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 gunshot detection technology alerted police to two of three Jacksonville, Fla., shootings. From there an ATF database linked shell casings found at the scenes to a legally purchased handgun.
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The National Transportation Safety Board first made the call to ban hands-free technology from cars in 2011. Now officials are calling on California to lead the legislative charge against what they see as an unnecessary distraction.
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The company, which makes technology to help defendants avoid unnecessary jail time, is going live in Ventura County, Calif., while preparing to launch in three others in a push toward the state's highly populated south.
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A new Web portal is streamlining how members of the public share private surveillance footage with investigators. The new system allows for submissions to be made anonymously.
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A new text-based reminder system is expected to improve attendance on the part of defendants while saving time and money on the part of the larger court system.
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Authorities in Broward County announced that mobile users can now text 911 if they are unable to make a call.
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Officials in Luzerne County, Pa., are trying to put hard figures to a migration away from an outdated emergency communication system — support for existing transmitters and receivers will end in late 2020.
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Though the company is complying with existing state requirements, an audit by the Public Utilities Commission recommended improvements around driver criminal offense notifications, data gathering and customer complaint reporting.
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The civic tech group will follow up similar work in San Francisco by partnering with the district attorneys' offices in Los Angeles and San Joaquin counties.
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Chief Operating Officer Sheryl Sandberg revealed the social media platform is exploring “restrictions on who can go Live." Streaming capabilities could hinge "on factors such as prior Community Standard violations.”
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Zeeland-area businesses gathered around $17,000 in donations to fund the purchase of a search and rescue drone for the fire department. So far, the increasingly popular technology has helped locate a lost Alzheimer's patient.
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A $2.3 million slice of Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s 2019 proposed budget would allow for supervisors to watch pursuits and incidents in real-time through the agency’s in-vehicle cameras.
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Fear centered on recent mass shooting events is prompting some religious centers to turn to technology that automatically alerts authorities of an emergency, while providing real-time insights.
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Proposed public-sector bans of facial recognition are often based on inaccurate misconceptions, and following through on them would harm law enforcement, school safety and technological progress.
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The public safety dispatch and records management company adds Callyo to its growing list of integrated partners, which also includes SPIDR Tech, Carbyne and RapidSOS.
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The Supreme Judicial Court has ruled in favor of using the data from the court-ordered GPS device of a suspected burglar. Police initially accessed the data without a warrant, but the court ruled the suspect knew he might be monitored.
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The city’s proposed $2.9 billion operating budget is expected to have a $33 million surplus thanks to increased revenues. Officials say that surplus will be split between technology upgrades and improvement projects.
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Twenty startups, offering everything from drone surveillance to data analytics, communications, firearm sensors and X-ray software, will show off their wares for first responders at 10 free conferences through the year.
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