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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In recent weeks, the Legislature and commission have pushed several proposals that are attracting support from a litany of interested stakeholders – but ride-sharing firms, the primary targets of new regulations, reject nearly all of the proposed rules.
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The university's team is working to use drones to make data collection easier for farmers, environmentalists and firefighters, to name a few who could benefit from the unmanned aerial vehicle.
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The monitoring panel will add an alarm system to alert the plant operator and district supervisors via their smart phones if water is contaminated.
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Information about people in the criminal justice system is viewed in a simplified Web-based interface from searches that simultaneously integrate state data sources, county law enforcement and probation information, and regional information-sharing systems.
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Georgia's emergency app re-release adds new functionality, including geo-targeted severe weather and emergency alerts.
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First responders in Oregon already have detailed emergency response plans, but a centralized map database is an important asset, says state police superintendent.
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Pennsylvania police used a device called the "MoocherHunter" to trace a wireless Internet signal being used to transmit child porn after an initial raid on a Pittsburgh home turned up nothing.
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North Carolina Supreme Court says Chapel Hill cell phone ordinance overreached.
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The images can be rendered to create animation and provide different points of view depending on the incident — for example, the driver’s perspective during a major-injury crash.
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Increased drone usage begs the privacy question: Are we entitled to the airspace immediately around us?
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Not only does the new technology gather vast amounts of cellphone data, it tricks cellphones into giving up owners' information, believing it's being transmitted to a legitimate carrier's tower.
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It’s no longer a question about whether degrees are an important part of emergency management. But when considering where and how to get a degree, there’s a big question about the best platform.
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Public works staff review about 600 photos each day from the cameras, which are mobile, motion-activated and work in the dark.
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It’s a federal initiative designed to update 911 infrastructure for an increasingly technologically advanced society, but also requires potentially costly technology upgrades and uneven 911 services from one county to another.
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According to NASCIO's new report, there is a broad variance in the maturity of state planning, ongoing outreach and governance strategies around FirstNet.
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Lawmakers are urging the FCC to improve the accuracy of locating the origin of 911 cellphone calls.
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The cameras would be attached to a variety of sources, including a new but controversial GPS bullet tracking system that city commissioners agreed to purchase in April.
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Chicago's facial recognition system NeoFace got its first stripe this week as it helped sentence an armed robber to 22 years in prison.
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