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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Many wireless phone companies have applied for waivers to the new requirements.
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City libraries will lose less than 1 percent of the citys public library budget.
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Law enforcement would have broad authority to track phone and Internet activity.
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The new cards have a photo ID and contain information that can be read by a machine.
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Bill provides preventative measures to ID theft.
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The Senate passed similar legislation and now the House and Senate will have to work out the differences between the two bills.
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Sunset clause provision in surveillance legislation was a sticking point.
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Attorneys general from 18 states haven't agreed to the deal as of yet.
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Nearly half of the states report that current spending is going over budgeted levels.
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The U.S. Conference of Mayors is supporting federal legislation that would help federal and local law enforcement agencies share more information.
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Only five states have taken steps consistent with the federal Patriot Act.
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The department said regulations are being prepared that would give officials the right to take samples by force without a court order.
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A bill reauthorizing the COPS program with a budget of $1.15 billion per year will now go the full Senate.
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Building codes are a critical but confusing issue for states. Technology and consolidation may make them more user-friendly.
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From Western Regional Contracting Office. Submit by 3/27/2002.
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From Los Angeles Unified School District. Submit by 3/22/2002.
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From Social Security Administration. Submit by 3/25/2002.
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