Justice & Public Safety
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The County Council approved spending roughly $99,600 to upgrade mapping software. The intention, the county administrator said, is ensuring computer-aided dispatch sends public safety to the right place. -
The City Council voted 5-1 to accept a nearly $21,000 state grant to purchase a drone for police. Vice Mayor Curt Diemer, the lone vote against, urged the city to take a serious look at “shrinking liberty.”
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Months after shutting off most of its Flock Safety cameras due to privacy concerns, Richmond must now decide whether or not to give the company a second chance, a dilemma splitting the community.
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The Idaho Department of Correction has significantly improved document management processes by utilizing Laserfiche to enable digitization and the automation of administrative tasks. This, in turn, has enhanced communication and facilitated field work.
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Georgia Power, the state’s largest electric utility, will get a federal grant to pay for the transmission upgrades the company said will let it better withstand extreme weather. The funding is also expected to facilitate integrating renewables, such as solar, and potentially other types of tech.
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The San Francisco Police Department's high-tech means of catching criminals is facing a challenge in a federal court after a nonprofit filed suit against the maker of Flock Safety license plate reading cameras.
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The company gets real-time data to officers so they can have a fuller understanding of emergency calls and the people involved. ForceMetrics last year became part of an Amazon gov tech innovation push.
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Next-generation 911 with the resilience of a modern, digital, Internet protocol-based network was essential to North Carolina’s storm response. It enabled officials to answer nearly 90,000 emergency calls in three days.
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The northern San Diego suburb has opened a new fire station more than a decade in the making, which will house the city’s first electric fire engine. The engine and infrastructure cost around $2.7 million.
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The public safety tech firm, which sells license plate readers and other tools, has bought Aerodome, which specializes in making drones useful for law enforcement. Flock Safety has big drone plans for the upcoming year.
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The public safety technology provider is teaming up with transportation firm Motive to offer more accident data for truck-driving accidents. The move comes as trucking faces several serious challenges.
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The federal security agency rolled out updated security checkpoints with the recent reopening of a modernized terminal at Portland International Airport. The technology’s use is optional and photographs are not saved in the system.
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After a passionate debate about the value of ShotSpotter, the Oakland City Council approved Tuesday a new contract for the network of sensors that alerts police to gunshots.
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The Brusly Town Council voted unanimously to adopt "digital siren" technology, which is a warning system meant to alert drivers and pedestrians when a police chase is nearby or may move into their area.
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A grant of more than $260,000 from the Maryland Energy Administration will help with the purchase. The county is believed to be one of the first on the East Coast to make such an acquisition; it is expected to arrive in December 2025.
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Proceedings are expected to continue as normal after Sonoma County Superior Court documents were exposed in a data breach this week, county officials said Wednesday.
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One official in Idaho recently argued yes, voicing concern about the installation of such cameras — even for a one-year pilot — because he said it opened the door to government overreach.
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The fate of the Oakland Police Department's ShotSpotter program remained uncertain Tuesday after some council members expressed doubt about the value of the gunshot-detection system.
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It’s been two weeks since Mayor Brandon Johnson ended the city’s contract with the company that owns and operates the ShotSpotter gunshot-detection technology, despite opposition from the City Council.
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The state is the latest to pilot driver alcohol detection technology. Here, a steering wheel-mounted sensor can prevent a vehicle from being started when it detects elevated carbon dioxide and ethanol levels in a person in the driver's seat.
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A City Council committee will consider next week a new contract with the company that provides the gunshot-detecting tech. Chicago and Seattle have moved away from it, and Houston's mayor has indicated he wants the city to drop it.
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