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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Drones can be used for aerial inspection purposes after severe weather damage, or natural disasters that could help insurance companies evaluate damage to homes.
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The ability to text 911 could be valuable in emergencies where it is unsafe to make noise or verbally describe the danger at hand.
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The Building Intelligence System is a web app that integrates seven city data sources to provide a streamlined view of individual buildings in Boston, which helps improve firefighter safety.
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KC Ready can help clear the Metro 911 phone lines for those with emergencies by pushing notifications of accidents and other situations.
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The drones will do everything from instantly checking out collisions to quickly assessing whether a chemical spill is hazardous enough to warrant evacuation.
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The Waterloo Traffic Operations Department currently has 28 cameras at intersections, but the fiber optic lines and wireless system is in place to handle many more.
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Don’t let privacy zealots put license plate readers into the Edward Snowden surveillance discussion — that is a red herring.
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The U.S. Department of the Interior announced a partnership with drone makers to keep the unmanned systems out of hazardous wildfire areas.
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An Illinois-based nonprofit uses sonar and GPS to locate missing bodies and firearms in bodies of water.
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At least two people said they were blocked after asking about the policy for blocking users on the police Twitter account.
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The software also gives police and deputies instant access to a network of records at traffic stops, and helps with jail management.
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When the Brunswick-Glynn 911 Center upgraded to a more technically sophisticated digital system, police went to encrypted channels that blocked radio traffic to those with private emergency radio scanners -- but the encrypted channels are not as reliable as the open channels.
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Together these technologies can provide a better response.
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State and local governments are taking a variety of approaches to how they regulate police body camera footage. While some aim for protecting the rights of citizens, others want to limit access altogether.
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With the system, the city would have about 71 percent of the equipment and county would have 29 percent, and each would pay for their share of usage and maintenance.
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The county has renegotiated with Motorola to install a new digital 911 system and replace the analog system from 1985.
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After a Tesla driver was killed in a crash during Autopilot Mode, the company has faced some harsh criticisms.
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Three Baton Rouge police officers were killed and three were wounded in an attack Sunday, July 17.
