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 vehicle was reportedly operating in autonomous mode with an operator behind the wheel when it struck a pedestrian crossing outside of the crosswalk.
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The city is at least six months ahead of the initial projected release date and officers will begin using the new equipment by the end of June.
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The controversial surveillance device allows law enforcement to collect data and monitor cellphones.
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Threat actors have dispatched spear-phishing emails, watering-hole domains and attacks geared toward industrial control systems.
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A large earthquake has the potential to set a city like Los Angeles back by several years. One legislator wants to see the rules change to make buildings more resilient.
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A judge has granted a convicted gang lord the opportunity to prove the secretive Palantir Technologies software, called Gotham, offered prosecutors exculpatory information on him that was never shared with his attorneys.
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While the FBI is getting swamped and prioritizing bigger cases, most local and state law enforcement agencies are not equipped to track down cyber crooks.
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The University of Hawaii at Manoa is conducting a survey into public trust around social media and the January false missile alert.
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Authorities asked county officials for their help in funding the rollout of a data-sharing platform, license plate readers and personnel to fight violent crime.
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Governments at every level are looking into moving information, tools and processes to the cloud, but public-sector officials warn against writing off data centers anytime soon.
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The legislation, if signed by Gov. Rick Scott, would completely overhaul how data is collected throughout the criminal justice system.
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The Los Angeles Board of Police Commissioners is scheduled to vote on whether to implement a body-worn camera policy this month.
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The use of the technology by detectives working a drug case ended up in court and could lead to new rules around the powerful software.
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This is part two of a series about the 35 cities that have advanced in the Bloomberg Mayors Challenge. This week, we look at plans from Boulder, Colo.; Charleston, S.C.; Coral Gables, Fla.; and Georgetown, Texas.
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Attorney General Josh Hawley determined last week that there was no evidence Gov. Eric Greitens or his staff had used a confidential text app to circumvent public records law.
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From locating suspects to potential accident sites, data analytics tools from are giving authorities a leg up.
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Call centers in Texas, Florida and Tennessee recently completed a pilot test of the new service with favorable results.
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With the overarching goal of establishing policies around the technology and the footage it produces, a number of interest groups are asking the state legislature to be included in a proposed statewide study.
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