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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The new rules will take effect Dec. 21 and will apply to all drones weighing between a half-pound and 55 pounds — generally considered to be hobby drones.
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A Wisconsin school that doubles as a juvenile detention center has received several reports of inmates being mistreated, prompting administration to adopt body cameras.
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Phones can detect your location, but emergency responders can’t. That’s all going to change soon.
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New priorities were outlined for the FBI in Wednesday testimony before the Senate Judiciary Committee on the agency’s oversight and show new emphasis on nationwide police use of force data.
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Rather than relying on aggressive policing and incarceration, these tools could help us find better ways help those left behind.
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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.
