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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Since the utility started using the drones full time in August 2015, in partnership with Virginia Tech, they discovered six critical issues with power lines in Hampton Roads, Va.
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The department's ultimate goal is to use drones for life-saving efforts, such as locating missing persons and monitoring incidents in which a hazardous condition exists.
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Georgia has big plans for GIS across many areas, including improving emergency response.
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The FCC announced that the public safety notification system that delivers geographically targeted alerts will be updated after its use in New York following the Chelsea bombing.
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Twitter recently shutting down more than 360,000 ISIS-linked accounts, and Google helps redirect searches for ISIL propaganda toward moderate views and former extremists.
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The days of plotting points at accident and crime scenes with a tape measure are a thing of the past.
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Using Microsoft's facial recognition software, Uber will prompt drivers to take a selfie to verify the right person is behind the wheel.
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Tulsa officials were reasonably transparent about the incident soon after it happened and the city has been mostly peaceful; In Charlotte, the case is murkier and so was the city's response, raising suspicion.
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During a three-year experiment, researchers will be monitor millions of tweets related to the L.A. area in an effort to identify patterns and markers that prejudice-motivated violence is about to occur in real time.
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The test will help police officials determine how they would store footage from the cameras and whether equipment upgrades are needed.
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Sen. Charles Schumer points to limited features of federal alert system as being out of date.
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Though the tablet won't allow access to the Internet, inmates would get use of an electronic tablet that connects to a secure closed, or intranet, system that only connects within the jail.
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Cellphones can be a great help not just for communicating with residents but also with each other.
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Despite some commonly held misconceptions, many 911 call centers still lack the ability to determine a cellular caller’s location or receive text, image or video messages.
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Since the program was revealed a month ago, many questions have been asked, but few have been answered.
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The ReadyErie app helps families create emergency preparedness plans, gives up-to-date information during severe weather emergencies and catastrophes, and enables users to immediately communicate with a network of family members.
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Sen. Charles Schumer noted that 911 dispatch centers often operate at near capacity under normal conditions. If calls were to spike even slightly, however, the system would become overwhelmed.
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New legislation approved as Department of Justice launches data collection platform for 'use of-force' reporting.
