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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Councilman Ricky Burgess sponsored legislation that would authorize the city to buy and integrate the equipment, but officials aren't sure how long it will be until it is utilized.
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Probation employees say they’re trying to protect the county by giving those assigned to the program time to get finances in order.
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With ambitions to develop a drone technology cluster, dozens of representatives are meeting with government authorities to talk about ways to collaborate and promote the region as a center for the industry.
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Lawmakers are working to enact laws that keep pace with the development of drone technology and its domestic use.
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Most states are wrestling with how to restrict the nascent domestic drone industry. North Dakota is embracing it.
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After being out for several hours Thursday morning in the two states, officials report the affected dispatch centers were fully operational by 8 a.m. Pacific Time.
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Unlike the guns currently mounted on Navy surface vessels, the railgun uses batteries and a pulse forming network to launch its projectiles.
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Every three years, commercial airports must practice their emergency plan.
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The group relies mostly on horseback and all terrain vehicles to search rough terrain, but it also employs small, four-pound aerial drones to survey the ground with digital cameras.
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House Bill 1620 cleared the New Hampshire House and was passed to the state Senate on an overwhelming voice vote.
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An explanation of what next-generation 911 is, implementation challenges and how soon it will become a reality.
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Questions about safety, standards for pilots and equipment and overarching privacy concerns with the collected data remain unresolved in the U.S.
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The Homicide Watch website helps memorialize homicide victims, connects detectives with the community and helps them keep track of cases.
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The technology, called the Laser Weapon System, will be the first of its kind to be deployed, according to the U.S. Navy.
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He also asked local police departments to refrain from acquiring these devices for the same period, except for emergency purposes such as a natural disaster.
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Ogden-based Tempus Global Data and Utah State University will deliver "next generation weather data" to commercial and government customers.
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The department has been using an IBM-created investigative software for a little more than a year to help understand relationship associations between people they encounter on a relatively regular basis.
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Many law enforcement officials swear by the devices, but civil libertarians are raising privacy concerns, saying the technology gives the police unfettered power to track citizens’ every move.
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