Justice & Public Safety
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The City Council signed off on directing roughly $360,000 in state funds to the police department. Of that, more than $43,000 is earmarked for software that will let police “obtain and retain” digital evidence. -
County commissioners will consider spending more than $3.2 million over 10 years to replace body-worn and in-car sheriff’s office cameras. Software, data storage and accessories would be included.
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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.
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Security vs. privacy can seem like a political abstraction — until the data being strip-searched are yours.
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A bill before Congress could pave the way for the opening of our backyards, neighborhoods, business properties and campuses to commercial drone traffic.
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The city's FastFWD initiative used a business accelerator to connect interested entrepreneurs with eight city departments for collaborative thinking and development, which resulted in nine pilot projects and two full contracts.
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Most people don't know they can get their juvenile records erased. Thanks to a group of young people, there's now an app for that.
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A downturn in the economy in 2008 and the need for more control of the information circulating through the community drove positive changes in one California law enforcement agency.
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The idea is to allow police to go through the online history of the accused looking for any information about the alleged crime. Backers of the law said it could also prevent juveniles from stirring up trouble.
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The latest development makes WhatsApp one of the most secure instant messaging apps now available for smartphones.
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Hospitals and health insurance companies are particularly at risk of cyberattacks because their old medical equipment isn’t equipped with security software.
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A new study by the University of Washington’s Emerging Capacities of Mass Participation (emCOMP) Laboratory shows that ignoring the problem won’t get you anywhere and that a simple statement from an official can turn the tides on rumors gone viral.
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The Center of the Study of the Drone's preliminary analysis of the FAA's latest data set found that 36 percent of the incidents were considered close encounters.
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Although the program is not an open invitation for hackers to break into Pentagon systems, it will pay security researchers who find and report technical vulnerabilities.
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Law enforcement generally seeks to protect its hacking methods as long as possible because the techniques’ usefulness shrinks when the public or manufacturers are aware.
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Federal law prohibits flying a drone anywhere in and around Washington, an area known as the National Capital Region.
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The FBI will help prosecutors gain access to two devices that might hold evidence in an Arkansas murder trial.
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During a recent talk in Washington, D.C., Pentagon Deputy Secretary Robert Work said that the use of deep learning machines will allow for a better understanding of ISIS as a network — and how to target it precisely and lead to its defeat.
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The prevalence of social media has made it a valuable go-to investigative tool for law enforcement, whether for small-time crimes or more serious cases involving life and death.
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Thanks to a partnership between the tech giant and the Federal Railroad Administration, an alert from a smartphone will be one more reminder of the places where trains and cars should avoid meeting.
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The flood maps determine a property’s relationship to the established base-flood elevation of that area.
