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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Iowa law enforcement sees the bill as a “huge improvement” over current law that classifies texting while driving as a secondary offense — meaning drivers can be cited for texting while driving only if they are stopped for some other offense.
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The system’s deficiencies may have contributed to lapses in inspections of dangerous buildings.
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Though the ShakeAlert system is not yet ready for public use, it could offer as much as two or three minutes’ warning to the Puget Sound region for a quake offshore.
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The city has figured out how the emergency system was compromised and it's working to prevent it from happening again.
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The selected vendor's employees will be watching the videos 24/7 from their dispatch center in Las Vegas.
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Authorities are considering approval of such a DNA dragnet, called "familial searching."
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A new bill would appropriate $10 million during the next two years for matching grants to help law enforcement agencies "buy and maintain" the recording equipment.
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It does so even though the excuses for the ban have been eclipsed by technology, and obviated by vast experiences in more progressive states.
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On March 24, Tempe police cited a driver for making an illegal left turn and hitting one of Uber’s test Volvos while it was in self-driving mode.
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Data-driven case management provides jails and correctional facilities with a better ability and more cost-effective solution to mitigate risks, manage from intake to release, and gain valuable oversight necessary to maintain public safety standards and provide rehabilitative opportunities.
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Because internet-capable cameras eventually can tie into the system, officials plan to ask business owners and residents for help as early as this summer.
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After several public records requests, the city provided just one study that touched on safety. It doesn’t appear to support the city’s case, instead showing that school zones without traffic cameras were, on average, safer than those with them.
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The bankrupt provider's fiber optic network serves primarily government customers in 124 communities.
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Organizations have reported intentionally withholding information indicating a missing person has run away as the term can be “very misleading” and cause the public to be less vigilant.
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Gov. Andrew Cuomo said the funding will improve the quality and efficiency of emergency response capabilities across New York, while supporting the brave first responders who put their lives on the line every day to protect their neighbors and their community.
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After a lengthy and challenged selection process, the FirstNet national public safety broadband network has selected its contractor.
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The new law bans texting while driving, but would still allow drivers to use a smartphone to hold a conversation or get GPS directions.
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Technology leaders in Indianapolis have been using information to attack opioid abuse since 2013, and have become increasingly sophisticated in how they apply data science to combat the problem.
