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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Before this week, 300 Colorado high schools got posters with a Snapchat code and prompt to add the CDOT account.
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The new app allows riders to discreetly report suspicious or illegal activity they see on trains or buses.
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The was the first time the platform, part of the federal Wireless Emergency Alert system, has been used to distribute information about a wanted suspect.
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The county executive disclosed in his 2017 budget proposal that he was dropping funding for the technology that relies on sound equipment to locate the origin of gunfire in high crime areas.
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At issue are extensive redactions made last year to a batch of documents provided to the American Civil Liberties Union.
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The department will spend about $8 million to roll out the devices to all patrol officers by the end of 2018.
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From behind, the olive-colored robot approached and extended its claw into the suspect’s hideout, grabbing the gun without him noticing.
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Franklin County, Ohio, schools have begun requiring a government-issued photo ID at the door and cross-referencing them against the national sex-offenders’ database.
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Legislators proposed that 1,046 radios be purchased, as buying that many will allow the county to maximize Motorola’s system discount and lessen the project’s overall cost.
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Los Angeles County CIO Benny Chacko talks about the unique data challenges of the Probation Department.
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After a tumultuous start, Boston officers will begin wearing body cameras for six months to figure out the logistics of implementing a permanent plan.
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The app allows quicker recording of damages resulting from extreme weather, making it much easier and quicker to assess damage from a severe weather event or other emergency.
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Judges in three states and several cities are using the Public Safety Assessment tool to reduce the number of people sitting in jail because they cannot pay bail, especially for nonviolent offenses.
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Following a recent legal battle between the Boston police union and the city, the department’s body camera program will launch as early as next week.
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The LAPD and the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department unveiled "iWATCHLA," an app that makes filing a report as simple as a few keystrokes.
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Oregon is the fourth state to give its police access to AWS Cloud.
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The disclosure was prompted by an ACLU of Alaska records request, and Anchorage police say the device is now obsolete.
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New Jersey officials unveiled new text messaging capabilities to their 911 system in hopes of boosting response times, safety and the on-scene intelligence available to first responders.
