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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FBI Director James Comey warned that encryption poses a monumental threat to public safety, as it renders court-approved search warrants generally useless.
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Extremist groups like the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant also are using well-produced propaganda to draw outsiders to their cause, according to a top Department of Justice official.
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Apple General Counsel Bruce Sewell explained at a federal hearing why the company is ethically and constitutionally compelled not to comply with the FBI's request to create a tool that would allow access to the San Bernardino shooter’s encrypted iPhone.
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Like departments nationwide, the Seattle Police Department will release the footage, which is a matter of public record, although how they will make it publicly available remains unknown.
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There is no single reason cybersecurity ethical standards don’t yet exist, or even a consensus that they should — let alone exactly what they might consist of or what impact they might have.
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Pentagon aides hope Defense Secretary Ashton Carter's outreach to the fast-paced start-up culture can help fill gaps in U.S. cyberdefense efforts, and speed up development and procurement of digital tools — from robotics to artificial intelligence — to the military.
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The Iowa House unanimously approved a proposed amendment to the state Constitution to protect emails, texts and data from warrantless search and seizure.
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Although there has been much more attention payed to the current struggle between the FBI and Apple, new unsealed court documents reveal that there have been dozens of other requests to unlock devices.
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Rep. Scott Dibble's bill would restrict drone use by state police officers due to concerns over an officer not being present for an arrest or detention of a suspect.
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Apple says it won't comply with a court order to unlock a terrorism suspect's iPhone for the FBI. Here's the technology at play.
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The openness of the Internet gives an advantage to attackers – but what constitutes an act of war in the electronic world?
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The government wants reasonable paths into phones and databases for criminal investigations, but it is instead being met with stiffer barriers.
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Speaking at an event sponsored by smart-gun technology proponents, SF Police Chief Greg Suhr said he’d be willing to give tech-savvy officers the option of trying such a device.
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This decision puts Gates at odds with other notable tech-players such as Mark Zuckerberg and Google CEO Sundar Pichai, who side with Apple over not turning over the San Bernardino Shooter's iPhone data.
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Uber has received criticism after Jason Dalton, an Uber driver, gunned down 6 in Kalamazoo, Mich., and injured 2 others after customers tried to contact the company complaining of Dalton's erratic and violent behavior.
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Emergency dispatch centers can respond to 911 texts in Cass, Clay, Jackson, Platte and Ray counties in Missouri, and Johnson, Leavenworth, Miami and Wyandotte counties in Kansas.
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Sen. Dianne Feinstein is working on legislation with Intelligence Committee Chairman Richard Burr, R-N.C., that would require companies to unlock data under court order.
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The world's largest technology companies are making public the programming and hardware designs at the center of their businesses.
