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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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.
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Photography and video recording is already prohibited from courtrooms and during court proceedings, but the small size of current personal electronic devices made it increasingly challenging to enforce those rules.
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The move came as part of a $6.2 million upgrade to more than 1,300 radios including, cars, portables, consoles and desktops. The new radios replaced equipment that had exceeded its shelf life.
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The state's attorney general and all its district attorneys will use Tyler's Odyssey product for electronic filing and record-keeping. The update has been a long time coming for prosecutors.
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Representatives from the telecommunications company said they have installed new equipment and assets in Bay County in recent months, diversifying its capabilities to better withstand even another Category 5 hurricane like Michael.
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Electric vehicles have changed the dynamic of dealing with car fires. In some cases, batteries ignite after an accident and are difficult to put out with standard techniques.
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After an extensive study, a three-member working group concluded that cellphone bans "create unacceptable hardships” and should be phased out in favor of alternative security measures to guard against misuse.
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