Justice & Public Safety
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County commissioners approved a contract that will begin with a free nine-month pilot, but could extend to a three-year, $2.5 million pact. Residents voiced a variety of concerns about the drone program. -
The extent of the data breach is still unclear, and city officials have said they are investigating to find out what was taken, who was responsible and how the city’s cybersecurity was compromised.
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The town Select Board unanimously approved appropriating the funds to outfit 50 police officers with the cameras and software. The cost also includes record retention equipment.
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The surveillance cameras in Staten Island Courthouse interview rooms raised concerns about the ability for defendants to speak freely with their representation, prompting a federal court to consider the implications.
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The changes take the department’s detection capabilities from 3 square miles to more than 18 square miles with a three-year, $3.4 million contract with California-based Shotspotter.
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According to the logs, official warnings about the rapidly approaching Camp Fire reached fewer than 6,200 of the 27,000 Paradise residents who had signed up for the notifications.
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Nearly $70,000 in Department of Justice grant money will not be flowing into the city’s bank account next year because of new language and requirements regarding asylum seekers.
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A yearlong investigation into a hack against Florida’s Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University computers led federal authorities and police to an employee and student, who were allegedly using a program designed to capture administrator passwords.
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A bipartisan effort to keep the development of early warning systems in the Pacific Northwest on track was passed by Congress, but still needs presidential approval.
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A third-party application is being considered as a way to confidentially report instances of sexual harassment and assault. A 2016 UW survey found that very few survivors ever reported incidents to the university.
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Faramarz Shahi Savandi and Mohammad Shah Mansouri are accused of authoring the ransomware, named SamSam, and unleashing it on more than 200 victims, including the cities of Atlanta and Newark, the port of San Diego.
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While wildfire warning and evacuation plans were in place for Butte County ahead of the blaze, they weren't sufficient, experts told lawmakers, and the state must improve its systems for alerting citizens ahead of hazards.
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The social media company’s partnership with the University of Alabama at Birmingham’s Computer Forensics Research Lab will center on identifying the street names for drugs and stopping sales over the site.
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A lawsuit filed by the technology company alleges that a former employee attempted to download the details of a highly classified project before leaving to work for a competitor.
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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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