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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he Tomball, Texas, Police Department has become famous in recent weeks for flying a “gyroplane” instead of a helicopter for traffic enforcement and surveillance. According to Auto-Gyro, the manufacturer of the craft, the city of Tomball procured the MTOsport gyroplane late last year.
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Federal Highway Administration employee proposed a nationwide, centralized database for inventorying unused assets in government agencies so that they would be shared.
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The vehicle is electric-powered and has the ability to accelerate up to 130 mph within three seconds.
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Mike Dayton, acting secretary of the California Emergency Management Agency, explains how California utilizes fusion centers and works with the private sector to protect critical infrastructure.
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Aiming to crack down on illegal cell phone use by inmates, a bill is moving forward in the California Legislature that would authorize the use of “managed access technology” to block wireless transmissions in California prisons.
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The Virginia Department of Motor Vehicles puts traffic accident reports online, plans detailed incident data beginning in 2012.
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It’s time to build a national public safety network.
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A decade after the 9/11 attacks, strides have been made in regional public safety interoperability, but a nationwide system is still lacking.
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Cellular network congestion following the earthquake validates the need for a national broadband network, officials say.
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Miami-Dade County, Fla., launches a new Web tool to calculate hurricane-related storm surge levels in the county’s three evacuation zones.
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The number of inmates in California state prisons may soon be dropping, but tech upgrades to keep up with the changes are on the rise at the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation.
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Researchers from the University of Texas at Austin and IBM say new analytics software will be of use to city planners and emergency responders.
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Widespread use of social media in earthquake’s aftermath is the latest example of how Web 2.0 technology has changed emergency communication.
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A California data sharing system makes catching the bad guys easier.
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The Missouri State Teachers Association is concerned about portion of new law that will restrict nonpublic usage of social media between students and teachers.
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Santa Cruz, Calif., Police Department uses algorithm to determine crime hot spots to assist with predictive policing.
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Donated 3-D scanners will give law enforcement the ability to collect millions of data points at a crime scene or car crash.
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The San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency will be upgrading existing video surveillance cameras for 358 buses, including adding the ability to have real-time monitoring.
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