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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Civil rights advocates are speaking out on the public shaming of people who have not yet been convicted.
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The proposed cuts come at a time when scientists are becoming more concerned about the damage potential from a huge West Coast tsunami.
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Public agencies' perennial interest in doing more with less may be driving an increased interest in automating victim restitution.
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Members of the Policy and Services Committee agreed that the City Council should receive an annual report about each department’s use of surveillance technology.
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Mayor Ryan Stovall has no regrets.
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Transparency is taking on new meanings in the era of high-tech law enforcement.
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Getting help to the most desperate residents far more quickly is a task that may grow more urgent in the years ahead.
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The neighborhood-based social network has partnered with the federal weather agency to bring more up-to-date critical information to American neighborhoods.
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Using a contraband cell phone and contraband wire cutters likely dropped onto prison grounds by a drone, Jimmy Causey escaped Lieber Correctional Institution in South Carolina.
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The legislation seeks to break a stalemate at the state Capitol on whether to ensure public access to body camera videos.
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Facial recognition tech was previously seen as something only the CIAs and FBIs of the world would have access to. But now, in 2017, smaller jurisdictions are deploying it as part of an everyday suite of crime-fighting tools.
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The changes come partially in response to the unrest in Ferguson following the police shooting death of Michael Brown by Ferguson police officer Darren Wilson in 2014.
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The social media dust-up started Tuesday, when the Cabarrus County Sheriff’s Office posted Derek Helms’ photo on its Facebook page.
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Lighting, cameras, informational kiosks and public Wi-Fi will all be installed at certain points along the trails, and access to Freedom Bridge Plaza and Bicentennial Plaza will be improved.
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The Federal Aviation Administration discourages drone-flying near fireworks displays, but hasn't banned the activity outright.
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The idea is to give readers a snapshot of reported crime in the region.
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Some advocates are skeptical that the cost of monitoring technology justifies the call prices, and because courts recently ruled that the federal government can’t regulate their cost, the responsibility is on states.
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The measure is part of a package of bills this year that aimed to protect people’s biometric data; Gov. Jay Inslee signed a new bill into law Tuesday to fix the oversight.
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