Justice & Public Safety
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In the two years since the state released guidance for localities interested in speed or red-light cameras, fewer than 10 percent of its municipalities have submitted and won approval of plans. -
Responder MAX will focus on marketing, communications, recruitment and other areas. First Arriving, which has worked with some 1,300 agencies, will keep involved with its "real-time information platform."
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San Jose is the latest city whose use of the cameras to snag criminal suspects, critics say, also threatens privacy and potentially runs afoul of laws barring access by out-of-state and federal agencies.
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Guidelines for public-safety personnel handling communication from telematics call centers
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Mesh network provides emergency responders, mobile city workers with instant access to city data and instant peer-to-peer communication.
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The state's new AMBER Alert notification system uses all of Vermont's lottery terminals and tickets
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$286,749, for equipment to identify a caller's cellular telephone number and the cell tower from which the call was transmitted
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"[We] can formulate a solution to have a permanent solution to the problem, rather than the Band-Aid effect that traditional law enforcement has."
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In the first phase of the program the state will deploy anti-fraud systems at four DMV locations
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"Always-on", real-time access to databases and better collaboration will enable departments across city government to increase productivity, save costs and improve levels of service.
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GPS capability enabled dispatchers to locate and direct emergency vehicles more effectively
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The system integrates interactive maps with dynamic traffic volume and traffic speed charts and graphs
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Preliminary crash information available online
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The center is needed to provide information to state and local officials.
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Businesses, state agencies will create public/private partnerships that will focus on anti-terrorism measures.
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Some provisions relate to penalties for electronic attacks; others set the terms for ISPs to share subscriber information with government agencies.
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Philadelphia is the first high-volume airport to test the new system.
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A district court had ruled that e-mails gathered after St. Paul police faxed a search warrant to a major ISP violated the suspect's Fourth Amendment rights.
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A bigger battle, getting the new agency off the ground, may be looming for the next Congress and the president.
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The system could be linked to a federal system.
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The company believes a new type of partnership between the public and private sectors is coming.
