Calif., where drones are only used with approval in specific incidents rather than for routine surveillance.
Most Read
