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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Incident information was interfaced to an external system used by the Department of Homeland Security to provide a consolidated view of police, fire and emergency medical activities to more than 400 public safety managers and coordinators at all levels of government
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Will help provide a seamless experience for end-users by reducing the need to login to multiple government accounts in order to access sensitive data such as tax information
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ChicagoCrime.org was the second place winner for best mashup at MashupCamp, an unconference
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Sonar imagery equipment quickly succeeds after hours of searching with boats and helicopters
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Illinois among the first states to combat "pretexting"
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JusticeXchange is a web portal that provides law enforcement and other criminal justice officials' instant access to information about offenders held in jails throughout the state and across the country
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Better tools for rapid decision-making; capability to transmit relevant, easy-to-understand building and fire emergency information to fire fighters prior to their arrival on the scene
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Response times in this report are measured from alarm time to the arrival of firefighters on scene
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"With this system, we will be able to reliably capture and quickly play back recorded 9-1-1 calls, which can mean the difference between life and death or guilt and conviction and potentially help us put more offenders behind bars."
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Provide focused grant programs for emergency communication needs
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"People want convenience. They want reliability and accurate information, and that's what they get with traffic e-alerts"
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"Taking time to monitor your child's online usage is an essential part of raising and caring for a child in this day and age"
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"These new regulations will provide a strong, secure system for issuing driver's licenses in New Mexico"
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"An expedited ruling will allow our counties to prepare their ballot boxes, or buy accessible voting systems, in time for the May 16 election"
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"It is important to not only have economic growth, but environmental growth. Many cities have serious environmental issues. We are now doing this trial with a modern, exciting, new system which the rest of Europe and the world can learn from"
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States that are most successful in making their case before the Department of Homeland Security will get the bulk of the funding
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"Safe Net" proposal would create a full-time Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) unit under the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation
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"It is the role of government to protect the individual and to facilitate uses of information for the common good"
