Justice & Public Safety
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The Woodland City Council renewed a $300,000 contract with Flock Safety for automatic license plate readers this week, despite concerns from residents about privacy and data security. -
As part of a 10-county pilot, the local government fully implemented the technology Jan. 29. Its GPS, GIS and improved cellphone technology offer additional accuracy during emergencies.
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The county Board of Commissioners has delayed a decision on whether to renew contracts for 30 surveillance cameras. Residents have voiced their objections and a commissioner has shared his concern.
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The Privacy Act is an outdated and often inadequate public sector data protection law, according to the Privacy Commissioner of Canada
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"These new, state-of-the-art facilities are remarkable accomplishments that will help protect Virginians from 21st century threats"
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Remote intelligent video surveillance capabilities for the administrative buildings
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Wider effort to bolster fingerprint identity verification in criminal investigations, background checks and other vital areas.
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Facial recognition biometrics and identity document authentication to reduce fraud in the process of applying for driver licenses
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"If you see something, say something"
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Invaluable tool for the Ogden Police Department
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Text-based messaging can be used during bio-terror event or disease outbreak
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Allows 100 percent of available information to be captured and accessed in real time
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Google Print Library allegedly violates publishers' and authors' rights
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Police and fire departments no longer need to set up independent physical networks at an incident site.
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Provides critical data and communications to first responders and city leaders
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"This is a market-driven model that allows every resident, business and visitor the opportunity to have high-speed broadband access, anywhere in our city -- turning Anaheim into a truly unwired city"
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"Individual public agencies -- large and small, state, local and academic -- are using networked digital solutions to do important work that was once labor- and paper-intensive. They represent best-in-nation thinking and the people who built them reflect the best of public service"
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"This is an opportunity to build Wi-Fi and most importantly, WiMAX networks with a wider range. But the telephone companies are not interested in going there. They've had a chance. Why don't we let ISPs, municipal authorities, or even communities finance and own a small Wi-Fi network that can link its community to the world?"
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New requirement from DHS effective October 26, 2005
