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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To help find the missing, the Mineral County, Colo., emergency management office recently received a drone to get to those places where an all-terrain vehicle, snowmobile or even a man on foot can’t access.
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We have a reliable and easy-to-use test to measure blood alcohol concentration. But right now we don’t have a fast, reliable test to gauge whether someone is too doped up to drive.
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A new Web-based tool allows drivers and first responders to play a more active and calculated role in avoiding and predicting traffic accidents.
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Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced that New York would be playing a substantial role in a one-of-a-kind drone testing corridor in the heart of central New York state.
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The area's Scanner Talk page on Facebook keeps consistent rules: no names, no house addresses and no disrespect.
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The bill would make it a misdemeanor to electronically harass or bully anyone under age 18 through means such as texts and social media.
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Rep. Tom Craddick is operating on the maxim that if at first you don’t succeed, file again. And again. And again.
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County officials held a press conference Monday to explain the program, and to alert the public to the drones’ presence.
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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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