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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Next week, civic hackers and first responders will convene to commemorate the 10th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina with dozens of new emergency apps.
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The software gathers real-time and old posts from around the area and organizes the data for officials to review and track using keyword searches.
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As the law sits right now, officers must first tell those they encounter they are being recorded when “reasonably practicable" and the devices cannot be used inside of a residence.
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People who call into 911 may get help faster, thanks to a new FCC mandate.
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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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