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 experiment, which used AI to identify hot spots that police and transportation officials then responded to, was limited to one section of highway. And there are other mitigating factors — like hockey, for one.
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In addition to expanding the department’s body-worn camera program, officers will also be testing technology that starts recording when a service weapon is removed from its holster.
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Remote bail hearings are reshaping pre-trial logistics at the Bristol County House of Corrections. Rather than transporting defendants to the courtroom, officials say teleconferencing saves time and money and is also safer.
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Since the introduction of the RAVE Panic Button mobile app earlier this year, public school districts have shown great interest in the threat reporting app with 90 percent of county districts using the system.
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After years of putting off the purchase of body cameras because of funding gaps, the Hall County Sheriff’s Office is set to deploy 125 of the Axon devices to patrol deputies and officers in the warrants division.
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State Securities Commissioner Karen Tyler announced a cease and desist order Monday against Union Bank Payment Coin (UBPC), alleging the company promotes “unregistered and potentially fraudulent securities” in the form of an initial coin offering.
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The police tech startup’s website aims to skirt outdated infrastructure that doesn’t give public safety professionals accurate location data. The technology can use cellphone GPS to help locate the caller.
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The number of traffic-related fatalities nearly doubled between 2016 and 2017, through officials say 2018 appears to be trending down with only 11 fatalities logged on county roadways as of Oct. 31.
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Butte County did not send a Wireless Emergency Alert to residents of Paradise and Magalia ahead of California’s deadliest wildfire.
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The push for emergency texts dates back to 2010. Then-Federal Communications Commission Chair Julius Genachowski called for 911 centers to start accepting texts after the 2007 shooting at Virginia Tech.
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With tech companies under intense scrutiny for the ways they protect user data, a New Hampshire double murder could prove an important test case for what kind of witness Alexa, or your refrigerator, could be.
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The online platform pulls data so officials can make better decisions about how to prepare for, and respond to, disasters. It's working with Kansas City, Mo., to find neighborhoods at the greatest risk of fire.
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It might seem counterintuitive, but in the public safety space, tech startup entrepreneurs say that big agencies with big budgets might not be the most innovative. Many like the creativity and agility of small agencies.
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The Chaska Police Department will soon hand its officers a device that allows them to incapacitate a subject without inflicting pain or using deadly force.
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Being on the same system allows Greeley, Evans and Weld County law enforcement to share data, from information obtained during a traffic stop to identifying crime trends affecting each jurisdiction.
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The civil rights organization cited concerns about the threshold for labeling someone as a gang member and that the department was misusing public records exemption to conceal the information about the secretive tracking system.
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The department unveiled the center Nov. 14, showcasing technology that includes the city's ShotSpotter gunfire detection system, surveillance cameras and license-plate recognition technology.
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The robot moves and can direct visitors to different locations in the courthouse, answer "frequently asked questions," show court dockets and provide information about judges and referees.
