Justice & Public Safety
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The local police department recently unveiled a new rooftop drone port at headquarters. The agency fielded approximately 10,000 drone flights in 2025 and expects about twice as many this year. -
While the city has used drones before, Chief Roderick Porter said the two new aerial vehicles the department is getting under a contract with security tech company Flock Safety are more advanced.
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More than 200 Wisconsin law enforcement agencies use license plate reading technology. The state’s capital city, however, has so far not installed such cameras even as its neighbors have done so.
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The telecommunications company will be donating funds to the San Joaquin County Sheriff’s Office to combat the ongoing incidents of copper theft. The grant will cover the purchase of new technology to assist deputies with the effort.
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Washington announced this week it has joined dozens of other states to sue Meta, parent company of Facebook and Instagram, accusing the social media giant of fueling a nationwide youth mental health crisis.
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The Nampa City Council authorized the department to buy nearly $79,000 worth of technology from Cellebrite, a company that sells tools to unlock phones and obtain their data for police and government agencies.
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The Kendall County Commissioners Court on Tuesday approved a contract for the purchase of body cameras, a technology rapidly gaining prominence in the law enforcement world.
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Deputies in the New Mexico county will soon have access to license plate recognition technology to monitor vehicles on roadways. Critics have raised concerns about the potential for abuse and mass surveillance.
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Ohio's TALEN pilot program aims to create a statewide real-time crime center to create a network of thousands of public and private cameras. Records reveal several obstacles have stalled the project.
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The gov tech vendor is working with DATAMARK to provide emergency responders with more access to GIS data and experts. The move reflects the growing interest in GIS to improve state and local operations.
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The center uses real-time technology as well as data-driven intelligence to increase prevention, apprehension and resolution of crime, officials say. The center has helped make more than 1,000 arrests since opening in 2021.
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Some Californians appear to have received a test of the earthquake early-warning system seven hours before the appointed time, jolting them awake at 3:19 a.m. Thursday instead of sounding at the more civilized hour of 10:19 a.m.
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Justices with the state's highest court heard oral arguments in a civil case over whether the law requires township zoning officials to seek a warrant before flying a drone over a resident's property.
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California Gov. Gavin Newsom gave a $1.2 million loan to the city to purchase license plate readers after Mayor Sheng Thao requested the state's help in addressing rising crime.
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A case in front of Michigan’s highest court could decide whether or not police and government officials need to obtain a search warrant before flying an unmanned aerial vehicle over privately owned property.
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In the years since the state installed license-plate reading cameras along the state’s toll roads, some police departments — and private citizens — have been installing similar technology along smaller roads throughout the state.
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A new testing program involving public safety tech vendor Axon and Dedrone seeks to find out. The goal? Win approvals for drones that fly beyond the visual line of sight, which could improve emergency responses.
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Artificial intelligence is quietly revolutionizing non-emergency calls in 911 dispatch centers.
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After a string of high-profile incidents on San Francisco's roadways, the autonomous vehicle company announced plans to roll out a suite of technological upgrades intended to make its driverless cars more adept at responding during emergencies.
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By the end of the year, Baltimore residents who don’t speak English will be able to communicate with 911 services in their native language, without waiting for an interpreter, officials say.
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The Public Safety Threat Alliance plans to offer cybersecurity tabletop exercises and a real-time automated threat intelligence feed, and build up its international membership.
