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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Boston PD solicits video footage of finish line, while Massachusetts governor asks for those who may have seen something to call and share their tips.
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After students in Pennsylvania were monitored in their homes using school-issued laptops without knowledge or consent, a law was passed in New Jersey to ensure written notice of such activities is provided.
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A document released by the IRS suggests that Americans enjoy "generally no privacy" where online private communication is concerned.
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SB 135 was approved by a 10-0 vote by the Senate Governmental Organization Committee.
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Not all emergencies give people the time or ability to call 911. One Georgia city has installed panic buttons in all of its schools, and similar plans have been introduced in California and New Jersey.
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In March, Frederick County became the first jurisdiction in Maryland to make this service available to certain wireless customers.
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A citywide IP communications system helps the city implement two emergency action centers in just a couple of hours.
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The national public safety broadband network should let federal, state and local emergency response personnel share data, do their jobs more efficiently and save more lives in the process.
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Cities are contracting with Code for America -- what some call “the Peace Corps for geeks” -- in an effort to seed Silicon Valley virtues, such as creativity, speed and experimentation, in local government.
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Post-9/11, common justice-related data standards let states use open source software to effectively collaborate across agencies.
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As policymakers grapple with gun violence, technology may offer nonpartisan options for improvement.
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“BeOn” app extends the reach of narrow band communications for public safety officials whose duties usually keep them off the front lines.
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Police nationwide breathe new life into the nearly 85-year-old technology.
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However, many in the emergency management community are still determining the best way to use them.
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An Italian researcher is developing a device that could someday give firefighters a 3-D scene of the fires they fight — and the people they're working to save.
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Fire Chief Brian Cummings says he'd like for a seamless network to connect dispatch systems across municipal borders.
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Following a rash of crime in one of the city's parks, officials implement a network of wirelessly controlled streetlamps that police can use to catch criminals.
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State CIO Steven Emanuel talks about Hurricane Sandy's impact on critical state computer systems and lessons learned from the event.
