Justice & Public Safety
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County commissioners approved a contract that will begin with a free nine-month pilot, but could extend to a three-year, $2.5 million pact. Residents voiced a variety of concerns about the drone program. -
The extent of the data breach is still unclear, and city officials have said they are investigating to find out what was taken, who was responsible and how the city’s cybersecurity was compromised.
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The town Select Board unanimously approved appropriating the funds to outfit 50 police officers with the cameras and software. The cost also includes record retention equipment.
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Pitkin County, home to Aspen, will soon have new tools for 911 dispatchers to use to locate lost backcountry skiers. The Pitkin County Sheriff’s Office will install a mapping technology to consolidate incoming emergency information.
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Uvalde County District Attorney Christina Mitchell said that Justice Department officials called her about the report release. She said she was surprised that the news got out because DOJ wanted the matter kept "top secret."
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The gov tech firm has announced its highest sales ever for its BolaWrap product. It’s part of a larger trend among agencies and their tech providers to respond to changing police practices and citizen expectations.
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Residents in Lehigh County can now provide 911 dispatchers with smartphone camera access to allow them to gather firsthand information about the particular emergency being reported.
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Ten automated license plate reader cameras from Flock Safety will be installed in select locations this year. The move is seen as a force multiplier for the police department, which has struggled with staffing issues.
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The capital, from GI Partners, stands as the latest example of growing private equity interest in gov tech. BusPatrol’s cameras, AI and other tools catch drivers trying to drive around stopped school buses.
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From location mapping for first responders to automated court transcriptions, justice and public safety is a hot spot for companies serving the state and local government market.
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On Jan. 15, a new law is scheduled to take effect in Ohio that will compel many other social media platforms to ask for a parent's permission before establishing an account for minors under the age of 16.
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Disputes over voting machines and election security culminate in a federal trial this week, a test of whether Georgia’s election system is dangerously vulnerable to errors or hacks that could throw an election.
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Daviess County Central Dispatch is putting some new technology that expands both the information dispatchers can receive and streamlines the center's ability to respond to the public.
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Google has reached a deal in a class-action lawsuit accusing it of making an Orwellian grab of potentially embarrassing data from tens of millions of people using the company's Incognito mode.
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In Kentucky courts, the video recording is the official record with no written transcript. CIO Charles Byers discusses what led to this approach and the features vital to meeting the court's needs.
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Tensions persist between manual and electronic documentation of proceedings.
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AI tools will change how judges do their jobs and how they understand “the role that AI plays in the cases that come before them,” Chief Justice John Roberts said in his end-of-year report.
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The League City Council has approved an updated agreement with private security camera company, Flock Safety, to install additional cameras in response to an upsurge of vehicle break-ins at parks.
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The Dayton City Commission this week approved an expansion of license plate reader camera technology in the city. Three other contracts related to police technology were also approved.
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Federal authorities said Tuesday that Rite Aid will be banned from using facial recognition software for the next five years to settle claims that its anti-shoplifting technology unfairly and illegally tagged women and people of color.
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The U.S. Department of Justice reports that it has seized several websites operated by the group BlackCat. The group has targeted schools, health care, local governments and other victims across the U.S.
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