Justice & Public Safety
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The local police department recently unveiled a new rooftop drone port at headquarters. The agency fielded approximately 10,000 drone flights in 2025 and expects about twice as many this year. -
While the city has used drones before, Chief Roderick Porter said the two new aerial vehicles the department is getting under a contract with security tech company Flock Safety are more advanced.
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More than 200 Wisconsin law enforcement agencies use license plate reading technology. The state’s capital city, however, has so far not installed such cameras even as its neighbors have done so.
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Under pressure to have the entire project finished by December 2018 or face fines of up to $25,000 a day, officials said they don’t have a moment to waste.
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In demonstrating success on the path to digital government, Missouri CIO Rich Kliethermes stresses the importance of data in telling your story.
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A police force with an alarming record of putting innocent people behind bars has called in an unlikely pair of teachers.
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The WiFire app is meant to support experts by providing key information in a matter of minutes.
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The unmanned aircraft Global Hawk flew above hurricanes Gaston, Hermine, Karl and Matthew and in front of Hurricane Nicole, deploying sondes -- probes that automatically transmit information about surroundings.
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Powerful software is solving more crimes and raising new questions about due process.
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Magistrate judges must question the scope and validity of each warrant application that crosses their desks.
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The council heard arguments during a heavily-attended public hearing on a police body cam pilot project that will roll out Nov. 9.
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Cities across the country are struggling with how to use surveillance and other cameras as they weigh individual privacy rights versus public safety.
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U.S. District Judge Robert Bryan also confronted Department of Justice (DOJ) prosecutors over their continued insistence that the government’s actions in 2015 were somehow innocent.
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During the next six months, city officials will monitor how well the devices hold a charge, how they perform while lying idle in a vacant property, the possibility of theft, and false alarms.
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The department, which serves 523 square miles of the county, started using the special heat-resistant Fire Cams about two years ago, and shared some of the dramatic footage on its Facebook page.
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About 45 cameras will roll out Nov. 9 in the Western District for a 60-day pilot program. Two different camera systems will be tested for 30 days each.
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To ensure travel happens without incident, state and local lawmakers must embrace technologies designed with safety in mind.
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Mine communications are complex, slow and unreliable. The solution to keeping miners safe, and rescuing them when disaster strikes, might just be in their hands already.
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The majority of the funding will be spent to procure and install a ground-based sense-and-avoid system at the airport, allowing operators to provide safe separation between drones and other aircraft in the airspace.
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As facial recognition systems advance and become more widely used by police agencies, the need for policy and will also grow.
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During a series of community meetings, officials will explain the camera system to residents and address concerns over privacy and other issues, as “buy-in” from the community is paramount.
