Justice & Public Safety
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The Osceola County Board of Commissioners approved the purchase of new portable and dual band radios at a cost of $330,552 during its meeting Dec. 16, by a vote of 5-1. -
The new unit, part of the Office of Information Technology Services’ statewide strategy, will focus on New York State Police’s specific needs while preserving shared IT services like AI and information security.
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The City Council has approved a three-year, $200,000 contract to install the surveillance devices. Data collected may be used by other state and local law enforcement at city discretion, the police chief said.
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The city has fluctuated on when and how to introduce the technology to officers, even setting aside the funds to make it happen. Now, officials seem to have renewed energy for the effort.
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The company, Vigilant Solutions, has attracted some controversy for the way customers use its product. It has also pursued facial recognition technology, a concern for civil rights groups.
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Access to recovery resources could be streamlined through a New Hampshire pilot program that gives Internet-connected technology to former inmates grappling with substance abuse disorders.
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About 77,000 Louisiana motorists have downloaded the license app since the statewide launch of LA Wallet in July 2018. While law enforcement accepts the DDL as a form of identity, the retail sector remains wary.
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Researchers at the University of Washington in Seattle have created a smartphone application that senses breathing patterns and is triggered when the subject takes seven or fewer breaths per minute.
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The state-of-the-art center would provide a central hub for crime analysis and monitoring and help push real-time intelligence to officers in the field, according to Chief Murphy Paul.
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When an elderly man found himself lost in a field in Brownsville, Texas, the police and fire department was able to locate him using drone technology.
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Last updated more than a decade ago, the maps that highlight the areas most at-risk for wildfires are being painstakingly re-evaluated in a state more susceptible to fire than ever before.
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The technology that controls cameras, alarms and other facility operations hasn’t been upgraded since it was installed in 1994. The updates are expected to cost around $800,000.
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Officials said residents can use the app to share crime and safety-related videos, photos and texts and receive safety alerts from the department.
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After failing to consolidate their 911 systems in 2017, the City of Fayetteville, N.C., and Cumberland County are opening communication to try the project again.
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An officer recently killed an innocent man in a mall during an active shooter event in Alabama. Amid calls to release body camera footage from the incident, police are now facing down the details of their policies.
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The addition makes the Fire-Rescue Department’s bomb squad the second public safety agency in the region to lean on the aerial technology to do its job.
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The strategy, largely proposed by Deputy Chief Osborne Robinson III, aims to address a recent uptick in violent crime by analyzing the available data and deploying policing resources accordingly.
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The protests in Ferguson, Mo., in 2014 started a national discussion about police body cameras. But data shows that it took some time — and money — for law enforcement to really become a big market for the technology.
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Adair County officials have yet to agree on the mechanism to increase funds to the E-911 center. Funding has continued to decline as residents move away from taxable landline phones.
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Though the original plan was to have the new public safety communication system ready by Dec. 31, officials are still working out bugs and finalizing contracts to use state infrastructure.
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Smartphone users will finally have access to the ShakeAlertLA app, an early warning system meant to give residents in the earthquake-prone city seconds to prepare for an impending event.
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