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 app is part of the "See Something, Send Something" campaign that encourages citizens to be the eyes and ears of law enforcement.
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The department argued that the tech falls under exemption for specialized policing techniques that are generally not known to the public.
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Hoboken, N.J., is planning a microgrid, powered by natural gas and renewable energy, to help keep the power on for emergency responders and some citizens.
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The law is meant to protect the trade secrets of American business, but many believe it would hurt small business -- and that a federal law is unnecessary since there are already strong state laws.
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Over the past several years, the Center for Open Policing has sued the city of Seattle, the State Patrol and the Tacoma Police Department over access to public records and strategically rolled the resulting financial victories into its work.
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Smart gun technology is one of the many ways Silicon Valley can help innovate the market and reduce gun violence across the nation.
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Roughly 60 percent of the public believes that police body cameras will help community/police relations, according to a report commissioned by a body camera developer.
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The Ghost Security Group -- which is completely independent of any official state agency -- is providing valuable information on supposed ISIS online activity to the FBI.
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Officials are again pointing to the need for mass surveillance to take down terrorists. Here’s what we know about how well it works.
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The Federal Aviation Administration is expected to make an announcement by the end of November describing new regulations for commercial drone use.
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Silicon Valley companies are being pressured by security officials to weaken how they protect users’ private communications.
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Many people are applauding the move by Los Angeles for increasing transparency and accountability of the city's law enforcement.
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Cyberdefenses and increased spending are part of the British response to multiple terror attacks launched in Paris, France, last week. With as many as 129 dead in the coordinated attacks, governments are looking at how to deal with the violent militant group known as the Islamic State.
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When speaking at the Group of 20 Summit, President Obama announced that the country would allow France access to possible threat information in an effort to protect against terrorist attacks.
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Bicycle advocates say cyclists should not use hand-held electronic devices at all when riding. But there’s no evidence that such use has resulted in deaths or serious injuries, raising questions about whether creating laws or slapping fines on cyclers makes sense.
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With the current trend of end-to-end encryption meant to protect user privacy, many police agencies are having a difficult time decoding potentially dangerous threats.
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Although you can post in the app with an anonymous pseudonym, some students sent threatening text messages — which prompted police action.
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Predicting crimes before they're committed can be only as good as the input data — and quite often that data has errors.
