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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Open data and analytics have become fundamental tools in disaster preparedness, experts say. But public officials aren't using them enough.
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Using an overhauled mapping app, citizens can access hundreds of police service calls, in addition to neighborhood disturbances, thefts, drug or sex offenses, and more.
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Law enforcement agencies are increasingly asking the FAA for special permission to use aerial drones in their searches for missing people.
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Gov. Jerry Brown has signed Senate Bill 1211, which requires the Governor’s Office of Emergency Services to develop a timeline for a statewide next-generation 911 emergency communications system.
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Experts explain how data from social network maps, acoustic sensors and research can be used in the fight against gun violence.
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The county is offering a single workplace at the Manatee County Emergency Operations Center for all those answering 911 calls, but some cities complain they have not been consulted in the planning.
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At the U.S. Conference of Mayors fall meeting, President and Sacramento, Calif., Mayor Kevin Johnson said cities must embrace technology in order to move forward.
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The popular social networking service will allow public agencies to communicate with more than 42,000 neighborhoods to discuss crime and safety issues.
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The Raleigh, N.C., Police Department is the latest to choose the technology for criminal investigations.
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Local police continue to search today for a suspect who wounded a Ferguson police officer Saturday night, but now authorities say the incident involved only one person and that it appears no burglary took place.
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With funding spigots turning off, law enforcement agencies must find ways to operate more affordably, such as using technology in more efficient ways, which also means being smarter.
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FirstNet has hired contractors at rates up to $300 an hour. What were the reasons for that and how does FirstNet resurrect itself?
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The National Telecommunications and Information Administration says FirstNet officials wanted to get off to a quick start, but lacked contracting staff, so the administration arranged the hiring, turning to some of the few people knowledgeable about the latest broadband technology.
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The few cross fertilizations between civic data enthusiasts and police departments are bring together the needs of safe communities with law enforcement’s efforts to fight crime and improve public safety.
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Following the 2013 Boston Marathon bombing, the importance of social media as a policing tool, in particular Twitter and Facebook, soon became apparent.
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During the Northern California King Fire, a fire mapping tool created for New Mexico proved its value.
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The Sea Level Rise app and interactive storm-surge map enable the public to issue and receive information about waterlogged streets, while helping emergency managers better understand flood patterns.
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Like other government agencies, police hope they can save some money and get rid of legacy hardware and software by using the cloud.
