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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Efforts to lower traffic deaths in the city could be aided by speed cameras, but first legislators need to sign off on a bill to make it legal.
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As of Jan. 22, the state is issuing driver’s licenses that comply with the Real ID Act. Travelers will have until Oct. 2020 to get a new license or risk being turned away at airport security checkpoints.
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Before purchasing four of the unmanned aerial systems, the police department wants to start a dialogue around the technology and where they will fit in daily operations.
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Since deploying six Strategic Decision Support Centers across the city, Chicago saw a 21 percent drop in shootings last year.
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The initiative, known as Operation SafeCam, will help law enforcement in Niagara County access citizens-owned surveillance cameras during investigations.
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A New Mexico man used a "hacker-for-hire" website to wage cyberattacks against a slew of ex-employers and state agencies.
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The devices are used to drop cellphones and other contraband into prisons, and the practice has officials calling for legislation to block the airspace.
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In the upcoming weeks, Texas Energy Raters will take infrared drone technology to Puerto Rico to help conduct aerial inspections.
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The U.S. Geological Survey warned of high potential for disastrous landslides if intense rain fell on mountainsides around Santa Barbara that had been scorched by the Thomas wildfire in December.
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Residents and tourists spent a terrifying Saturday morning thinking that an attack was imminent all because a state employee in a Diamond Head bunker clicked his mouse twice.
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The technology would allow officers to scan cellphones to discern whether they were in use at the time of a traffic accident.
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Public safety agencies and the venture capitalists and developers who work with them are poised to create more solutions for the national first responders network.
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The department will soon have access to an updated incident reporting system.
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The city council approved a contract with ShotSpotter Technology, Inc. to install as many as 70 sensors throughout the city to identify and locate gunfire.
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A six-month pilot of a cloud-based platform from Israeli company Waycare is already yielding results for public safety agencies, including the Nevada Highway Patrol.
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After the Thomas fire was dubbed the worst in state history, the California Public Utilities Commission will most likely extend the prevention map deadline until next fire season.
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Hurricane Harvey and other disasters have the Federal Communications Commission considering changes to how alerts are delivered.
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A new layer of security cameras and a recently launched reporting app are helping to improve the safety of the Dallas Area Rapid Transit system.
