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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Sometimes the images captured by a camera or cellphone help justify an officer’s use of deadly force. This time, however, police officials didn't like what they saw.
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The House bill would allow public release of the footage only if a court decides the images are in the public interest.
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It appears the earliest the police department could adopt a formal citywide body camera program would be in the 2016-17 fiscal year.
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Called the Cannibuster, it could be a significant roadside tool for law enforcement as more states allow medicinal and recreational use of marijuana.
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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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