Justice & Public Safety
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A donation of more than $400,000 enabled the county police department to add two new drones to its fleet of seven. Among residents, however, concerns over being surveilled persist. -
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.
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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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Due to the fact emails before March 2014 are not in a searchable format, a programmer would have to be hired to execute the task of searching through old emails.
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The measure mandates state police equip troopers with body cameras and gives a financial incentive for municipal departments that choose to wear them.
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Vastly improved mapping technology, more sophisticated laptops for patrol cars and new systems for writing police reports and processing evidence are all pieces of a planned upgrade project.
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Social media analysis is only part of broad new efforts on the part of law enforcement agencies and prosecutors in St. Louis to address gun crimes.
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Officials scrambled to warn the public that it is illegal and dangerous to fly drones in restricted airspace around a fire.
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In Pennsylvania, a new app serves as "one-stop shopping" for officers when they're in a vulnerable situation.
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Officers will be able to access the integrated system using computers in their patrol cars or stations.
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Legislation introduced this week would authorize the city and the police bureau to partner with telecommunications firm Optivon Inc. to license the app and software for no more than $10,000.
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Officials are leveraging a new mobile app that expedites and automates police reporting with officials estimating sizable savings.
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The CERTPRO app, which is still under development, also creates a real-time database of Community Emergency Response Team members with special skills.
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Police leaders from Orlando, Fla., to Dallas, Texas, gathered in the basement of Seattle police headquarters to discuss possible solutions and hear from technology experts.
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A first-of-its-kind system called ETHAN, for Emergency Tele-Health and Navigation, mashes EMT tradition with emergency-room triage and wraps it in modern technology.
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NASA's MODIS — Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer — satellite is just one of many cutting-edge instruments wildland firefighters can use in their attack plan.
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No matter how far police methods advance, weighing which digital evidence they can collect and examine against a person's right to privacy presents a tricky hurdle.
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Every county in the nation has faced disaster at one point in history, and the Federal Emergency Management Agency has created an interactive map to ensure no one forgets that.
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Code for America highlights projects from its fellowship teams that are working to impact citizens in the areas of health, economic development, and safety and justice.
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If public calls for the cameras persist and greater demand drives down costs, more agencies might be tempted to experiment with equipping other public employees who often encounter confrontation.
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Debates about automated license plate recognition are heating up across the country.
