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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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.
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Since announcing a new organizational structure and approach to Illinois state IT earlier this year, several department heads are noting big changes in technology.
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In an ironic twist, Apple is now asking the FBI to cooperate requesting information on how the encryption was bypassed in order to better protect their phones.
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If the bill is signed into law, convicts with a single DUI offense would need to keep a device installed in their car for six months that requires a driver to take a breathalyzer test before the car will turn on.
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Using an unnamed third party the FBI was able to access the encrypted information ending the contentious lawsuit that sparked a national controversy.
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Indiana's IT leadership look back and pulling the Indiana State Police into the state's overall consolidation efforts.
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In its Aerospace Forecast for fiscal years 2016 to 2036, the Federal Aviation Administration said 2.5 million of those sales could take place this year.
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Officials will neither confirm nor deny that forensic software company Cellebrite is helping the feds break into the iPhone used by the San Bernardino mass shooter.
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One Concern CEO and Co-Founder Ahmad Wani explains how cities can save lives during disasters by applying analytical disaster assessments and calculated damage estimates.
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Despite objections that drivers' Social Security numbers would be shared nationally, a Senate panel approved a bill that would allow Louisiana motorists to get a license that meets federal travel and other ID rules.
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If the government drops its demands for Apple's help and unlocks the data itself, the tech company will likely remain in the dark on what prosecutors learned.
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Transit agencies have begun recording sound and video on buses in the name of safety and customer service — but critics say it represents another step in government spying on citizens.
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FBI investigators say they may have found a way to access San Bernardino shooter Syed Farook's iPhone information without the company's cooperation.
