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 Oceanside Police Department recently acquired San Diego County’s first drone killer, an electronic device that can disable a drone in the sky and force it back to the ground.
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The Daytona Beach Police Department has launched an in-house smartphone app that allows residents to report crimes and access pertinent information.
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This summer the New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority will pilot a mobile system designed to allow employees to document traffic and infrastructure issues in real time.
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Rather than relying on city-issued stickers to check if residents are parking legally, the city wants to use a virtual system powered by license plate readers.
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The St. Louis Metro Transit has launched a smartphone app, in partnership with the startup SafeTrek, that allows riders to immediately notify law enforcement if they need help.
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Schenectady officials hope the cloud-based software will prevent any code violations from slipping through the cracks.
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Facial scans and fingerprinting are being hailed as the latest way to streamline air travel, but privacy advocates say that speed and convenience are not without risks.
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Since early February, the Department of Technology has been working to shore up a gap in the outdoor emergency alert system that could have let hackers take control of the 114-siren network.
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Emergency response and service at the nation's busiest airport were unaffected by a March 22 ransomware attack, but the city of Atlanta is still working to restore some services across its enterprise.
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Utility workers in Chelan County have been granted the authority to fine, halt service and alert law enforcement to unauthorized cryptocurrency mining operations.
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Though meant to make decisions around criminal justice, policing and public service easier, some are concerned algorithms designed by humans come with inherent bias and a need for oversight.
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The technology to triangulate where a gunshot came from has been used in the city, but now it’s finding a place in suburbs looking to curb gun violence.
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The municipalities will be using Municity to share resources among themselves and identify potential problem landlords.
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Officials in the city of Waterloo are considering a traffic camera program that would not only support daily traffic monitoring, but in investigative situations too.
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The state has been ahead of the curve when it comes to testing autonomous vehicles in public, but a crash that killed a pedestrian in Arizona has some voicing concerns.
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This is part four of a series about the 35 cities that have advanced in the Bloomberg Mayors Challenge. This week, we look at plans from Cary, N.C.; Chelsea, Mass.; Huntington, W.V.; South Bend, Ind.; and Washington, D.C.
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Recent incidents have left the public sector on edge when it comes to how it safeguards public resources from employees’ ad hoc cryptomining operations.
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Research has not yet yielded a reliable prediction of a coming solar storm, but chances improve each year.
