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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Senate Bill 150 would require police to collect a DNA sample from suspects arrested for any felony and for misdemeanors requiring registration as a sex offender.
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Police chiefs approve of cameras, but others call it an unfunded mandate and a burden on municipalities.
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Congress ordered the safe integration of drones into U.S. airspace by September 2015, but delays have slowed the project.
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Violent felons could roam undetected for days or, in some cases, weeks.
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Low-speed chemical messages could prove more effective than traditional technologies in many emergency response scenarios.
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Cabarrus County, N.C., has approved the use of a mobile application to help social workers manage child protection cases.
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State-of-the-art communications facility will assist emergency responders in Macomb County, Mich.
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The technology world is reshaping how people live far faster than the legal world can adapt.
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Salt Lake City’s new building creates a safer working environment for emergency responders and EOC operations.
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After controversy linked to the recently-purchased "Stingray," Indiana Gov. Mike Pense has defended the device that intercepts wireless conversations at up to a mile radius.
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From phone-tracking devices to giving kids the ability to delete online posts, here are a few pieces of technology legislation you should keep an eye on next year.
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Adams County, Colo., and New Jersey ink lease agreements with FirstNet, bringing the number of agreements up to four.
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The website was a part of a proposed ordinance defining vicious and potentially dangerous dogs and outlining the county's resources for dealing with them.
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Bill would make it easier for telecommunications providers to stop offering basic phone service.
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Law enforcement and city officials can post general or neighborhood-specific information that appears like updates on the home feed or on a specific group page.
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The deal marks the second time in less than a year that the city has parted ways with a speed camera vendor.
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Unmanned aircraft are coming, and they will raise a lot of issues for local governments to sort out.
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Social media sites are again carrying information on 911 calls and response times.
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