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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It is unclear what the goal of the attacks against Peoria Notre Dame High School was, but officials said they posed a very "serious threat to the school and to day to day operations."
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The smartphone-based tool includes functionalities like the locations of registered sex offenders and options to avoid and report suspicious activity.
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The company, Acivilate, has been working with Gwinnett County for a while.
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The drones are part of a pilot program between the Federal Aviation Administration, Chula Vista and the city of San Diego.
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The High Point Police Department recently began submitting its crime data to the FBI’s Uniform Crime Reporting Program, ahead of the Jan. 2019 deadline.
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The submersible glider, launched by UMass Dartmouth, collects and shares data related to oceanic storm activity in the area between Martha’s Vineyard and New Jersey.
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The plaintiff alleges the collection and retention of vehicle movement data by the system is a violation of the right to privacy.
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The launch of Real ID in Minnesota is a positive for state IT, the chief information officer said, and points to progress made since the troubled 2017 debut of a new vehicle license and registration system.
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The St. Louis County Board of Police Commissioners last week approved the use of the technology under limited circumstances.
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The head of the Office of Emergency Management and Communications said Wednesday that the city needs better technology to cope with the emerging threat the devices pose.
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Police and fire departments in Eugene and Springfield have started to use the devices, but some are concerned about the privacy implications.
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Two-way communication during an emergency event is what public safety officials are advocating for with the so-called CodeRed program.
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Patrol officers will soon be able to issue citations and quickly file them with district courts from their cruisers.
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As part of its $50 million settlement, the company will also provide affected customers with two years of credit monitoring services.
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The disclosure comes as Amazon’s product and similar tools built by other companies come under scrutiny from civil liberties groups, legislators and even some of their own employees because of the technology’s potential for misuse.
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The money would come from fees paid by telephone users to allow for system modernizations.
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The Chenango County, N.Y., Sheriff's Office has launched a service enabling the public to provide information to emergency dispatchers.
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District officials hope the alert system will help employees, administrators and law enforcement update each other in real time in the event of an emergency.
