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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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.
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The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration says it's collecting information from the electric vehicle maker, the driver and law enforcement to determine whether the automated features were engaged in a crash that happened in Pennsylvania last Friday.
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Body cameras can provide a good record of cases where police officers may have collected evidence improperly, among other things.
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With citizens filming police, and police recording public encounters, the key to the truth is establishing a clear timeline of events.
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The new piece of state legislation rules that footage from body-worn and dashboard cameras will not be a part of the public record, and any release must be ordered by a superior court judge.
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States are looking at digital versions of IDs as a channel for DMVs to provide options for mobile-first citizens.
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State CIO Todd Kimbriel explains how artificial intelligence could improve health services and public safety in Texas.
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Tools like the GPS bullet are part of a larger movement by police departments to use technology to find safer, less lethal ways to deal with suspects.
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The initiative intends to use its partners and proven strategies to reform criminal justice through improving communities, reforming sentencing and investing in the process of re-entry to society.
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Weather radios bleep their warnings; television programs are interrupted with emergency alerts; cellphones ring with weather-service news.
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A low-frequency siren will emit siren sounds at a lower register in tandem with a normal siren, which will help keep drivers safe when emergency vehicles go out on a call.
