Justice & Public Safety
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San Jose is the latest city whose use of the cameras to snag criminal suspects, critics say, also threatens privacy and potentially runs afoul of laws barring access by out-of-state and federal agencies. -
The Flathead County Sheriff's Office is set to receive a new remote underwater vehicle after getting approval from county commissioners on Tuesday.
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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 field of disaster robotics has been studied for the last two decades. Robin Murphy has been there from the start and explains where it’s headed and what you need to know.
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The Seattle Smart Gun Symposium revealed an ambitious community of technologists seeking to take on the feverish front known as the American gun owner, and unveiled more questions than answers.
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The department hopes that renewing public interest in the cases will prompt someone to come forward with information to crack them.
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Company tells California Department of Motor Vehicles to not impose safety restrictions, argues for its own safeguards.
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When federal grants to the Port of Houston became available for what would become the nation’s first pilot emergency high-speed broadband network, it seemed Motorola already had an inside track.
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State Attorney General Chris Koster urged lawmakers to protect the cameras' footage from those who would "monetize it or use it to exploit the people it depicts."
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The scanner uses lasers to detect walls, doors, furniture and other objects in a room, creating a 3-D image displayed on a computer.
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State would become one of just a handful to issue identification to cross borders.
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Despite some concern over the app, many agencies say they want the public to know where their officers are.
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Through a collaboration between the Federal Emergency Management Agency, the Federal Communications Commission and the wireless industry, the Wireless Emergency Alerts system is meant to complement existing alert systems.
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The visits are conducted by using computer equipment the county purchased last year that allows family members and friends to speak with inmates via video over a home computer hookup.
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Officers will drive through neighborhoods with a video camera mounted to a cruiser, collecting “geo-narratives” to overlap more traditional data.
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Lessons from the 2007 Valentine’s Day storm that left motorists stranded for more than 24 hours have created a better prepared transportation department.
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The Oakland, Calif., Police Department has released its license plate reader data, which reveals a lot -- but it's tough to understand what it all means.
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The technology is being considered a potential invasion of privacy, as officers could use the devices to effectively see through walls.
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Plus a matrix shows what strategies work in reducing crime and disorder in policing.
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A partnership among three Texas agencies is enabling the state to save money on prisoner health-care costs through telemedicine visits.
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A competing company alleges that officials made the change to cover up crime trends in advance of this fall’s council and mayoral elections.
