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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Police department selects single vendor for testing
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Shares techniques using digital video surveillance and learns how to track e-mail
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Officers save time by scanning drivers' licenses and printing tickets in pilot project
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Grid computing initiative to benefit a variety of applications.
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"The installation of the fire dispatch and records management system is the beginning of an enterprise-wide public safety automation system for the city's police and fire departments"
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'The Illinois State Weapons of Mass Destruction Teams won the 2004 Mitretek Innovations Award because of their strong, well-led integration of skills and capabilities to provide effective statewide protection and response to emergencies in real time. Other states can and should replicate this program.'
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'During the G8 Summit, multi-agency rapid response teams played a key role in assuring that potential threats or incidents were addressed quickly and efficiently. With the establishment of these CTR Teams, we've taken this successful concept a step further to help deter terrorist attacks.' -- Bill Hitchens
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'This standard will help improve our long-term security by facilitating the interchange of digitally stored photographs, regardless of what equipment is used to take or to display the images.' -- Charles McQueary
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'Without these resources, we will not be able to fully implement our plan to both protect Hoosiers and respond quickly and appropriately if an emergency situation occurs.' -- Joe Kernan
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'This initiative is a model of inter- and intra-government cooperation in the service of a very important cause.' -- Peter C. Harvey
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'In a large-scale emergency or homeland security incident, an immediate and effective law-enforcement response is extremely critical. This reorganization will allow us to do that, and provide the highest levels of law enforcement and public safety services for Wisconsin citizens.' -- Jim Doyle
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Project LOCATE Wireless Deployment Challenges and Realities Symposium Nov. 15-16
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Available information includes details of incident locations and the identity, criminal history and outstanding warrants of suspects
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System tracks vehicles carrying hazardous waste and assists department's emergency response
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City of Fayetteville, Ark., Uses Programmable Locks to Secure City Hall, Police and Fire DepartmentsSupervisor uses a laptop to program locks
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'We got lazy. We dropped our guard.' -- former Secretary of Defense William Cohen to IT executives in Pennsylvania
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Penn State researchers develop new approach to help optical wireless signals
