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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Nearly a decade after the city of New Orleans installed its first traffic cameras, it now has data to back up its claims that traffic cameras make New Orleans roads safer.
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Detailed geo-spatial data shows locations of local storm shelters, evacuation centers and recover centers in eight counties in the northeastern section of the state.
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WarnCentralTexas.org is an alert system that allows first responders to more easily reach the public during emergencies.
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Security officers at an operations center downtown monitor live video feeds from light rail cameras and use new public address systems at stations to call out people who loiter, smoke, drink alcohol, fight or otherwise break the rules.
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Tesla and SpaceX chief Elon Musk has joined dozens of CEOs of artificial intelligence companies in signing an open letter urging the United Nations to ban the use of AI in weapons before the technology gets out of hand.
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The same funding helped the Dallas Police Department recently launch in-house forensic testing that helps detectives track down who is posting online ads selling children for sex.
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The DOJ demanded the data of about 1.3 million people who visited the website within six days of anti-Trump protests in Washington on inauguration day.
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Keeping the lights on or getting power back may be easier now, thanks to smart devices and “eyes in the sky.”
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The University of Iowa will embed researchers into the city's police department to help with crime trends using data analysis and evidence-based research.
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Although the FAA and airports are examining the use of emerging technologies to detect or take down drones, there’s not much they can do right now except educate drone pilots to fly safely or send law enforcement officers to try to find the offender.
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The communications giant has proposed a network solution it believes will achieve the mission of FirstNet, as well as maintain the competitive nature of the communications marketplace.
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While social-media companies have been grappling for years with how to rid their sites of hateful speech and images, the events of the last several days served as a stark reminder of just how real, present and local the threat posed by white supremacists can be.
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Two local governments -- the city of Moore and Cleveland County -- could save $1 million if they share the purchase of public safety software.
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State and local agencies in Oregon, where the solar eclipse will first reach the United States, have partnered for the past year to identify best uses for geospatial and mapping technology.
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Emergency workers will be able to preempt other users’ traffic on the network, and will be able to send and receive as much data as they need to during their emergency work.
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If it’s not in your car now, it will probably be in your next one.
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The drone probably weighed 2 to 4 pounds — big enough and, at only 100 feet away, close enough to cause a devastating crash.
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Unauthorized drone use could result in criminal prosecution, forfeiture of recordings and loss of installation access privileges.
