Justice & Public Safety
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The Santa Ana Police Department is proposing to spend about $683,000 on a contract to launch the city’s drone program, pending approval from the City Council. -
SponsoredOregon Corrections replaced fragmented outreach with a modern, data-driven engagement platform to deliver timely updates and targeted communication. Early results show stronger transparency, higher staff engagement and improved public trust through reliable digital channels.
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The Laredo Police Department is expanding its use of artificial intelligence across several incoming programs — a move teased by Chief Miguel Rodriguez during last week's State of the City address.
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The First Responder Network Authority recently announced 10 RFIs, launching a search for equipment that will bridge the nation's public safety network.
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The Long Beach Fire Department's new technology helps the Public Safety Dive Team conduct quicker rescues during the 20-minute sensitive period where victims still have a chance of survival.
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The new Supreme Court decision could have profound effects throughout the states and in federal courts.
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Using a $600,000 grant, the Oyez Project will digitize legal materials of State Supreme and Federal Appellate Courts.
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Some in law enforcement see legislation that allows police to look through cellphones without warrants as helpful in maximizing investigations, while others argue there are more pressing issues to attend to post-collision.
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Within 72 hours of an emergency or natural disaster, this new platform can be used to provide broadband coverage and communications services to first responders.
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Video footage can help unravel an event and catch the perpetrators, but some say the presence of cameras could deter acts of violence.
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California's considering a bill to create a statewide system to alert people when earthquakes are coming. Scientists say the East Coast has just as much to gain from it as the Golden State.
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Other agencies want to buy Longboat Key, Fl.’s award-winning fire application, but can the city venture outside of its core business to sell its cloud-hosted software?
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Technology can be critical to emergency response and recovery efforts.
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After human bones and skulls of unidentified individuals undergo CT scans, forensic artists use imaging software to re-create what a person may have looked like.
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Analytics to solve civic problems is not -- in its simplest form -- anything new.
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The metro government's new pilot program will design tools, pilot innovations and test system reforms to make the criminal justice system run more efficiently and fairly, and be more cost-effective.
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A statewide automated external defibrillator system in Maryland requires program sites to register the devices, increasing the likelihood that they can be accessed quickly when needed.
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Law enforcement in Montana must now get a warrant before using information like cell phone location data to track individuals.
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A new partnership will help San Francisco utilize shared resources in the event of an emergency.
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At Chicago's Safer Communities hackathon, developers were tasked with making public safety apps more accessible via mobile devices.
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Fusion centers’ effectiveness and legality has been questioned ever since they were created in the wake of the 2001 terrorist attacks.
