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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Companies will be able to work with the system and figure out how to make use of warning times.
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Requirements for the Center for Excellence for Advanced Technology Aerial Firefighting include a local university, varied fire-prone terrain and an airport equipped to handle large aircraft for firefighting.
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The law, enacted in 1990, doesn’t sufficiently address cellphones and other wireless devices.
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Pulling the plug was initiated a week ago after internal discussions over officer safety concerns “in light of recent events nationally.”
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A shortage of operable hand-held radios could force the patrol into changing its routine operations, including traffic enforcement, ISP officials told lawmakers Tuesday.
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Judges argue that the software is ineffective and could cause all sorts of problems, including losing inmates in jail.
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A new alert system will pit the efforts of the police, the private sector, the city and the public against one of Los Angeles' bloody problems.
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As smartphone technology advances, so does anti-theft software, and a growing number of apps are giving users the ability to lock, erase and track phones with GPS.
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While no law will be perfect or address all concerns involving drone use, the quicker solid laws are put into place the easier it will be to tweak those laws to protect privacy.
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The database, the Alaska Public Safety Information Network, has not been replaced nor fully upgraded since it launched in 1984 on what is now regarded as an outdated large-scale business computer system.
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With the new application called Village Defense, users can send an alert or use the app's group chat feature to post photos, details or follow-up questions about crimes as they occur.
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Many students will spend a lot of time in court as part of their jobs, so it’s important they feel comfortable in a courtroom setting -- which is where the new courtroom lab comes into play.
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Although a policy has yet to be finalized, Chief Charlie Beck said the department doesn't intend, in general, to release the recordings unless required by a criminal or civil court proceeding.
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The city is awaiting changes to state law, seeking restrictions on who may access the police video recordings and an exception that would free police from having to notify those being recorded ahead of time.
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The creators of EmergencyPetMatcher hope to make pet-and-owner reunifications during and after disasters easier.
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Cities vie to be home to the Center for Excellence for Advanced Technology Aerial Firefighting.
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Offcials voted against the No. 1 vendor chosen by a selection committee, and rather than re-considering the No. 2 vendor for the job, officials are opting to start the process all over again.
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Police in a Maryland county combined analytics with aggressive goals to put a serious dent in armed robberies.
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