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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Air traffic at Newark Liberty International Airport was suspended for more than an hour last week after pilots reported seeing unmanned aerial vehicles nearby. The Federal Aviation Administration reports roughly 100 sightings each month nationally.
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Within this year’s Startup in Residence cohort, Civis Analytics is teaming up with the city to help residents there get a better understanding of what could happen to their homes during a major flood.
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A task force reviewing the response to the Feb. 2018 shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High shooting found deficiencies in radio communication bandwidth and a lack of control of the system during the incident.
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Officials say positive train controls, which automatically slow a train traveling too fast, could have prevented the accident that killed two Amtrak employees and injured nearly 100 others.
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Federal agents tracked an individual known only as Billmaker through shadowy online marketplaces before confronting and killing him in a gun battle in an Oklahoma City suburb.
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Like many other dispatch centers that have adopted the modern technology, officials in the Napa area say the text option is only to be used when a conversation is not possible for safety reasons.
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After an increase in crime and killings in the central city, Denver police officials elected to expand the ShotSpotter technology that detects gunshots and add more officers to police the area.
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An investigation run out of the federal prosecutor’s office in Tampa, Fla, resulted in the dark Web marketplace being shut down. The site sold access to identity information and hacked servers among other things.
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More than 1,000 files in the case against against hackers supported by a friend of Russian President Vladimir Putin ended up online, Special Counsel Robert Mueller told a federal judge. It is suspected that the law firm working with Mueller was intentionally targeted.
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The new technology will come in the form of updated in-car camera systems, body-worn cameras for all uniformed officers, new computers and video systems for department interview rooms.
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An increase in the offensive use of low-flying commercially-available drones against U.S. military forces is behind a $108 million contract to provide technology to counter the devices.
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A proposed rule that speeders be subjected to possible time in jail has been pulled back to “to eliminate any possibility that criminal penalties could apply to a rider.”
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The police department is asking for the funds to purchase the stun guns and body cameras that activate when a gun or Taser has been fired.
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Police and Decatur School District officials have turned their eyes toward social media platforms to watch for the warning signs of credible threats to students.
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The new portal, which will replace the original website that launched in 1999 and updated in 2011, includes a modular design and improved accessibility for residents using mobile devices.
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A number of incidents in the state have raised questions about who has access to the videos and for how long, as well as how the footage is used to investigate cases of police misconduct.
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The technology has been used successfully in situations where people couldn't talk for fear of harm, but police also hope it will be able to facilitate the needs of the deaf and hard of hearing.
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Pew Charitable Trusts, which has been engaged in the work dating back to last year, also published a new article elaborating on its new partnerships with the law schools at each institution.
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