Justice & Public Safety
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Local law enforcement praises the devices, hundreds of which are in place, for helping solve crimes. Privacy and surveillance concerns, however, persist among critics and industry watchers. -
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.
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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.
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One of the largest municipal police forces in the nation is building a connection between weapon and camera.
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Officials are looking to transition to a countywide computer-aided dispatch system, but need support from all municipalities in the county, as well as residents who live on private roads.
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The step forward could solve one of the main concerns about the cameras that has arisen since Evansville, Ind., PD started testing them more than a year ago: whether the cameras are on when they need to be.
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The Seattle Police Department is leading the nation in police transparency -- with a little help from the public.
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The website would display the San Francisquito Creek on a map and use a color-coded system to indicate the likelihood of it overtopping at known trouble spots.
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The latest trends about law enforcement mobility you need to know.
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New York City and Asheville, N.C., have both adopted private clouds to provide disaster recovery services, with promising results.
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The hostage crisis at the Lindt Chocolat Cafe in Sydney, Australia, unfolded in a way impossible a decade ago.
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Plus, IT consolidation in Minnesota saves the state close to $30 million in two years, and incoming Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella announces plans to cut 18,000 jobs.
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Also, Michigan, Utah and Missouri top the Digital States Survey, and research points to growing popularity of crowdfunding to pay for civic projects.
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Plus, Hawaii, the District of Columbia and Oakland County, Mich., best their peers in this year's Best of the Web awards, and the New Orleans iTeam analyzes crime stats to identify high-risk individuals and criminal social networks.
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Plus, Boston launches "Wicked Free Wi-Fi" and Socrata offers a new suite of budget apps, joining numerous vendors helping to shed light on government spending.
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Plus, wireless carriers face end-of-year FCC deadline, Los Angeles launches a $1 million innovation fund and a revamped app in Fairfax County, Va., gives citizens access to crime data.
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Plus, the President introduces his $4 trillion budget for fiscal 2015, which included various tech-related expenditures.
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Also, Philadelphia launches the Municipal Innovation Academy and newly-elected Seattle Mayor Ed Murray puts the kibosh on the city's gigabit network plans.
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2014 may not have been the year, but there are definitive signs that we’re pointed in the right direction.
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The graphic will be experimental for at least two years, while the government gets real-time experience and feedback from the media and public.
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A government advisory firm presents its top 10 imperatives and predictions to help local governments stay abreast of smart city business and technology requirements, the Internet of Things and resilience among them.
