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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The Chelan County Public Utility District is taking proactive measures to protect staff after confrontations with frustrated cryptocurrency miners in the area.
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The emergency management system expanded its reach in late April and removes low-priority calls from public airwaves while improving regional agency coordination.
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The program will focus on analyzing data from other local agencies as well as hospitals and first responders to identify the “frequent utilizers” of emergency services.
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Companies testing autonomous vehicles in the state must provide annual reports to the Department of Motor Vehicles outlining when human backup drivers had to step in.
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State CIO Darryl Ackley on the challenges of modernizing infrastructure and getting to the next big thing in gov tech.
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But will cities adopt new policies in the face of controversy over the potential use of the technology in police body worn cameras?
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The 27-year-old hacker accessed the personal information of more than 1,600 former and current employees and changed the release date for a county jail inmate. In all, the cyberattack cost the county more than $235,000.
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The Union Square Business Improvement District started its small six-camera program in 2012 but have since expanded to more than 350 with the help of grant funding.
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The $47,000 move will make the department the first in Franklin County to deploy the cameras.
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The new biometric program uses facial recognition to identify all inbound and outbound passengers, making the airport the first in the country to fully deploy the technology.
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The prevalence of autonomous vehicles is leading some advocates to call for more transparency around safety and accidents the vehicles are involved in.
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The city of Crossville, Tenn., was denied a request to rejoin the Central Communications Dispatch Center after withdrawing from the regional collective in 2016.
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Law enforcement is already using social media to watch, assess and sometimes arrest citizens. But they haven't necessarily considered all the ethical implications of that approach.
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The third Internet of Things Civic Hackathon, at the new Indiana IoT Lab in Fishers, brought together around 600 developers and first responders to create technology solutions for public safety.
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The Multiple Interactive Learning Objective simulator is now in every adult institution to help train custodial and noncustodial officers.
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If there’s one thing tech doesn’t need, it’s another acronym, but some are more valuable than others. In the world of social media and emergency management, VOST is one worth knowing.
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North Carolina government employees, particularly those in emergency response, have been using drones more in recent years.
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The city is seeking a $150,000 state grant to buy a new virtual reality simulator to better train for use-of-force situations.
