Justice & Public Safety
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The Larimer County Sheriff’s Office on Monday arrested the man after he reportedly stole a vehicle from a business in east Fort Collins, set it on fire and damaged nearby agricultural land. -
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.
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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 Corpus Christi Police used an unmanned drone to locate the criminals who were reported as having weapons.
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After the shooting of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Mo., waves of police departments have been adopting body cameras. Now St. Louis is joining the crowd.
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The discussion of how to thwart terrorism online was reignited following a mass shooting in San Bernardino, Calif. President Barack Obama touched on the challenge of technology in the fight against ISIS in an Oval Office address Sunday night.
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The U.S. Department of Justice will open a wide-ranging civil rights investigation into the Chicago Police Department after a video showing a patrolman's fatal shooting of Laquan McDonald conflict with police reports from the officers on the scene.
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The switch to the e-filing system as a part of their eCourtMN initiative will constitute the largest transition in the history of the state court system.
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The Chicago Police Department will be expanding its body-worn camera program from a 29-camera system to a 1,400-camera system, a move that comes as the city grapples with the fallout from a questionable 2014 officer-involved shooting.
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Hound Labs have built what they believe is an effective device to deter drivers from operating vehicles while under the influence of marijuana.
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The Police Commission voted on a body-worn camera policy that prohibits officers from viewing footage in critical situations such as an officer-involved shooting.
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The results so far have generally been positive, with most citizens in favor of police body cameras.
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The issue at hand is whether or not officers will be able to review body camera footage before filing a police report, or whether it goes directly to the public.
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The mobile application is free to download and is marketed as being able to exonerate both citizens and police in case of false accusations.
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Law enforcement administrators would be well-advised to consider a number of factors before deploying such new technologies as body cameras, drones and data analytics.
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In the fourth quarter of 2015, San Francisco announced the biggest Internet of Things project in the U.S. to date, the most digital cities in the nation were named and the FAA announced that it will require drone owners to register devices with aviation authorities.
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In the second quarter of 2015, a few states created digital registries to track medical and recreational marijuana distribution centers, Facebook unveiled verified pages for government and transportation officials in Missouri unveil plans to launch America’s first smart highway.
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From the launch of Google’s Government Innovation Lab and the January preview of Microsoft’s Windows 10 to use of predictive analytics in Chicago and Indiana, the first quarter of 2015 was chock full of newsworthy happenings in the world of government IT.
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In an effort to reduce rear-end accidents, road safety advocates are again pushing the federal government to make the technology mandatory on all heavy commercial trucks.
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The free app — Temblor — is designed to help people who are unaware of the precise seismic environment where they live.
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The new shark-spotting drones have been tested off the coast of Australia, where a record number of sightings has been recorded.
