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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Decoy surveillance cameras are common as a way to deter minor crimes while being cost efficient, but BART’s on-train security may get an upgrade before the agency begins transitioning to a new fleet of cars in 2017.
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The First Responder Network Authority is looking for a vendor for its nationwide public safety network.
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After an attack by the terrorist organization, the family of one of the victims is pursuing legal action against the social media site it claims made the attack possible due to Twitter's "willful blindness."
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After describing a county office as a "circus" on the social media site, the officer was suspended for 3 days.
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In fact, many in government and the private sector are already using the next rung in humanity’s digital progression.
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The state law would prohibit posting photos or information about accidents that could involve serious injuries before the police have notified the victim's family or friends.
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Crime in the schools has dropped sharply, but New York City still requires students at more than 200 schools to take off their shoes and send their belongings through x-ray machines.
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Employees and contractors at VA medical centers, clinics, pharmacies and benefit centers commit thousands of privacy violations each year, racking up more than 10,000 since 2011.
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Unmanned Aerial Vehicles have the potential to protect lives by being the first ones to investigate wildfires, crime scenes and chemical spills.
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A new paper details how armchair activists – put together – can be a force.
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The initiative will require a level of cooperation that historically has not existed between the White House and Silicon Valley, which have long been at odds over government surveillance.
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President Obama touched on smart-gun technology in his address to the nation following the San Bernadino attacks, asking for more progress to be made to curb gun violence.
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The city of Sacramento is at the center of a video warning presumably posted by the hacker group Anonymous regarding an anti-camping ordinance targeting the homeless.
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Under the settlement, he police department agreed to remove from its website a report that critics said had encouraged religious profiling by over-generalizing and exaggerating domestic Muslim radicalization.
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After a year of tense relations with police in cities across the country, some police departments are embracing social media to show the human side of their jobs.
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How tax authorities decide to treat virtual currencies like Bitcoin may determine whether they thrive or die.
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Though the California Electronic Communication Privacy Act may slow law enforcement processes that had not previously been outlined, privacy advocates say it is restoring the balance in protecting citizens' digital information.
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Virginia Beach police and fire departments plan to use drones to collect evidence, control traffic, undergo search-and-rescue efforts, assist in water operations and during Amber Alerts.
