Justice & Public Safety
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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. -
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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Automatic license plate reader technology gathers data and images for use by government agencies for law enforcement, and this bill prevents that data from being used by immigration authorities.
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DHS "falling short in fulfilling its basic obligations to state and local governments" says Thompson
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"One of the linchpins is to get cybersecurity included in the DHS's state homeland security assessment and strategy process, which is the national protocol that drives state homeland security spending. Currently, that process excludes cybersecurity entirely, so we weren't surprised to find most states' overall preparedness to be seriously lacking"
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"Not only did this product fail to detect and remove spyware on the consumer's computer, it actually tampered with security settings to make the machine even more vulnerable"
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Users included fashion moguls like Ralph Lauren and Calvin Klein, the sports-related Lance Armstrong Foundation and entertainment figures such as newscaster Larry King and actor Morgan Freeman
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An Internet-based system enabling health care personnel and citizens to pre-register and volunteer to provide assistance during an emergency
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A federal district court in Nevada has ruled that Google does not violate copyright law when it copies websites, stores the copies, and transmits them to Internet users as part of its Google Cache feature
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"Cities and counties will be able to track their police cars and street sweepers as they move through the region. If sensors indicate that a remote water pump is failing, the pump will be able to send a request for a repair crew"
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Citing Katrina Experience, New Orleans Health Officials Plead for Better Communications CapabilitiesClearing the way for emergency workers to adopt cutting-edge communications equipment
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Last week, Harvard University's Berkman Center and the Oxford Internet Institute launched a "Neighborhood Watch" initiative against spyware and other malicious software programs
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A Texas grocery store turned police station presented technological challenges.
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Funds for surveillance equipment--mobile data computers, GPS receiving, processing equipment, software and cameras
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Missouri Attorney General Jay Nixon yesterday obtained a court order to prevent an Internet business and its owners from offering to sell the records of cell phone customers in Missouri
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$500.00 grant from Target Stores.
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Thirty-seven counties came up with an RFP for a next-generation justice system, went through a year-long process, in which 175 county people watched the demonstrations and evaluated the final product
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GPS monitoring surfaces as the latest tool to track sex offenders.
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Surveillance cameras in a Los Angeles low-income housing community offer more than just a watchful eye.
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From Courant.com: "The state Supreme Court on Wednesday upheld the conviction of a man snared in a New Britain police Internet sting operation, in the court's first ruling ever on Internet sexual predator cases."
