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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Colorado is the most recent state to pen an agreement with Amazon Web Services for access to criminal justice cloud technology.
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The crime-fighting tool is drawing praise as a critical asset in the hunt for bad guys, but also concern in an era of growing surveillance.
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A proposed addition to the Orange County, Calif., Sheriff’s Department would investigate Internet fraud, data hacks, online bullying and child porn.
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From the police use of Stingrays to the recognition of notarized blockchain tech, lawmakers across the U.S. have trained their sights on a range of IT issues.
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Prosecutors and police say the premature release of body-camera and dashboard-camera videos would compromise criminal investigations.
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The donated device will allow city officials to search for missing persons, get a better view of natural disasters and deliver equipment to firefighters without having to abandon their posts.
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While there are major law enforcement benefits to automatic license plate readers, a lack of safeguards has brought major negative consequences that need to be addressed as this technology continues to spread.
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The new rules require that agencies put in place public policies regarding the use of any surveillance technology before it is acquired, and issue annual reports on how the technologies have been used and what they discovered.
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Several states are looking into technology that would block cellular signals and make contraband phones useless to inmates.
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Brown County, S.D., commissioners approved a resolution for online video visitation software to make it easier for inmates to communicate with loved ones.
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The department has submitted 10 sets of data, which will be updated and published every three months on the city’s website and on the federal police data website.
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The White House Office of Science and Technology Policy calls on technologists and innovators to help reform the criminal justice system with artificial intelligence algorithms and analytics.
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More than half of the cases still under investigation by the city's police oversight agency included dashcam videos, surveillance footage and audio.
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Minnesota Gov. Mark Dayton has signed into law legislation governing use of body cameras and classifies the data captured by those cameras.
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According to some, the FAA could introduce laws limiting the height and speed at which drones can travel.
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The key to successful 911 call location for local agencies is the incorporation of several new technologies including phones with better GPS locating capabilities and the 911 center's adoption of CAD systems synced with Google Maps.
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About 3,200 people a year die from “distraction-affected crashes," and a Louisiana-based company called Cellcontrol is hoping its technology can help change the consumer habits that generate those kinds of numbers.
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The bill outlines access to police body cam footage, and now largely mirrors existing state public records law.
