Justice and Public Safety
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Drones as first responders is a growing program in police departments across the country, and Virginia Beach will soon be the first city in its region to use the technology. -
Drones and aircraft were key in Minnesota's largest manhunt, helping capture an armed and dangerous man without further violence, reflecting a broader trend of law enforcement's growing reliance on aviation technology.
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A new State of the 9-1-1 Industry report examines the barriers governments face as they work toward Next-Generation 911, including aging equipment, lack of funding and difficulty coordinating with other agencies.
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A team of 17 attorneys and staffers is set to investigate anticompetitive conduct within the technology industry. Though no companies were specifically named, several have faced accusations of monopolistic behavior.
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The police force is actively in the process of replacing defunct technology. When vehicles have poor GPS it can interfere with the ability of dispatch to find the closest squad car to a caller's location.
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The police department in Dickinson, N.D., has considered body cameras, but cost and the reliability concerns have deterred them. Rather, the police chief says, a training simulator addresses concerns of officer behavior.
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A partnership between two applications for law enforcement will move 911 dispatch services to the cloud, allowing responders to receive more data from connected devices and set up impromptu call centers as needed.
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The N.C. chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union has raised concerns about the bill, in part because of a lack of underlying privacy protections in the state. Cities already use the technology within their limits.
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In accordance with new state legislation, the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation will roll out automated camera systems to monitor speed limits in construction areas and issue fines through license plate capture.
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One California legislator has introduced legislation to stop the state and its local governments from using products from companies such as Microsoft and Salesforce, who have been in cooperation with ICE.
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Police and other local government officials say they don't want criminals to know what they're doing. But some citizens, as well as media, are concerned that law enforcement is pulling a veil over its activities.
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The story of how the case involving the “Empire” actor went from hate crime to hoax involves dogged detective work and the latest in high-tech police technology, including video surveillance and data analytics.
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Rather than engaging in potentially deadly car chases, the East Bay police department is turning to a car-mounted pneumatic cannon that fires a tracking beacon onto fleeing suspect vehicles.
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“The ... Public Safety Network is operating on outdated and incompatible software and hardware that often fails,” said the Decatur County, Ind., sheriff. “That is disrupting emergency communications and operations."
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Mayor Sam Liccardo is proposing a series of new rules aimed at thwarting the illegal practice of purchasing firearms for ineligible individuals. Critics say the proposal should focus more on buyers, not retailers.
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After missed deadlines and ballooning costs, Dallas County is taking a step back from a project aimed at developing and implementing court case-tracking software.
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Across the nation, cyclist fatalities have increased by 25 percent since 2010 and pedestrian deaths have risen by a staggering 45 percent.
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Lawmakers are working to codify new rules that would ban unmanned aerial systems near the state’s correctional facilities. Under the legislation, offending pilots could be charged with Class A misdemeanor or felony.
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When Florida Department of Corrections changed electronics providers, they confiscated all of the multi-media devices and digital downloads on them, a total of $11.3M in merchandise.
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The Arcimoto Rapid Responder is just a little different from most emergency response vehicles. But with possible advantages in operating cost and size, it has three local government agencies on board to test it out.
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Technology allowed a Texas man to print the components needed to create a functioning firing mechanism. At the time of his 2017 arrest, authorities said he was also in possession of the names and addresses of several federal lawmakers.
