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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The Unmanned Aircraft System, announced Monday, will offer another perspective for the Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office when responding to critical incidents and during special operations.
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In June, the department will launch a 60-day pilot program to evaluate two different video cameras that will be worn by patrol officers who volunteer, Chief Brian Owens said.
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While the plan has gained support from privacy advocates, including the American Civil Liberties Union, some worry the bill would make it more difficult for officers to do their job and crack down on criminals.
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By embracing a digital low-code application development platform, the city has been able to combine 911 and 311 in a way that offers public servants more efficiency and citizens more functionality.
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The refusal on the part of the FBI and Department of Homeland Security to reveal which counties were breached in 2016 election drew sharp criticism from a bipartisan group of lawmakers in the state.
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Police in Plaquemine are pushing for a range of surveillance technologies they hope will help investigate crime in a community reluctant to talk to the authorities. Opponents say the move would only breed more distrust.
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This powerful technology requires oversight and caution to prevent it from being abused. But a ban would throw the good uses out with the bad ones.
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A driver could not hold a phone and put it on speakerphone; it would have to be in a hands-free mode, according to Transportation Committee Chair William Straus, D-Mattapoisett.
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The system responsible for gathering the names of inmates for scheduled court proceedings failed several times in recent weeks, delaying the court and prompting calls for new software.
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The sprawling desert metropolis has mined the Internet of Things to grapple with homelessness, traffic and public safety. But as tech makes this easier, the hard part is serving in an ethical and sensitive manner.
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Officials say transmitting this radio traffic through an encrypted channel — one the general public cannot listen to on conventional police radio monitors or cellphone apps — enhances police effectiveness.
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In order for some kind of automated video citation system to be deployed in Fort Smith, state officials would first have to pass legislation for automated citations to be made legal in the state.
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Following extensive input from law enforcement and civil liberties groups, lawmakers voted this week to put a moratorium on municipal use of the technology. San Francisco is the first in the country to make such a move.
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The deal, done with Avenu under ownership by a private equity firm, will bring together a company focused on document scanning and a company that stores files and other data and provides government software.
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Frederick County, Md., announced the addition of a cybercrimes task force which focuses on crimes against children, an epidemic that a prosecutor says has quadrupled in the last twenty years.
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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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