Justice & Public Safety
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The Flathead County Sheriff's Office is set to receive a new remote underwater vehicle after getting approval from county commissioners on Tuesday. -
Thurston County, Wash., commissioners are currently considering regulating the county’s acquisition and use of artificial intelligence-enabled surveillance technology with a new draft ordinance.
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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.
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Many cities already have emergency response technology in place, but with so many people reaching out to social media, these tools will continue to grow, and people will continue to turn to Facebook first.
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The app allows users to send video of questionable police activity directly to the organization, preserving the recordings even if officers confiscate or try to tamper with the phones.
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There is a growing public appetite for police to wear body cameras. But some big costs are throwing up roadblocks to wider adoption of the technology.
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Using police data starting from 1995, Portland State University students created a website that shows when and where certain crimes occurred most frequently.
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The city could be among the first in Palm Beach County to have their fire crews throw out paper and use a digital program to store and transfer patient information.
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The website, Idaho Fire Info, contains information on wildfire activities, fire restrictions and more to keep residents safe and healthy.
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Communicating with the public is essential, and there are many ways to do so that allow for citizens to easily, anonymously assist in upholding and enforcing the law.
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NASCIO members will lobby federal officials on state IT concerns this week.
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The Wilkes-Barre and Wilkes-Barre Township police departments enrolled in a new smartphone application that allows users to receive police alerts and report suspicious activity.
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A new state Assembly bill calls for a two-year study to improve accuracy in pinpointing locations of 911 calls made from cellphones.
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A new measure in Virginia aims to roll back police powers and eliminate ambiguity in existing state law regarding how long surveillance data can be stored.
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A DHS study says 90-character WEA messages create a "milling" effect and are insufficient to convince people to take protective action.
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The three-story building will house police headquarters, 911 communications and emergency management operations.
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The global database, called Dfuze, stores millions of points of visual and textual data about every aspect of bombs, bomb-makers and the destruction they leave behind.
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The city plans to pay for the upgrades in the future and work with Gov. Larry Hogan on funding.
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The First Responder Network Authority seeks comment on its upcoming RFP and enabling legislation.
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A new survey found that citizens across the board want more ways to report crime and to help support crime reduction efforts in their neighborhoods by leveraging new technologies.
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By turning capital expense into operating expense, managed services can provide new options to public safety IT pros working to maximize the impact of every dollar.
