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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President Barack Obama recently applauded the technological advances of earthquake early warning technology and signed an executive order requiring all federal buildings to be up to seismic safety code.
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'Made in a Free World' has developed software that helps companies determine whether products they sell or make depend on global slave labor.
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Nextdoor approached Austin police about participating in the pilot program, making the Police Department the first agency in the U.S. to use Nextdoor to poll users.
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The joint city networking project — made possible through an intergovernmental agency agreement — will be a vast step toward modernizing a largely unchanged emergency system.
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Rob Joyce, the NSA’s chief of tailored access operations provided tips for defending against outsiders who have unlimited resources — and, more importantly, an inexhaustible amount of focus.
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A regional Startup in Residence program with West Sacramento, Oakland and San Leandro expands on San Francisco's 2014 effort and builds toward an international program.
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The pilot program, currently taking place in Houston, is one of several safety initiatives Uber has launched since it created its safety advisory board in November.
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The city's police department is partnering with St. Louis Accident Reconstruction to use its surveying equipment as an economical way to provide digital records of shooting scenes. Their devices and precise measurements let detectives create electronic three-dimensional models.
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Even though every cop will likely wear a recording device in the not-too-distant future, a new report reveals there's little consensus about how to use them.
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Only 16 percent of law enforcement agencies are using cloud technologies, but new tools and a better understanding of how the cloud can support policing should help increase adoption rates.
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State corrections systems are turning to telemedicine to improve care and public safety.
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The bill also would require police to delete any data the devices pick up from phones used by those who aren't the target of an investigation.
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Rollout for roughly 2,000 cameras is suspended pending further review of policies related to the cameras.
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The organization believes that the system should only house data on stolen vehicles, should destroy data on other vehicles it sees and ensure that access to the data be highly restricted.
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The department is hoping the new system will help improve the accuracy of its internal data, including highly scrutinized stop-and-frisk information.
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Maine has taken significant steps toward notifying federal law enforcement about mentally ill people who should be prohibited from buying a gun.
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The project, which officials hope soon will offer 500 tablets to inmates, is similar to others that have been launched in jails nationwide and costs taxpayers nothing.
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The software, hardware and communications networks, more and more of them based on mobile systems, can equip officers with enforcement and investigative tools for use in the field.
