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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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.
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The test, which is scheduled to conclude on April 29, is part of an effort that uses biometrics to crack down on identity theft and keep track foreigners with expired visas who remain in the United States.
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The system would give state taxing and public health officials, and law enforcement the ability to follow a marijuana plant from a seed to the packaged product at a dispensary.
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A look back at highlights and happenings in the world of civic tech.
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Twitter’s consistent suspension of English-speaking, Islamic State-sympathetic accounts between August and September of 2015 resulted in substantial disruption.
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The FAA rushed out its regulations without consulting the public, the group claims.
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Reform of police departments must include a reexamination of why cops and civilians come in contact so frequently in the first place.
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Florida maintains that releasing prison video in particular compromises the prison system's security and could reveal sensitive information that would endanger officers and other prison staff.
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Apple CEO announces a fight around the court order to aide FBI in unlocking San Bernardino terrorist’s cellphone citing dangerous precedent and potential for misuse.
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John Kerry has steadily worked to build global support in the fight against the Islamic State extremists.
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According to assistant law professor Bryant Walker Smith, driverless cars could significantly reduce traffic fatalities.
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Alerting evolves to more precise mobile delivery.
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The MyShake app can sense the earthquake analyze it and instantly relay the information to a specialized cloud server that collects it from other phones in the system and determines the quake’s magnitude and provides alerts.
