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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The Kern Innovation & Technology Community is pitting local software developers against each other to see who can invent the best computer app for assisting wildfire victims and emergency responders.
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In the simulator, officers use handguns, Tasers and pepper spray canisters that are designed to feel like the real thing but use lasers instead.
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Not even the nation's largest states have a free, statewide court system in place for the public to access current and former criminal records.
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The agency, is asking the state’s Public Records Board to approve an update to the department’s records policy.
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In a July 13 letter, Sen. Ed Markey, D-Mass., questioned whether the companies were doing enough to curb “deadly weapon” sales between users.
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In releasing recordings that show the deadly encounter in clear and graphic detail, the department has broken ranks with other law enforcement agencies that have resisted making similar footage public.
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In the Central U.S., where an increase in earthquakes has communities rattled, states are taking steps to understand what’s causing the tremors and put a stop to them.
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About a year after the city authorized a three-year, $37,000 contract with California-based PredPol Inc. for predictive policing software, the department pulled the plug, citing minimal benefit that did not justify continuing costs.
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In addition to strengthening unmanned aircraft system development, the bill contains reforms for air travel safety and consumer protections.
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Facebook live streaming feature captures the moments before, during and after a shooting in Norfolk, Va., July 12.
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Two Marine vets were playing the smartphone game near a playground when they spotted a suspicious-looking man.
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Supervisor Mark Ridley-Thomas said that in light of the shooting death by police of Philando Castile last week in suburban St. Paul, Minn., body cameras would increase transparency.
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The Dallas PD's use of the rolling RoboCop with attached explosive following a negotiation breakdown between police and a deadly sniper has raised legal and ethical questions.
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Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon has approved a new law limiting access to some footage from police body cameras.
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The popular new technology has the potential to generate considerable economic activity, but there are some very real safety and privacy concerns that have yet to be fully worked out.
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The Rhode Island DMV vehemently denied allegations raised by the American Civil Liberties Union about the sharing of driver license photos with the FBI.
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A consensus has been reached about the immediacy of live video: This is the new normal, and it's going to control how these horrific events play out from now on.
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Officials tout the site as a community service, informing Yolo County residents of designated nonviolent second strike offenders sentenced in Yolo County and released early from California prisons.
