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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Law gives the Office of Children's Ombudsman expanded access to computerized information about child welfare cases handled by the Family Independence Agency
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The state's first Chief Public Safety Communications Officer, a position designed to improve and coordinate New Jersey's public safety communications planning, funding and interoperability systems
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"We must have the technology to create maps and informational profiles about any specific area"
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Major General Timothy J. Lowenberg continues to hold position he has had since 1999
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System-wide AMBER Alert improvements resulted in twelve child recoveries
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Acting Governor Richard J. Codey recently discussed details of the school security plan he outlined in his State of the State speech
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'Linear analysis will get you a much-changed caterpillar, but it won't get you a butterfly. For that you need a leap of imagination.'
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Survey conducted by University of Texas at Tyler students finds department 100 percent compliant with the Texas Public Information Act
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Internet service providers, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and private citizens cooperate to track the origin of spam.
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Network allows law enforcement agencies to quickly pull information, such as mug shots and traffic reports, from other departments' records management systems in a cost-efficient manner.
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'This new system will also help us to capture accurate response times on incidents..., which is first step in assessing performance and ultimately improving our Insurance Service Office (ISO) rating'
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APCO tests how background sounds, which are important to 9-1-1 call-takers, are transmitted over a Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) system
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$18.9 million project will connect city and county public safety and service officials on a single, interoperable system
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New law makes it illegal to use the Internet to lure someone into committing a crime
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Act includes criminal penalties for sending fraudulent and deceptive e-mail
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Technological solutions connect disparate radio systems
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"With so many people and organizations focused on the war on meth, we need a central point to exchange vital information"
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Sexual predators on the Internet create a problem for state and local law enforcement, but new technologies are helping.
