Justice & Public Safety
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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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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.
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Oregon’s Washington County Emergency Medical Services Office and three local schools join forces to put emergency training on wheels.
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A video archiving experiment called OpenCourt ran into trouble during a teen prostitution case.
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A candidate for student body president of a California public university has been arrested on felony charges related to election fraud.
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Arizona State University partners with General Dynamics to focus on border control and homeland security solutions.
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Instead of relying on just GPS, one company’s platform is also using carrier signals and Wi-Fi to solve the “location problem.”
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Lead contractor SAIC agrees to restitution in “largest known single recovery in a state or municipal contract fraud case.”
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New online calculators from IBM estimate potential cost savings from upgrading public safety IT, based on data from a collection of vendors.
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A paperless records system is giving the Washington, D.C., Fire and Emergency Medical Services Department more accurate inspection statistics.
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Tom Ridge, the first DHS secretary, applauds the reallocation of the D Block but warns that the buildout of the network will be a long journey.
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Assemblymember Mike Gatto said he doesn’t expect justifiable pushback to the proposal.
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Carbon Motors’ E7 police cruiser is denied funding from the federal Advanced Technology Vehicle Manufacturing program.
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Blair urges policymakers to draft rules against disclosure by groups like WikiLeaks.
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A new Web-based video-conferencing system is helping to better connect inmates with probation officers and attorneys at Niagara County Jail in New York.
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FBI Director Robert Mueller anticipates cyberattacks will soon be the biggest threat to the U.S.
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In a unique public partnership, Arlington County, Va., has taken the first big steps for a fiber-optic network that will support education, emergency management and other government use.
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Government Technology’s Top 25 honors innovators in the public sector.
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Introducing Government Technology’s Top 25 for 2012
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Proposal stems from Bay Area Rapid Transit turning off its mobile network during protests last year.
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