Justice & Public Safety
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In the two years since the state released guidance for localities interested in speed or red-light cameras, fewer than 10 percent of its municipalities have submitted and won approval of plans. -
Responder MAX will focus on marketing, communications, recruitment and other areas. First Arriving, which has worked with some 1,300 agencies, will keep involved with its "real-time information platform."
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San Jose is the latest city whose use of the cameras to snag criminal suspects, critics say, also threatens privacy and potentially runs afoul of laws barring access by out-of-state and federal agencies.
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The Pennsylvania Justice Network (JNET) and the state Department of Transportation (PennDOT) integrated their facial recognition systems, providing a more comprehensive resource for criminal investigations.
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The explosion of big data provides a vast new resource that can transform organizations, helping them build smarter systems that drive economic growth, sustainable development and societal progress.
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Revisiting shared unemployment insurance systems; New York City surveillance ‘dashboard’; NACo app store.
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Three Texas universities are promoting a Facebook-integrated app that the Texas Department of Transportation created to cut down on drunk driving accidents.
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For local governments drowning in data, analytics offers a way to make sense of it all.
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The Madison, Wis., Police Department takes a CSI approach to extracting evidence from mobile devices.
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First responders can now access critical data in the field as well as link back to central command, and Google Glass lets them do it hands-free.
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The deployment of Danville’s microwave emergency responder network satisfied the FCC’s narrowbanding mandate.
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Roadside wildlife detection systems use radar and lasers to save wild animals and protect drivers who might cross their paths.
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Winners of 2013 Best of California awards share best practices that have been crucial to their success.
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States are vying for the chance to be one of six FAA test sites to integrate drones into the national airspace.
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Cellular-free mobile phone service and Wi-Fi boosters are part of the next generation of technologies that could make communication during disasters easier.
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Google’s Crisis Response product manager provides insight into the best ways to share emergency information online and how search engines can utilize it.
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ASK DC allows victims of sexual assault and dating violence to report incidents and find available community resources.
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The Dayton, Ohio Police Department is using technology from a local company to lure, then catch, electronics thieves.
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A new iPad app developed by students at Princeton University is now being piloted by fire departments that hope to save precious seconds during calls.
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The California Earthquake Clearinghouse is testing new middleware that would create a virtual network to make knowledge sharing and response more effective.
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