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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Mayor Bill White thanks Houston's congressional delegation
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"Not a single BPL trial has included a thorough examination of interference issues if deployed on a large scale. It is premature to pronounce these tests to be a complete success"
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Funds may be used for training, personnel, equipment and information systems for law enforcement programs
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Free online resource where organizations may register their websites and receive notifications of online fraud attempts
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"We developed AlaSafe.gov to help law enforcement agencies have access to information they will need so they can more quickly identify, confirm and return these individuals to their families or caregivers"
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America need not rush out to create a new bureaucracy to mimic Europe's approach to solving the privacy dilemma, but Americans deserve much more respect from the institutions, both public and private, that serve them
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A team of researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is studying whether RFID technology can be used as a low cost, reliable means to track firefighters and other first responders inside buildings and help them navigate under hazardous conditions
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In June, the FCC gave Internet-based phone service companies 120 days to create an E911 system, and provide all of its customers, wherever they are in the U.S., with E911 service
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"Shared-use facilities hold the potential to improve the security of data by eliminating unneeded transmission links and standardizing security formats between the partners"
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Clyde E. Cristman of Glen Allen will serve as deputy secretary of Public Safety
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Designed to determine the operational feasibility, effectiveness, and cost of commercially available screening technology installed in a mobile container
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$1 million received in funds from Department of Homeland Security for program
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Says putting federal government in charge would cost lives, add bureaucracy
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U.S. Department of Homeland Security gives the state authority to use specially trained state troopers to enforce federal laws against illegal immigration
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Harris takes new position at Arkansas Dept. of Emergency Mgmt.
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Gov. Matt Blunt dispatched more than 100 state law enforcement officials to Pemiscot County to assist with securing areas devastated by Sunday's deadly storms
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"in a one-year period 10 million Americans were victimized through identity theft, costing businesses $48 billion and consumers $5 billion"
