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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Data possess a number of useful functions for non-profit and government groups, from determining where to deploy anti-mosquito measures to helping assess how many people still need aid.
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The Supreme Court stopped short of ordering the agencies to release the raw data, but the justices said there may be other ways to make the information publicly available.
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California needs legislation that will make law enforcement disclose how they use license plate readers and cell phone interception devices.
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The city has a fragmented approach for the recovery of critical IT systems in the event of a major earthquake, fire, terrorist attack or other disasters.
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It’s the first wide-scale use of drones to measure such damage since the Federal Aviation Administration OK’ed the technology for commercial use in 2016.
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The legislation expands on two state laws that already require police agencies to develop privacy and appropriate-use policies for cell-phone intercept and automatic license-plate reading devices.
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The Smart and Secure Cities and Communities Challenge will focus on "designed-in cybersecurity" for smart city systems, ultimately providing more secure and resilient protection of citizen privacy.
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Victims of Hurricane Harvey reached out for help via social media instead of 911, which in many cases turned out to be a dead end with no help.
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In just the past few years, the advancement and availability of milling and 3-D printing technology has made it easier than ever to build your own guns.
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Before recently-passed legislation, law enforcement agencies had to send DNA samples to government labs and wait for it to get tested, which could take days or even weeks.
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TSA Gives Behind-the-Scenes Look at Security Tech at Northwest Florida Beaches International AirportAccording to officials with the Transportation Security Administration, this is what goes on at each stage of security screening and what technology is used to detect threats.
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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.
