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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Interim Police Department Superintendent Eddie Johnson explained that the cameras will help officers fight crime, and will add transparency and accountability to the law enforcement agency.
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Concerned by the company's privacy policy, Sen. Al Franken, D-Minn., wrote a letter to the CEO of Oculus to find out more about how the virtual reality device is obtaining information from users.
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Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., represents a faction in government and law enforcement seeking to limit the use of encryption and force companies to build products with back doors for law enforcement agents to access.
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Oftentimes emergency roadside workers risk their lives due to narrow shoulders and distracted drivers.
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After the high-profile showdown between the FBI and Apple over unlocking the San Bernardino's iPhone, a federal judge in Brooklyn has ordered Apple to unlock another device seized in a drug trafficking case.
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The aerial drones, which the fire department will test before they go to market, contain thermal-imaging tools that can gauge temperatures up to 1,000 degrees.
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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.
