Justice & Public Safety
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Through electronic queueing and a pilot of drive-through court services, the governments hope to handle a rise in court transactions driven largely by an increase in traffic violations around school buses. -
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.
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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.
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Another signature achievement of the Obama Administration – the First Responder Network Authority – appears headed down a path similar to the original Healthcare.gov. Can officials fix it?
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Local officials are advising state lawmakers to amend Maryland's Public Information Act to limit which videos authorities have to release and avoid costly "fishing expeditions."
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Police officials say they are working to submit required information about the ethnic makeup of drivers pulled over, but technological and training problems have prevented them from doing so yet.
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A new study examines tweets from various disasters, providing key information for emergency managers and their communications teams.
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If our 1968-vintage emergency-number system were enabled for the newer ways we communicate, it could work a lot better — and cost a lot less.
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The city, which has the largest deployment of police body cameras in the world, will use a data storage system that meets the FBI's standards for security.
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While the shift has some clear advantages, prisoner advocates are raising alarm, saying video visitation is impersonal and that its emergence has frequently left jail policies in the hands of profit-driven technology companies.
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Study finds that social media lets campus authorities instantly reach a large percentage of students, who are more likely to comply with emergency notifications received in that manner.
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The tablets provide cognitive behavioral training, basic education curriculum, vocational training, GED lessons and a substantial library of resources that promote positive decision-making skills, officials said.
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Hundreds of millions of Americans have moved rapidly from traditional land lines to relying on various forms of wireless phone services, making the 911 emergency system ever more complex, experts say.
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Legal experts say federal law hasn't caught up with the technology, and civil liberties advocates argue that drones can lead to pervasive searches violating innocent people's privacy.
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The bill would authorize a "one-year pilot program" for on-person cameras in order to study the effects on policing practices and establish statewide standards.
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The Avatar III tactical robot can open doors, move objects and includes a two-way communication system to allow officers to safely talk with someone inside a building during a standoff situation.
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The software is designed to help criminal court judges manage every aspect of a case, from the time a defendant is booked into jail through sentencing.
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Lubbock County, Texas, is one of many counties in the state that allows citizens to report for jury duty without heading down to the courthouse.
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The move is a reversal of a 2009 decision to keep the open-ended communication channel public.
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With the loss of one key radio transmission site, each emergency agency would have access to a single radio frequency for communications.
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The bill requires the roughly two-dozen law enforcement agencies in Florida that already use body cameras to develop procedures for how to use them, maintain them and store recorded data.
